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Hot Topics
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Analyzing Excess System
Downtime Through System Modeling
A common metric of interest for repairable systems is the
likelihood (or number of times) that a downtime lasts beyond a
certain limit. In some circumstances, failures (or a certain
number of failures) might be tolerated as long as they do not
cause significant downtime. In this article, we will present an
approach to estimate the probability that a downtime exceeds a
certain time using
BlockSim 7 and
Weibull++ 7.To read
more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue80/hottopics80.htm
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Reliability Basics |
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Reliability Requirements and Specifications
One of the most essential aspects of a reliability program is
defining the reliability goals that a product needs to achieve.
This article will explain the proper ways to describe a
reliability goal and also highlight some of the ways reliability
requirements are commonly defined improperly.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue80/relbasics80.htm
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Tool Tips |
- When should rank
regression or maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) be used
when conducting life data analysis in Weibull++?
- How can I model a specific
maintenance routine in a phase diagram in BlockSim?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue80/tooltips80.htm
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Hot News |
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Call for ARS 2008 Presenters
- Now that you have spent years developing and polishing
your reliability engineering skills, we want you to
discuss your experiences with colleagues in the
discipline.
The
2008 International Applied Reliability Symposium, North
America will be held June 17 - 20, 2008
in Reno, Nevada. This annual event
provides a forum for expert presenters from industry and
government to come together with reliability
practitioners from all over the world to discuss the
application of reliability principles to meet real world
challenges.
You are
invited to
submit presentation proposals that address the
Symposium's annual theme:
"Sharing applications, success stories and lessons
learned in reliability and maintainability engineering."
The primary author for each presentation delivered at
the Symposium will receive complimentary registration to
the event. For more information and the required
proposal submission form, please visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/present.htm.
Some enhancements to the
program that are soon to be announced for ARS 2008
include:
- Golf
Tournament: Attendees have the option to
register for a golf tournament on Monday --
networking and socializing while enjoying mountain
views.
- Excellent
Presentation Awards Luncheon: A hosted luncheon
on Thursday will provide an opportunity for
attendees to interact with colleagues (including
expert presenters) and we will present monetary
awards for the top 3 presentations (as voted by
attendees).
- University
Research Presentations: On Friday, the Symposium
will offer a full day of academic-oriented
presentations, in which leading universities will
present on their latest research and discoveries.
For more information,
visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/northamerica/index.htm.
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2008 Seminar Calendar Updated - ReliaSoft's
Worldwide Seminar Calendar is now online and
available for review! Over 50 public seminars, around
the world, have been scheduled for 2008. Explore our
easy-to-use Seminar Calendar to quickly locate an event
near you. Budgeting for next year just got easier:
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/seminars/dates.htm |
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Reliability Centered Maintenance Training
- RS
480 - Introduction to RCM Principles and Applications
and RCM++ training seminar will be held November
15 - 16, 2007 in Tucson, AZ.
Day 1 presents an
introduction to Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
and an overview of the fundamental
techniques/procedures. The morning session of Day 2
introduces ReliaSoft's RCM++ software and covers many of
the features of this versatile application, from setting
up the database to performing RCM analyses and
generating reports. The afternoon session of Day 2 is a
hands-on workshop using the RCM++ software, which
includes working
through a detailed training guide with step-by-step
instructions to complete sample analyses as well as
discussion centered on implementation options for your
particular analysis procedures and reporting
requirements.
For more
details or to register, go to
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/seminars/dates.htm.
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Upcoming Public
Training Event Calendar |
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October 2007 |
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October 15 - 19, 2007:
MSMT Foundations
in
Manchester, UK |
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October 17 - 19, 2007:
RS 525 Probabilistic
Event Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona
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October 22 - 24, 2007:
RS 511 Adv. Reliability
Growth Analysis
in
Singapore
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October 22 - 24, 2007:
RS 511B Adv. Reliability
Growth Analysis
in
Turin, Italy
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October 25 - 26, 2007:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Singapore
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October 25 - 26, 2007:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA
in
Turin, Italy |
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November 2007 |
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November 5 - 9, 2007:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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November 15 - 16, 2007:
RS 480 Reliability
Centered Maintenance
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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November 19 - 23, 2007:
MSMT Foundations
in
Melbourne, Australia |
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November 26 - 30, 2007:
MSMT Foundations
in
Arcachon, France |
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December 2007 |
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December 3 - 7, 2007:
RS 540 Repairable Systems
Analysis
in
Singapore |
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December 5 - 7, 2007:
RS 511 Adv. Reliability
Growth Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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December 5 - 7, 2007:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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December 10 - 11, 2007:
RS 401(C) Life Data
Analysis (Condensed)
in
Chennai, India |
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December 12 - 13, 2007:
RS 522(C) Advanced System
Analysis (Condensed)
in
Chennai, India |
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