Overview
IEC TR 62010:2016 - Analyser systems - Maintenance management is a Technical Report (Edition 2.0, 2016) from the IEC that provides guidance on analyzer/analyser-system maintenance principles and approaches. It is a reference for personnel involved in the upkeep of analytical instrumentation, addressing how to set performance targets, improve reliability, measure effective performance, and establish the organisational resources and systems needed to support analyser maintenance.
Key topics and technical content
The report covers practical, risk‑based and performance‑focused maintenance management topics, including:
- Risk-based classification of analysers (safety, environmental, asset protection, profit impact) to set maintenance and support priorities.
- Maintenance strategies:
- Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
- Reactive maintenance
- Preventive/planned maintenance (PM)
- Condition‑based maintenance and proactive maintenance
- Guidance on optimising the chosen strategy
- Management systems and organisation for analyser maintenance, including roles and function relationships.
- Training and competency: identifying training needs, types of training (vendor, classroom, user), selection and retraining.
- Resourcing and workload planning, including the Equivalent Analyser per Technician (EQAT) method and in‑house vs contracted maintenance considerations.
- Performance monitoring and SPC:
- Analysers control charting and determination of uncertainty limits
- Failure recording, reason/history codes and typical failure patterns
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as availability, utilisation and benefit measurement
- Annual KPI review and benchmarking best practices
- Cost vs benefit analyses, reporting formats and worked annex examples (Annexes A–F).
Practical applications
IEC TR 62010 is designed to be directly applicable where analyser uptime and data quality matter. Typical uses include:
- Setting realistic availability and performance targets for plant analysers
- Selecting and justifying a maintenance strategy (RCM, PM, or condition‑based)
- Developing KPI dashboards and SPC/control charts for ongoing performance monitoring
- Planning staffing and resource levels using EQAT and cost/benefit trade‑offs
- Structuring training programs and vendor support arrangements
- Preparing maintenance reports and benchmarking analyser fleets across sites
Who should use this standard
- Maintenance engineers and instrumentation technicians
- Reliability and asset managers
- Process engineers and plant operations managers
- QA/QC and environmental compliance teams
- Equipment vendors and service providers
- Technical consultants responsible for analyser lifecycle and performance
Related standards and context
IEC TR 62010 was prepared by IEC subcommittee 65B (measurement and control devices) and complements other IEC guidance on industrial process measurement and control. It is a state‑of‑the‑art technical report intended to support best practices in analyser maintenance management.