RCM FMEA Failure Mode Records

This topic provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist for the RCM FMEA Failure Mode family and appear on its datasheet. The information in the table reflects the baseline state and behavior of these fields. This list is not comprehensive.

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Field	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Damage Code	Character	The code associated with the damage type.	This value is based on an indexing system outside of GE Digital APM, and therefore must be entered manually.
Failure Mechanism	Character	The physical, electrical, chemical, and mechanical factors which cause a failure individually or in combination with other factors.	Enter factors which have induced the failure.
Failure Mechanism Description	Text	Description of the failure mechanism.	Enter a description for the failure mechanism.
Failure Mode ID	Character	The ID of the failure mode.	Generated automatically by the system. Cannot be modified.
Failure Mode Long Description	Text	Description of the failure mode.	Enter a description for the failure mode.
Failure Mode Name	Character	The name of the failure mode.	This is a required field.
Failure Pattern	List	The type of failure pattern exhibited by the asset.	The field will contain one of the following values: Bathtub Wearout Increasing (zero early/random) Constant/random Infant Mortality Rapid Wearout
Maintainable Item	Character	An item from an EAM system, failure codes, etc.	This value is based on an indexing system outside of GE Digital APM, and therefore must be entered manually.
PF Interval	Numeric	The interval value for potential to failure of the asset.	Enter the number of the interval to be combined with the PF Interval Units.
PF Interval Units	List	Unit of measurement for the potential to failure of the asset.	The field will contain one of the following values: Minutes Hours Days Weeks Months Years
Related Asset ID	Character	The ID for the asset related to the failure mode.	This field contains a list of assets that are linked to the analysis. You can select any ID in the list. The selected asset will be linked to subsequent recommendation records. This is a required field.
Related Asset Type	List	The type of the asset that is related to the failure mode.	The Related Asset Type field is automatically populated with the Asset Type value from the associated Asset record. Note: If you modify the value in the Related Asset ID field of an existing Failure Mode record, the links to any recommendations will also be updated. Note, however, that if RCM FMEA Task records have been linked to the Recommendation record, changing the Related Asset ID in the Failure Mode record will not update the link to the Task record. The RCM FMEA Task record will continue to be linked to the RCM FMEA Asset or Asset record to which the Recommendation record was linked when the Task record was originally created.