Equipment Criticality Calculator
Score and rank your equipment by criticality to prioritize maintenance resources and RCM analysis efforts.
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1 = No safety risk → 10 = Potential fatality or serious injury
1 = No environmental risk → 10 = Major spill or regulatory breach
1 = No production impact → 10 = Complete plant shutdown
1 = Very low cost → 10 = Extremely expensive repair/replace
1 = Rarely fails (high MTBF) → 10 = Frequent failures (low MTBF)
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Understanding Equipment Criticality
What is Equipment Criticality?
Equipment criticality is a measure of how important a piece of equipment is to your operations, safety, and environmental compliance. It helps prioritize where to focus maintenance resources and RCM analysis efforts.
High-criticality equipment should receive detailed RCM analysis and proactive maintenance strategies, while low-criticality items might be suitable for run-to-failure or basic time-based maintenance.
Score Weighting
- Safety Impact30%
- Environmental Impact25%
- Production Impact20%
- Repair/Replacement Cost15%
- Failure Frequency10%
Requires immediate attention. Full RCM analysis recommended. Proactive maintenance essential.
Important equipment. Detailed analysis recommended. Consider predictive maintenance.
Standard maintenance approach. Basic preventive maintenance may be sufficient.
Run-to-failure may be acceptable. Minimal maintenance investment needed.
Ready to Analyze Your Critical Equipment?
Once you've identified your critical equipment, use our RCM Decision Diagram to determine the right maintenance strategy, or get our comprehensive FMEA templates for full analysis.