by Jim TaylorCRE, CPE, CPMM
Director of Operations, Machinery Management Solutions, Inc.
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FRACASAnatomy of a failure
If we make an effort and have a plan,
we can capture the information needed for good
failure analysis
Key Takeaway
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Today I want to
talk about how the failure
occurs and what data is available for capture.
You work in a small to medium size facility or plant.
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You’re a Maintenance professional: an Engineer, a Maintenance Manager,
Supervisor, Planner, or Crafts Person.
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You’d like to do good failure analyses when you have an equipment failure but you find you just
don’t have the right information to do it.
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The needed information is available
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But you must develop a plan to capture it
Event dataFirst we need to understand how the event
and restoration proceeds
A failure occurs
The operator observes the event
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Operator in initiates trouble call – capture complaint code
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Craftsperson dispatched
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Crafts person arrives
She begins troubleshooting
Diagnoses Completecapture failure code
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CP initiates parts procurement
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Logistics delay
First you have to find the parts
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Or maybe you have to have them delivered
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Then they must be delivered to the machine
by toolstop
Repair & restoration
CP completes repair
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Capture Repair Code
Test satisfactorily completed
Process satisfactory and stable.
Time data
When the various events
occur is important
information
Capture Event time & Response
times
Event time
Actual time of event as recorded
by DCS, etc.
Reaction time
Notification time
Response time
Logistics delay time
Admin & ordering time
Waiting time
Repair &
Restoration times
Started diagnosis
Completed diagnosis
Started repair
Started test
Back in service
As found conditions
Try to determine the equipment
conditions immediately before and after the failure
Equipment Condition
Operating conditions
RPM
Temperatures
Pressures
Flow rates
Levels
Etc.
Product conditions
Quality
Rate
Finish
Size
Etc.
Codes
Complaint code
As found code
Cause code
Failure code
Effect code
etc.
Narrative Observation
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Interview the Operators
What did they:
hear
see
feel
smell
do
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Interview the Crafts Persons
What did they:
hear
see
feel
smell
do
find
Interview any others who may have information
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Collect Physical Evidence
Broken parts
Damaged product
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Any other physical evidence
Photos
Measurements
Leakage
Parts
Environmental conditions
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Will this give us all the information we need to perform an effective
failure analysis?
Lack of good failure analysis means we’ll continue to loose productivity and profitability because we’ll be fighting same failures over and over.
Develop a plan to capture the right information
With the right information, you can do effective failure analysis
The key to an effective failure analysis is having the right
information
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