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Hot Topics |
Advanced RBD Modeling Using State Change Triggers
A state change trigger is a powerful new modeling option in
BlockSim 8 that can be used to model scenarios of cold standby with complex configurations, or scenarios where a failure of a component
will result in the deactivation of other components in the same system. In this article, we will illustrate the use of state change triggers through a reliability modeling example of a mining plant.
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Reliability Basics |
Using Extrapolated Intervals in ALTA Degradation Analysis
In previous versions of ALTA, the degradation analysis results (i.e., extrapolated failure times) were available
as point data, which do not fully reflect the variability of the estimated parameters. In Version 8, you have the option to extrapolate the failure times as interval censored data, which allows you to capture the uncertainty that comes with having only a few degradation measurements for each test unit. This article provides an example on how to use this new feature.To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue134/relbasics134.htm
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Tool Tips |
- How can I use RGA 7 to create a reliability growth test plan?
- How can I use Weibull++/ALTA to obtain the overall reliability of a product that comprises several different components?
To read more, see
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Hot News |
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ARS Europe Awards Issued - We formally congratulate the recipients of the Excellent Presentation Awards from the European
Applied Reliability Symposium (ARS) in Warsaw last month. During this event, we had many engineers from various industries present on practical topics and the award winners were selected based on votes cast by Symposium attendees. These are the winners!
1st Place (Gold) - Martin Shaw from
Reliability Solutions for his presentation on
"Predicting Field Failure Rate from Production
Process Yield Data Using Real Life LCD TV
Production Data." 2nd Place (Silver) - Albertyn Barnard from Lambda Consulting for his presentation
on "Why You Cannot Predict Electronic Product
Reliability." 3rd Place (Bronze) - Amnon Ganot from GERTRON RAMS Consulting Services for his presentation on
"Prerequisites for a Comprehensive and
Successful FMEA."
Thank you for your hard work and congratulations for garnering the winning votes! |
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Call for Presenters for ARS India - The ARS committee is currently soliciting presenters for the
2012 ARS, India, which will be held in Chennai, India on
October 10 - 12, 2012. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please review the detailed instructions and requirements posted at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/india/presenters/index.htm. |
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Final call for ASQ CRE Exam -
Once again, the ARS committee has partnered with ASQ to bring the
Certified Reliability Engineer Exam to the 2012 ARS, North America conference in New Orleans, LA. The exam will be offered on
June 12th, 2012 and the application deadline for the CRE exam is
May 4th, 2012. If interested, please register with ASQ via their secure website at https://secure.asq.org/certification/2012-cre-application-ars.html. |
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Upcoming
Public Training Event Calendar |
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April 2012 |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for
Repairable Systems
in
Jakarta, Indonesia |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Berlin, Germany |
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April 24 - 26, 2012:
RS 480 RCM Principles and
Applications
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Tucson, Arizona |
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May 2012 |
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May 7 - 9, 2012:
RS 401(C) and RS 402 Life Data
Analysis (Condensed) and Intro
to Accelerated Testing
in
Pune, India |
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May 8 - 10, 2012:
RS 511 Application of
Reliability Growth Models in
Developmental Testing and
Fielded Systems
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 8 - 10, 2012:
RS 521 Advanced Accelerated Life
Testing Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 8 - 10, 2012:
RS 522 Advanced System
Reliability / Maintainability
Analysis
in
Bordeaux, France |
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May 14 - 18, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Singapore |
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May 15 - 17, 2012:
RS 588 DOE: Experiment Design
and Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 21 - 25, 2012:
Effective FMEA Series (RS 470 &
RS 471)
in
Stockport, United Kingdom |
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June 2012 |
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June 11 - 15, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Senigallia (Ancona Airport),
Italy |
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June 13 - 15, 2012:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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June 18 - 20, 2012:
RS 521 Advanced Accelerated Life
Testing Analysis
in
Bangalore, India |
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