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MBF [3 records]

Record 1 2017-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Wood Industries
OBS

thousand board feet; MBF: term and abbreviation extracted from the Softwood Lumber Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America (2006).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Industrie du bois
OBS

millier de pieds-planche; MBF : terme et abréviation tirés de l'Accord sur le bois d'œuvre résineux entre le gouvernement du Canada et le gouvernement des États-Unis d'Amérique (2006).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
DEF

An industrial improvement approach focused on identifying and establishing the operational, maintenance, and capital improvement policies that will manage the risks of equipment failure most effectively.

CONT

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) ... consists essentially of a logical analysis procedure used to determine the most cost-effective maintenance program, by scheduling maintenance only on those items which could, by their failure, affect safety or operational economy, and then determine the type of maintenance tasks needed to prevent their failure.

OBS

After being created by the commercial aviation industry, RCM was adopted by the U.S. military (beginning in the mid-1970s) and by the U.S. commercial nuclear power industry (in the 1980s). It began to enter other commercial industries and fields in the early 1990s.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
CONT

[...] la méthode de «maintenance axée sur la fiabilité» [...] Il s'agit essentiellement d'une procédure d'analyse logique visant à rechercher le programme d'entretien le plus économique, en ne planifiant que la maintenance des éléments dont la défaillance serait susceptible d'affecter la sécurité ou la rentabilité de l'exploitation et en déterminant ensuite les travaux d'entretien nécessaires pour prévenir ces défaillances.

OBS

[...] la RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance ) développée aux États-Unis pour l’aviation militaire, puis reprise et adaptée par les exploitants de centrales nucléaires. Une norme de la CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale] en a repris les principes sous l’appellation francisée de MBF (Maintenance Basée sur la Fiabilité) pour en assurer une large diffusion à l’ensemble des secteurs industriels.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne

Spanish

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