VDA-German Automotive Industry Society describes process of system FMEA building. I would like to highlight 3 key areas of VDA approach: Functional analysis Failure analysis The process consists from following steps: Product breakdown to system levels Functional description of system Failure Analysis Risks Evaluation Risk Optimization First step is about definition of system. Team breakdown system into several level which depend on scope of analysis eg. sensor-sensing element-sensing element characteristics. Output of this step is system structure net. In second step team define requirements, functions and characteristics into each element of product structure. Logic behind is describe how requirements should be ensured by functions and characteristics/parameters. Objective …
design for reliability
Has “Design for Reliability” become another loosely defined term of Reliability Science?
If you have been involved in the field of reliability in the past several years you most likely have heard the term “Design for Reliability” (DfR). More and more companies these days advertize DfR as part of their design process and more and more web-based and life training is offered on the DfR methods. However, what is really “Design for Reliability”? The short answer - it hasn’t been defined yet. Terminology-wise DfR is becoming the next Failure Rate, Durability, or MTBF – the terms many engineers think they understand, but often don’t and consequently misapply. The meaning of the DfR is intuitively obvious: it is an approach to design, which (contrary to “Test-Analyze-Fix” philosophy) moves the reliability-focused activities to the earlier phases of the design and helps to design …
Free Design for Reliability Seminar in L.A.
We are providing a FREE 1/2 Day Design for Reliability seminar on Thursday, February 11th at Wyle Labs in El Segundo, California. If you are interested in attending, please let us know and we can provide you more info. …
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