Maintenance Improvement / Overhaul Specifications

Train performance is primarily a consequence of the reliability of each individual part on that train.  The quality, and so reliability, of those individual parts is down to how well they are maintained and overhauled.  To maximise your train reliability you need to get the specifications that control those details right.

One of the key differentiators of Rubirail is our practical hands on ability together with our formal engineering qualifications, this allows us to look at a component and understand how best it should be maintained and (at the end of its life) overhauled.  We can look at existing maintenance instructions and identify how improvements can be incorporated to improve reliability – often at reduced cost.

We can identify where over-maintenance is taking place and can assist in redefining maintenance strategy.  We have experience of condition monitoring and how it can be used to facilitate cost-effective maintenance with increased reliability.  Our experience of oil spectrographic analysis dates back to 1989 and we understand what it can do and (more importantly) what it cannot do.  We are independent – we can therefore advise and carry out risk assessments, either as an integral part of a larger project – such as maintenance changes, or as a stand alone issue – such as a material change

There is no mechanical component from a train that Rubirail staff does not have detailed first hand overhaul experience of over the past 25 years.  We understand recovery processes, NDT, and performance testing.  We can advise you on the best techniques to use and how to validate the results.  We understand what the component has to do when it is back in service and can write a specification to ensure that it will do that, time after time.

Since its inception Rubirail has written or reviewed somewhere in excess of 250 maintenance and overhaul specifications.  We can assist you to greater reliability.