Case Study
Online RCM (Comboios de Portugal)
Online RCM (Comboios de Portugal) Comboios de Portugal – Online RCM Combining the Reliability Centred Maintenance methodology with the Remote Online Condition Monitoring (ROCM) – from Nomad and EMEF (the maintainer for the Portuguese Railway Operator, CP) – achieved considerable fleet management optimisations (LCC decrease, availability increase up to 20% and improved reliability up to 30%). This solution has been deployed on the Portuguese Pendolino Fleet since 2003 – with proven results in all of its KPIs. The ROCM functionality is also being used for real time troubleshooting, supporting the train driver and monitoring the train-critical systems. Using railways maintenance knowledge, the Remote Online Condition Monitoring acts like an automatic failure finding tool, allowing the extract