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Issue 77, July 2007 |
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Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or
RCM Analyses
When used properly as a brainstorming tool, FMEA Templates can be very
effective to reduce the time required to perform an FMEA or RCM analysis. In
addition, they can provide an arguably even more important benefit by
helping to improve the depth and quality of the analysis to better
facilitate decision-making. This article describes how FMEA Templates can be
used to speed up and improve the quality of an FMEA or RCM analysis and
presents a brief summary of the ways that ReliaSofts
Xfmea,
RCM++ and/or
FMEA Accelerator products
can be used to support such analysis techniques.
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Reliability Basics |
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Restoration Factors in BlockSim
In repairable system maintainability and availability analysis using
ReliaSoft's BlockSim software, the user is given the option to specify a
restoration factor that describes the percentage to which a component will
be restored after the maintenance action has been performed (repair
effectiveness). This provides the ability to model maintenance using "used
parts" or imperfect maintenance. This article presents a brief explanation
of the two types of restoration factor available for use.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue77/relbasics77.htm
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Tool Tips |
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A new service release is now available for
BlockSim
(SR 7.0.2). 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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ARS 2007
Reliability Leadership Award As part of the Applied
Reliability Symposium held last month in San Diego, CA, Mr. Sharad
Kumar, Senior Director of Systems Engineering for General Dynamics
Land Systems, was presented with a special Reliability Leadership
Award for his demonstrated leadership on the U.S. Armys Mobile Gun
System (MGS) developed by General Dynamics. MGS is one of the
platforms in the Stryker Family of vehicles. Mr Kumar and his team,
with the help of Crow Reliability Resources and ReliaSoft
Corporation, embarked on a systems engineering approach to grow the
MGS reliability by almost an order of magnitude. The results have
been truly remarkable and the MGS will be deployed shortly, thus
giving U.S. soldiers a powerful and reliable weapon. To see photos
from this year's Symposium, please visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/2007/pictures/index.htm.
Congratulations to Mr Sharad Kumar and the entire General
Dynamics reliability team! |
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New
Reliability Course: RS 560 Introduction to Design for Reliability
- Design for Reliability (DFR) brings together the entire set of
methods and tools that support product and process design (during
the Product Development Cycle) to ensure customer expectations for
reliability are fully met. Companies are challenged to achieve
uniformly high reliability in their product and process designs,
while at the same time meeting shorter product development time
schedules and lower budgets. This introduction to Design for
Reliability covers the entire set of tools and methods that support
DFR from concept through production. Topics include: overview of
individual DFR methods; the proper use of tools to support DFR
methods; integrating methods and tools into an effective DFR plan;
application examples; common pitfalls to avoid; key elements of
successful DFR programs, and more. For more information, please see
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/seminars/gencourses/rs560.htm. The
first class will be offered September 5 - 7, 2007 in San
Diego, CA. Registration information is available at
http://www.ReliaSoft.org/RSSeminars/Dates.aspx. |
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San Diego
MSMT Right Around the Corner The August 27 - 31, 2007
MSMT seminar in San Diego, California is coming up soon. The
course typically fills to capacity due to the popularity of the
course and the popularity of the destination (who can resist San
Diego in the summertime?). For those seriously considering this
event, please make your reservations early
to avoid scheduling issues. Online registration is available at
http://www.ReliaSoft.org/RSSeminars/Dates.aspx.
You can also call our toll-free
sales number: 1-888-886-0410. |
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Public
Training Event Calendar |
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July 2007 |
| July 9
- 10, 2007:
RS 401(C)
Life Data Analysis (Condensed)
in
Pune,
India |
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August 2007 |
| August
20 - 21, 2007:
RS 470
FMEA/FMECA
in
Chennai,
India |
| August
27 - 31, 2007:
MSMT
Foundations
in
San
Diego, California |
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September
2007 |
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September 3 - 7, 2007:
MSMT
Foundations
in
Warsaw,
Poland |
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September 5 - 7, 2007:
RS 560 Design for Reliability
in
San Diego, California |
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September 17 - 19, 2007:
RS 522 Advanced System Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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September 20 - 21, 2007:
RS 470
FMEA/FMECA
in
Tucson,
Arizona |
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