Definition: Reliability Engineering
June 26, 2012
A function whose prime responsibility is to ensure that maintenance techniques are effective, that equipment is designed and modified to improve maintainability, that ongoing maintenance technical problems are investigated, and appropriate corrective and improvement actions are taken.
Tip excerpted from: The Professional’s Guide to Maintenance and Reliability Terminology by Ramesh Gulati, Jerry Kahn and Robert Baldwin
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Comments (2)
Tip excerpted from: The Professional’s Information to Servicing and Stability Language by Ramesh Gulati, Jerry Kahn and John Baldwin
1) Posted 2:01 am, 28 July 2012 by Reliability Engineering
2) Posted 6:05 am, 20 September 2012 by Reliability Engineering