Time-Based Inpsection (TBI) Settings

Time-Based Inspection Settings

A time-based inspection setting consists of the following:

• One time-based inspection setting that identifies the family or record for which you will define inspection intervals.
• One or more time-based inspection intervals that identify the various inspection intervals that should be used when inspecting the equipment. The number of time-based inspection intervals that are created will vary depending on the number of inspection intervals that you define.

You can define time-based inspection settings at the following levels:

• Unit: Settings defined at this level are applied to all of the Equipment linked to a particular Functional Location and are representative of the associated Unit.

  For example, consider Unit A, a Functional Location:

  • Equipment 1
  • Equipment 2

The time-based inspection settings that you define for Unit A will be applied to Equipment 1 and Equipment 2.

• RBI Components family: Settings defined at this level are applied to all Equipment records that are linked to a particular type of RBI Component, regardless of the Unit in which they reside.

  For example, suppose that you defined time-based inspection settings for the Criticality RBI Component - Exchanger Bundle family. Now, consider that the Functional Locations and Equipment listed in the following table are linked to the following RBI Components.

  The Functional Location that Represents:	...is linked to the Equipment:	...that is linked to these types of RBI Components:
  Unit A	Equipment 1	Criticality RBI Component - Exchanger Bundle Criticality RBI Component - Exchanger Header
  Unit A	Equipment 2	Criticality RBI Component - Piping
  Unit B	Equipment 3	Criticality RBI Component - Exchanger Bundle Criticality RBI Component - Piping

The time-based inspection settings that you defined for the Criticality RBI Component - Exchanger Bundle family will be applied to Equipment 1 and Equipment 3.

• Unit and RBI Components family: Settings defined at this level are applied to all Equipment that reside in a particular Unit and are linked to a particular type of RBI Component.

• Equipment: Settings defined at this level are applied to a single Equipment record.

For example, if you defined time-based inspection settings for Equipment 1, the settings will be applied to only that piece of equipment.