SINTEF presentation, Trondheim Safety and reliability in industrial management. IEC standards on maintainability

Abstract 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 discusses the work currently in hand to update the IEC range of standards on AR&M, or Dependability, which is the official IEC terminology. This work is intended to make the whole subject more cohesive and is linked with the work of other organisations including the ISO and the European CEN and CENELEC organisations. The article explains how these groups and their standards fit together and describes the new standards which are being produced to complete the new structure.