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Issue 96,
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Comparing Two Products Using a Single
Metric
A common task for a reliability engineer is to
determine if one product is better than another. Often,
comparison of a single metric, such as the time by which X% of
the population is expected to fail (also known as the BX life),
is used to answer the question of which product is superior.
This article will illustrate two graphical methods to compare
the B10 lives of two different designs using ReliaSoft's
Weibull++
software. To read more, see
https://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue96/hottopics96.htm
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Reliability Basics |
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per
Unit Time Equation
Components that wear out are candidates for preventive
maintenance. When the cost to replace a component before it
fails is less than the cost to replace the component after it
fails, it makes sense to maintain the component preventively.
The optimum preventive maintenance time can be found using the
Weibull++,
BlockSim
and RCM++ software
packages from ReliaSoft. These methods are based on the cost per
unit time to maintain the component, and they are presented in
this article.
To read more, see
https://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue96/relbasics96.htm
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Tool Tips |
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What tools does ReliaSoft offer to help engineers design
reliability tests?
- What discounts are
available for ReliaSoft's training seminars?
To read more, see
https://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue96/tooltips96.htm
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Latest Software Updates |
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New service releases are now
available for Weibull++
(SR 7.5.7), ALTA (SR
7.5.7),
DOE++ (SR 1.0.4),
Xfmea Standard
(SR 4.0.7),
Xfmea Enterprise (SR 4.0.7) and
RCM++ (SR 4.0.7). To
determine the compile revision of the application on your
computer, select About from the Help menu.
More Software Downloads...
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Hot News |
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2009 ARS Europe - The International Applied
Reliability Symposium is coming to the
Princess Sofia Hotel in Barcelona, Spain on
March 25 - 27, 2009. There is still time to
register, but don't wait too long! The
program allows you to choose from 22
results-oriented presentations and 2 in-depth
tutorials. For more information about ARS Europe,
please visit
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Advance Registration for 2009 ARS India -
This year's event will be hosted at the
Le Meridien Pune hotel in Pune, India on
April 15 - 17, 2009. The Advance Registration
discount is available until March 25, 2009,
so don't delay! On-line
registration is available now. You will have 18
results-oriented presentations and 3 in-depth
tutorials to choose from. For more information about
ARS India, please visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/india. |
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RAMS 2009 - Many thanks to those who visited
our booth. We received numerous inquires regarding
XFRACAS
and
Xfmea and also presented on numerous topics,
including "Improving the 1-Parameter Weibull: A Bayesian
Approach," "Warranty Prediction for Products with Random
Stresses and Usages" and "Introduction to R&M Management
(Reliability from Design Inception to Product
Retirement)." These papers are now available online at
https://www.weibull.com/knowledge/papers.htm. |
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ReliaSoft Standing By to Help Even during
times of economic stress, successful organizations
recognize that effective reliability strategies must
remain an essential element to long-term company
viability. In fact, experience indicates that when a
company attempts to reduce development costs by cutting
reliability and quality tasks, they may end up paying
much more in the long run due to factors such as
increased warranty costs, loss of future business and
exposure to critical safety or regulatory issues. If you
find that your organization could use some extra,
independent support to help you navigate through these
difficult times while continuing to maintain high
standards of quality and reliability, ReliaSoft is
standing by to help. We offer a wide range of training
and consulting services that can help you select, plan
and implement the reliability tasks that will be most
effective for supporting lean engineering and low
overall life cycle costs. Please contact us to find out how. Visit
https://www.reliasoft.com/about/contact-us for complete contact information. |
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Upcoming Public
Training Event Calendar |
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February 2009 |
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February 18 - 20, 2009:
RS 522 Advanced System
Reliability / Maintainability Analysis
in
Turin, Italy |
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February 23 - 27, 2009:
MSMT Foundations
in
Penang, Malaysia |
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February 23 - 27, 2009:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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February 26 - 27, 2009:
RS 401(C) Reliability and
Life Data Analysis (Condensed)
in
Rayong, Thailand |
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March 2009 |
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March 16 - 20, 2009:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for Repairable
Systems
in
Jakarta, Indonesia |
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March 16 - 18, 2009:
RS 522 Advanced System
Reliability / Maintainability Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 19 - 20, 2009:
RS 470 Failure Modes,
Effects and Criticality Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 25 - 27, 2009:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Barcelona, Spain |
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April 2009 |
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April 15 - 17, 2009:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Pune, India |
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April 20 - 22, 2009:
RS 560 Fundamentals of
Design for Reliability
in
Singapore |
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April 20 - 24, 2009:
MSMT Foundations
in
United Kingdom |
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April 20 - 24, 2009:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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April 28 - 29, 2009:
RS 480 RCM Principles and
Applications
in
Singapore |
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