Failure Mode Effect and Analysis (FMEA)
- FMEA is an engineering tool designed to reduce the risk before the asset is installed
- Performed during the design stage
- FMEA failure modes are written at a high level and do not address performance standards
- Not designed for developing maintenance tasks but mitigate risk of a failure mode through recommended action that would occur in the design phase
- Benefits
- Maintenance strategy development
- FMEA focus defined:
- Failure modes, root causes, failure indicators, failure criticalities, failure probabilities and effects
- Identify the most likely failure and not all the failures
- Reducing potential failures
- Optimization of maintenance program (PdM, PM or proactive run to failure decision).
