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Hot Topics
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Degradation Analysis in
Destructive Testing
Degradation analysis is an important data analysis technique for
projecting failure data from the degradation history of a
quality or performance characteristic that is associated with
the reliability of a product. This approach typically requires
that the degradation be measured for multiple units over time.
However, in some cases, destructive testing is necessary to
obtain degradation measurements and taking multiple measurements
over the life of the same unit is therefore not feasible. This
article describes an approach, using
Weibull++ 7 and
ALTA 7, to handle such a data
analysis problem and predict a failure distribution model.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue85/hottopics85.htm
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Reliability Basics |
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Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) -
DOE Types
This article continues the discussion of Design of Experiments
(DOE) that started in
last month's issue of the
Reliability HotWire. This article gives a summary of the various
types of DOE. Future articles will cover more DOE fundamentals
in addition to applications and discussion of DOE analyses
accomplished with the soon-to-be-introduced
DOE++ software!
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue85/relbasics85.htm
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Tool Tips |
- Can I copy/paste more than
one item in the System Hierarchy or FMEA Hierarchy in Xfmea
or RCM++ ?
- Where can I find examples
to see how ReliaSoft software works?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue85/tooltips85.htm
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Hot News |
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New Symposium Format -
ARS, North America 2008 promises to be better
than ever this year! Due to popular demand, the
schedule has been expanded to allow more
presentations on reliability topics, more
opportunities for building relationships with
colleagues and one additional day for staying informed
on the latest
academic research. For more information, please
visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/northamerica/index.htm.
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DOE Software from ReliaSoft! - The wait is
nearly over now that ReliaSoft's new DOE++ is
almost complete. This powerful new software facilitates
traditional Design of Experiments (DOE)
techniques for studying the factors that may affect a
product or process in order to identify significant
factors and optimize designs. In addition, DOE++
supports "Reliability DOE." This represents a
major breakthrough for reliability-related analyses
because only ReliaSoft's DOE++ provides methods
for the proper analysis treatment for interval and right
censored data. DOE++ also integrates seamlessly
with
Weibull++
and ALTA.
The first training seminar for
RS 588 Design of Experiments is scheduled for
June 2 - 4, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. For more
information, please visit
http://seminars.ReliaSoft.com/gencourses/rs588.htm
or go to
http://store.ReliaSoft.com/ to sign up now. |
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Final Reminder for FMEA Training Failure
Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is becoming
increasingly important in many industries, because the
potential benefits include superior designs for products
and processes that can result in higher reliability,
better quality, increased safety, increased
productivity, enhanced customer satisfaction, improved
morale and significantly lower costs related to warranty
and maintenance. To learn more about the basics of FMEA,
risk assessment and best practices, register for the
upcoming ReliaSoft seminar
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA and Xfmea scheduled for March
20 - 21, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. For more
information, please visit
http://seminars.ReliaSoft.com/gencourses/rs470.htm
or go to
http://store.ReliaSoft.com/ to sign up now. |
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Advanced Registration For ARS Expires in April!
Act now to take advantage of the $200 discount
for this year's International Applied Reliability
Symposium, North America, which will be held June 17
- 20, 2008 at the
Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/register.htm to register
by April 23, 2008 for this special rate. Hotel
rooms at the Grand Sierra Resort will also need to be
reserved by May 18 to be eligible for the negotiated
Symposium rate (see
http://www.ARSymposium.org/2008/ars2008_location.htm
for more details). |
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Upcoming Public
Training Event Calendar |
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March 2008 |
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March 17 - 19, 2008:
RS 522 Advanced System
Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 20 - 21, 2008:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 26 - 28, 2008:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Frankfurt, Germany |
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March 31 - April 2, 2008:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Frankfurt, Germany |
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April 2008 |
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April 14 - 15, 2008:
RS 480 Reliability
Centered Maintenance
in
Warsaw, Poland |
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April 17 - 18, 2008:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Chennai, India |
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April 21 - 25, 2008:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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April 23 - 25, 2008:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Singapore |
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May 2008 |
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May 12 - 14, 2008:
RS 522 Advanced System
Analysis
in
Manchester, UK |
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May 14 - 16, 2008:
RS 511 Adv. Reliability
Growth Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 14 - 16, 2008:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 15 - 16, 2008:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA
in
Manchester, UK |
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