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Mean time to repair (MTTR) is the average of, downtimes of a particular machine, for a particular time period. In other words, it is the average of times required to recover from its failures, for a particular time period.
MTTR and MTBF are closely related. You may read our article on MTBF.
How to calculate MTTR
MTTR is calculated by following formula,
Total downtime is the sum of all downtime of the machine for a particular period and no of Failures is the total no of breakdowns of the machine for a particular time period.
Sample calculation
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I recently had an interview with EY India and I was asked “what is MTTR and MTBF” Luckily I had read this blog few days ago thus I was able to answer that question quite easily.
Thanks to Melvin for this easy to understand Blog🙏