The original RCM - Reliability Centered Maintenance
This is the story of Reliability Centered Maintenance, the systematic approach that reduced maintenance workloads by up to 70% across aviation, military, and industrial applications.
In 1960, airlines were spending fortunes on scheduled maintenance yet still experiencing unexpected failures. This paradox led to Reliability-Centered Maintenance—a 7-question framework that eliminates maintenance guesswork by focusing on actual consequences rather than arbitrary schedules. Whether you're maintaining a car, home systems, or industrial equipment, you'll learn to stop over-maintaining expensive parts while preventing costly surprises like backup generators failing when you need them most. The methodology helps you spot small problems before they cascade into big disasters, using the same systematic thinking that revolutionized aviation safety.
The Royal Australian Navy cut preventative maintenance labor by 75%, while power plants save hundreds of thousands per day during peak periods. In 30 minutes, discover how to turn maintenance from a cost center into a competitive advantage by letting actual risk—not routine—drive decisions.
20 Jun 2025
What's in a model library?
Industry experts explore the contents of a model library, differentiating between physics-based and data-driven models to enhance understanding.
23 Aug 2024
Healthcare as an analogy to APM - the difference between condition monitoring and predictive maintenance
9 Aug 2024
Machine learning models in plain English
26 Jul 2024
Good vibrations - modeling methods part 2
Why is vibration such a useful method for understanding the health of rotating or reciprocating equipment? This episode talks about what vibration means, how it can be used for detection and then examples of how it can be used to diagnose the cause of issues.
12 Jul 2024
What we’re talking about when we talk about modeling - part 1
This is the opening episode about modeling methods for condition monitoring or predictive maintenance. We talk about theoretical (rule/logic based) versus empirical (data driven) models, give a few examples, and then close with the topic of explainability. There’s a lot more to come on methods, but this is the start!
28 Jun 2024
How APM generates value
Increasing production and decreasing maintenance cost; what more could you ask for?
A short discussion on how APM generates value and a few methods for estimating a reasonable expected value.
14 Jun 2024
A short history of (vibration) condition based maintenance
Why don’t people walk around putting broomsticks on machines anymore?
31 May 2024
Why APM exists as an industry
Consequently, a maintenance policy based exclusively on some maximum operating age would, no matter what the age limit, have little or no effect on the failure rate.
Reliability Centered Maintenance, Nowlan and Heap, 1978
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