SINTEF PRESENTATION, TRONDHEIM SAFETY AND RELIABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL-MANAGEMENT - IEC STANDARDS ON MAINTAINABILITY

This article gives a brief history of how the IEC became involved with R&M standards, and discusses the development of the existing IEC 706 series of Guides on Maintainability and Maintenance Support. It also d iscusses the work currently in hand to update the IEC range of standar ds on AR&M, or Dependability, which is the official IEC terminology. T his work is intended to make the whole subject more cohesive and is li nked with the work of other organisations including the ISO and the Eu ropean CEN and CENELEC organisations. The article explains how these g roups and their standards fit together and describes the new standards which are being produced to complete the new structure. (C) 1998 Else vier Science Limited.