Risk Based inspection is the process of generating an inspection plan based on the findings of a risk analysis/assessment of the equipment.
The purpose of the risk assessment is to identify the degradation/failure mechanisms that may act upon the equipment. It will also take into account the consequence of failure of the equipment.
The goal of RBI is to guide the inspection process to identify potential equipment failure before it happens.
The outcome of an RBI process may be:-
We utilise our own in-house software to generate RBI assessments where no site system is in place.
Health & Safety Executive Contract Research Report 363/2001, entitled “Best practice for Risk Based Inspection as a Part of Plant Integrity Management”, prepared by TWI and Royal & Sun Alliance Engineering for the Health and Safety Executive.
API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, Fitness-For-Service, Second Edition
