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Issue 53, July 2005 |
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Hot Topics |
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Modeling Interactions Between Variables in
Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis
When analyzing accelerated test life data or life-stress data, interactions
between factors are often wrongly ignored or poorly understood and yet have
significant impact. This article presents a simple methodology for analyzing
the significance of interactions among different factors and incorporating
their effects into the reliability analysis.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/hottopics53.htm
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Reliability Basics |
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Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated
Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis
While ALTA Pro allows the use
of numerical (continuous or discrete) variables, it also allows you to
incorporate factors that represent categories. Examples include a product
used in four different geographical locations, a product produced in three
different manufacturing sites or a product that uses material supplied by
two different suppliers. These types of variables are called categorical or
qualitative variables. This article discusses the use of categorical
variables and provides an example.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/relbasics53.htm
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Tool Tips |
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In RCM++, how can I indicate that
certain maintenance tasks should be performed together?
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What are the main differences between
Xfmea Standard and Xfmea Enterprise?
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How do I obtain goodness-of-fit
results in Weibull++?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/tooltips53.htm
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Hot News |
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Pre-Release
Promotion
The rumors are true!! ReliaSoft is scheduled to release
Weibull++ 7 sometime this summer. Therefore, we want to
inform you that any Weibull++ 6 Standard Single User License that is
purchased during the month of July and August will automatically
receive a free upgrade (20% savings). For those who currently own
Weibull++ 6, we are offering a 10% discount on the Weibull++ 7
upgrade price. Additional product details will be posted on our Web
site as they become available:
http://Weibull.ReliaSoft.com. |
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New Product Release
ReliaSoft is scheduled to
release RENO this month. The
RENO
software is designed for Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis.
Using a flowchart format, the software supports the modeling of
complex dependent probabilistic events. Applications include, but
are not limited to: Risk Analysis, Safety Analysis, Complex
Reliability Modeling, Maintenance, Optimization, as well as
Operational Research problems. ReliaSoft's
RENO software comes with complete and detailed printed
product documentation and online help files, as well as a multitude
of example files and guides designed to get you up and running the
minute the application is installed.
For more details on
RENO as well as case studies
showing it in use, see
http://RENO.ReliaSoft.com.
To request a demo copy of this innovative product, contact
Sales@ReliaSoft.com or call 1.888.886.0410. |
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2006 ARS Call
for Presentations - The 2006 International Applied
Reliability Symposium, slated for Orlando, FL on June
14 - 16, 2006, is currently accepting presentation proposals
that address the Symposium theme: "Sharing applications, success
stories and lessons learned in reliability and maintainability
engineering." The deadline for proposal submissions is August 29,
2005. Subjects that will be covered in the 2006 Symposium include:
Warranty reduction
Reliability as an investment, not a cost
Specifying reliability and reliability metrics
Supplier management
Data collection, management and analysis
Reliability and safety
Reliability and market share
Reliability testing
Software reliability
Manufacturing reliability
For more information, please visit the ARS Web site at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/present.htm or e-mail
Info@ARSymposium.org. |
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Public
Training Event Calendar |
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July 2005 |
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July 11 - 15, 2005:
MSMT Foundations in
Suzhou, China |
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July 13, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Pune, India |
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July 15, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Chennai, India |
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July 19, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Manila, Philippines |
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July 25 - 29, 2005:
MSMT Foundations in
Philippines |
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August 2005 |
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August 18 - 19, 2005:
2005 International Applied Reliability Symposium, Asia Pacific
in Singapore |
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August 29 - September 2,
2005:
MSMT Foundations in
San Diego, California |
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September 2005 |
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September 6 - 8, 2005:
RS 511 Reliability Growth Analysis and RGA in
Beijing, China |
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September 26 - 28,
2005:
RS 522 Advanced System Analysis and BlockSim in
Tucson, Arizona |
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September
29 - 30, 2005:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA and Xfmea in
Tucson, Arizona |
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More Reliability Training Seminars... |
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