Old tools - new uses: equipment FMEA
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A modified process failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) can assist in organizing information, prioritizing activities and boosting equipment performance. This FMEA emphasizes preventive maintenance, and the team should therefore include maintenance staff. A maintenance representative should lead the team. The team must make certain assumptions before going ahead with the compilation of a maintenance FMEA. These assumptions could include tooling being product specific and equipment generally not being product specific. The maintenance FMEA can also be used as an addition to existing tools used to manage daily activities.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 1999
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How to use FMEA to reduce the size of your quality toolbox
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The aerospace and the automotive industries have developed a quality control method that links environmental management systems with quality management systems. The tool called failure mode effects analysis is an efficient process for the assessment of potential failures and the prevention of similar occurrences. A slight expansion of the system and the scoring guidelines also allows the evaluation of environmental risks.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 1998
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How to set up a predictive maintenance program
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Article presents a discussion of predictive maintenance programs (PMPs). The benefits of predictive maintenance are discussed, examples of PMPs are presented, and a flowchart detailing a procedure for setting up a PMP is included.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 2003
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