Equpment Functional Criticality Index
Equpment Functional Criticality Index
CRITICALITY INDEX
FOR ASSESSING CRITICALITY BASED
ON THE EFFECT OF BREAKDOWN OF
EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE
RELIABILITY
CRITICALITY SCORE
1)EFFECT ON GENERATION(G)
FAILURE HAS NO EFFECT ON
GENERATION
GENERATION LOSS <20%
GENERATION LOSS 20% 50%
UNIT TRIPS
STATION TRIPS
1
2
3
4
5
CRITICALITY SCORE(CONTD)
2) EFFECT ON EFFCY.& AUX. POWR.(A)
NO EFFECT
MINOR EFFECT
MAJOR EFFECT
0
0.5
1
CRITICALITY SCORE(CONTD)
3) REDUNDANCY FACTOR (RF)
NO STAND BY FOR EQUIPT1
ONE STAND BY EQUPMT.
0.5
0.33
CRITICALITY SCORE(CONTD)
4)EFFECT OF FAILURE ON ASSOCIATED
OR RELATED / OTHER EQUIPT.(S)
NO EFFECT ON
OTHER EQUIPTS
FAILURE EFFECTS
OTHER EQUIPTS
CRITICALITY SCORE(CONTD)
5) EFFECT ON SAFETY& ENVIRONMENT (E)
NO EFFECT
MINOR EFFECT
LEADS TO ACCIDENT OR
HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
ON ENVIRONMENT
CRITICALITY SCORE(CONTD)
AFTER ASSIGNING THE ABOVE
FACTORS CRITICALITY SCORE IS
CALCULATED BY THE FORMULA
CRITICALITY SCORE =(G+A+S+E) x RF
PRIORITY SCORE
1)FREQUENCY OF FAILURE (FF)
ONCE A YEAR OR LESS
TWICE A YEAR
PRIORITY SCORE(CONTD)
2)AVERAGE DOWN TIME(ADT)
PRIORITY SCORE(CONTD)
Spares cost (SPC)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PRIORITY SCORE(CONTD)
MANPOWER COST (MPC)
MANPOWER COST <10,000/-
PRIORITY SCORE(CONTD)
SIMILAR TO CRITICALITY SCORE THE
PRIORITY SCORE IS CALCULATED BY THE
FORMULA
PRIORITY SCORE = (FF x SPC) + (ADT x MPC)
CRITICALITY INDEX
CRITICALITY INDEX (CI) IS A PRODUCT OF
CRITICALITY & PRIORITY SCORES
BENEFITS REAPED
MAINT. RESOURSES ARE OPTIMISED
IMPROVED OVERALL PERFORMANCE
REVIEW / REVISION OF O&M PRACTICES
EMPHASIS ON EARLY DETECTION
OF DEFECTS