"fault-finding" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 103",
          "text": "Many of the faults reported in all categories should have been cleared by systematic fault-finding. Once a system of fault-finding has been laid down, staff must be made familiar with it and must follow the correct sequence of diagnosis step by step in the way set out in a fault-finding chart.",
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        "The investigation and location of faults in machinery and equipment."
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