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Reliability Testing
Reliability testing is the cornerstone of a
reliability engineering program. It provides the most detailed form of
reliability data because the conditions under which the data are collected
can be carefully controlled and monitored. Furthermore, reliability tests
can be designed to uncover particular suspected failure modes and other
problems. The type of reliability testing a product undergoes will change
along different points of its life cycle, but the overriding goal is to
insure that data from all or most of the tests were generated under similar
enough conditions so that an "apples to apples" comparison can be made of
the product's reliability characteristics at different points in the
product's life. It is for this reason that consistent and thorough
reliability specifications and a standard definition of failure are up-front
requirements to implementing reliability testing.
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Reliability Basics |
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Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part
II)
In last month's issue of the HotWire, we
presented repairable system analysis for reliability growth in the article
Fielded
Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I). Fleet analysis will be
presented in Part II of this article. Fleet analysis is similar to
repairable system data analysis. However, the Power Law model is applied to
the fleet failures rather than the system failures. In other words, in
repairable system data analysis, the number of system failures versus system
time is modeled. In fleet analysis, the number of fleet failures versus
fleet time is modeled. Therefore, in both cases, the model is the same but
the data are treated differently.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue41/relbasics41.htm
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Tool Tips |
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Can I customize the appearance of the
Project window in Xfmea?
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Latest Software Updates |
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A new service release is now available for
Xfmea (SR 2.0.3). To determine the
compile revision of the application on your computer, select About
from the Help menu.
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Hot News |
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2004 Applied
Reliability Symposium Thank you to everyone who
participated in this years Symposium! It was exciting to see so many
engineers come together to discuss this specialized and important
discipline of engineering. Pictures from the event have been posted
online in our
photo album. In addition, you can now purchase printed copies of
the Symposium proceedings at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/order.htm. Due to the overwhelming
success of the Symposium, the 2005 date has already been set for
May 18 - 20, 2005. We look forward to seeing you again next
year! For additional information, please visit
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Restructured
Reliability Education ReliaSoft is proud to announce its
newly restructured MSMT Course Collection. The MSMT collection
includes introductory and advanced courses on basic reliability
subjects and software (MSMT Foundations Series and MSMT Advanced
Series), along with courses for related topics and tools (MSMT
Specialized Series). For more information on the educational
building blocks recommended by ReliaSoft, please visit:
http://Seminars.ReliaSoft.com/master.htm. |
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Reliability
Engineering Concepts Training in Venezuela ReliaSoft
South America will be presenting reliability engineering concepts in
Carcas, Venezuela on August 17 - 20, 2004. This 4 day event
will focus on building the appropriate foundations to better
understand reliability engineering and the associated statistical
analysis.
Weibull++ 6 and
BlockSim 6 FTI will be
presented throughout this event to enhance the learning experience.
Please contact ReliaSoft South America directly for registration
information at:
http://www.ReliaSoft'sA.com. |
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Introduction
to Reliability in Malaysia and Thailand ReliaSoft will
introduce the topic of reliability engineering on July 20 in
Shah Alam, Malaysia and on July 22
in Bangkok, Thailand. This one day course explores and introduces
reliability concepts, principles and their applications. Topics
covered include life data analysis, accelerated life testing, system
reliability, maintainability and availability, reliability growth,
FMEAs and more. This course is designed for engineers, managers and
senior level staff. Registrations are now being accepted by
ReliaSoft Asia:
http://www.ReliaSoftAsia.com/contact.htm. |
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MSMT Training
Seminar in the UK In an effort to meet the demand for
more training in Europe, ReliaSoft is proud to announce a public
Master the Subject, Master the Tools seminar in the United
Kingdom hosted by Maintain-IT. This series provides basic courses
for a solid foundation in the fundamental principles and theory of
important reliability engineering topics. Attending this training
seminar will help you increase your capabilities and productivity
while providing you with a fresh look at your career in reliability
engineering. This seminar is scheduled for Fall 2004.
The exact date is to be determined. Please contact Maintain-IT for
additional information: http://www.Maintain-IT.co.uk/contactus.htm. |
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Calendar of Public
Events:
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August |
San Diego, CA - Master the Subject,
Master the Tools Training Seminar (MSMT) - Intro
to life data analysis, accelerated life data analysis and
system analysis: August 9 - 13, 2004 in San Diego,
CA. For more information, see
http://Seminars.ReliaSoft.com/august_msmt.htm. |
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Malaysia - Master the Subject, Master
the Tools Training Seminar (MSMT) - Intro to life
data analysis, accelerated life data analysis and system
analysis:
September 6 - 10, 2004 in
Kuala
Lumpur. Registrations
are now being accepted at ReliaSoft Asia:
http://www.ReliaSoftAsia.com/contact.htm. |
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Thailand
- Master the Subject, Master the Tools Training Seminar
(MSMT) - Intro to life data analysis, accelerated
life data analysis and system analysis:
September 13 - 17, 2004 in Bangkok. Registrations are
now being accepted at ReliaSoft Asia:
http://www.ReliaSoftAsia.com/contact.htm. |
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Advanced System Analysis and BlockSim
Training Seminar - September 13 - 15, 2004
in Tucson, AZ. An intensive theoretical and hands-on course
(utilizing BlockSim),
which exposes the attendee to the advanced concepts,
principles and requirements for performing advanced system
reliability, maintainability, availability and related
analyses. For detailed information, see
http://Seminars.ReliaSoft.com/september_522_470.htm. |
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FMEA/FMECA Analysis and Xfmea
Training Seminar - September 16 - 17, 2004
in Tucson, AZ. This course offers an overview of FMEA/FMECA
analysis procedures with emphasis on the use of the
Xfmea software. For
detailed information, see
http://Seminars.ReliaSoft.com/september_522_470.htm. |
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