MTBF VS MTTF

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AGENDA
 What is MTBF?

 MTBF Calculation

 Benefits of MTBF

 What is MTTR?

 MTTR Calculation

 Importance of MTTR

 Benefits of MTTR
MTBF – MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE
 It Indicates the expected time between two failures for a repairable

machine or system.

 MTBF = (Total Working Time) – ( Total Breakdown Time)

(No. Of Breakdowns)

OR
(Total Uptime)

(No. Of Breakdowns)

 It is very important for Total productive Maintenance ( TPM)

implementation which is one of the Most Popular Lean Manufacturing Tool.

MTBF CALCULATION

 Three Similar machines starting to function properly at 0 Hours are working until all of them fail.

 The First machine failed at 120 Hours, The Second failed at 140 Hours and the third failed at 150 Hours.

 The MTBF = (Total Uptime) / (No. of breakdowns)

 = [(120+140+150)] / 3

 = 136.667 Hours

 The MTBF is the average of the three failures, which is 136.667 Hours.

 It can be calculated as the arithmetic mean between the failures of equipment.

 In Other Words, It is the average duration between the failure of equipment.

 This Value 136.667 means that a failure in the system occurs every 136.667 hours and it generates losses to the

company.

 The Opportunity is to increase the duration between two breakdowns.

 In Other Words, the MTBF is the timing from one failure to another for repairable equipment.
How Can I Improve my MTBF?
 We Can Improve it by Regular maintenance of machines.

 By Implementing small Kaizen Activity for the Equipment.

 Make an Equipment breakdown history book and take a strong Preventing action on it so this

breakdown will not repeat in the future.

Benefits of MTBF:
 It is a Basic Indicator to Predict the reliability of a machine.

 If the MTBF has increased after a preventive maintenance activity then this indicates a clear

improvement in the quality of your processes.

 It is very useful for implementing Lean Manufacturing Culture in the Factory.

 The MTBF increases will Show that your maintenance or verification methods are going good.

 It Should be used to elaborate on the Company’s knowledge about Processes.

 It Reduces Losses in Productivity and also improves the Quality of the Product.
MTTR

 It is the Average Time Required to analyze and solve the problem and it tells us how well

an organization can respond to machine failure and repair it.

 In Other Words, failed equipment returns to normal operating conditions or the mean

timing duration between the equipment failure and returns to operation. It is a Basic

technical indicator related to the maintainability of the machine and repairable parts.

 It represents the average duration required to repair a failed component.

 In Other Words, how long the machine is out of production.

 This Includes notification timing, analysis timing, Fixing timing, Waiting, Reassembly

timing, alignment timing, Calibration timing, testing timing Etc.

 The Formula of MTTR = Total Maintenance Time / Number of repairs.

MTTR CALCULATION

 A Machine Should operate correctly for 20 Hours. During this Period, 6 Failures occurred. The sum of all failure

duration is 90 Minutes.

 The MTTR = (Total Maintenance time) / (No. of Repairs)

 = 90 / 6

IMPORTANCE
 = 15 Hours OF MTTR
 It has a remarkable effect on the organization’s profit.

 Long MTTR means loss of productivity and sometimes, an organization can miss an order or it can impact business

relationships.

 To reduce the impact of MTTR, Organizations should have their own maintenance teams and hold critical spare

parts onsite or run parallel production times.

How Can I Improve my MTTR?
 We Can Improve it by Teamwork.

 Implement and follow the troubleshooting manual concept or breakdown history concept.

 By Providing training on quick repair and motivate people.

 Maintaining 5S.

 Follow the Standardized Operation Procedure.

 Keep the Critical Spare in Stock

Benefits of MTTR:
 It Indicates the efficiency and Productivity of the equipment and it has reduced after the preventive Maintenance of the

Machine.

 By Reducing Mean Time to Repair we can improve the efficiency and productivity of the machine.

 Lower MTTR indicates that your company has an immediate action plan to overcome failure.

 It Should be used to elaborate on the company’s knowledge about how strong the action plan against the machine failure.

 It reduces losses and also improves productivity and Quality of the Product.

 It is very useful for implementing Lean Manufacturing Culture in the Factory.

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