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Reliability in the broad sense is the science aimed at prediction, analyzing, preventing and mitigating failures over time.
Reliability is quality over time. A reliable, trouble-free product continues to satisfy customers for a long time.
Reliability in the narrow sense is the probability that a device will operate successfully for a specific period of time and under specified conditions when used in the manner and for the purpose intended.
Today's customers, both industrial and consumer, have become much more demanding about product reliability than they were a few years ago.
Who Gains From Good Reliability?
Manufacturer - because his product has additional customer appeal, through higher quality, faster service, lower support cost.
The Customer - because the equipment he buys is easier and less costly to support, has lower down-time - higher availability.
Reliability engineering is the function of analyzing the expected or actual reliability of a product, process or service, and identifying the actions to reduce failures or mitigate their effects.
Engineers analyzing reliability typically carry out reliability predictions, FMEA or FMECA, design testing programs, monitor and analyze field failures, and suggest design or manufacturing changes.
The overall goal of reliability engineering is to make your product more reliable in order to reduce repairs, lower costs, and to maintain your company's reputation. To meet this goal best, reliability engineering should be done at all levels of design and production, with all engineers involved.
Look at our Services list as a way to implement new design processes for trouble-free products.
We also provide a wide range of consulting services in the areas of reliability engineering to Hi-Tech industries:
• Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety
• Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
• Failure Data Collection & Analysis
• Thermal Analysis
If you design or manufacture products or systems, there are chances that we can help you improve them with a resulting achievement in profitability and customer satisfaction.
Introducing RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) Software
RAM Commander is a comprehensive software tool for Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Prediction, Spares Optimization, FMEA/FMECA, Testability, Fault Tree Analysis, Event Tree Analysis and Safety Assessment. Its reliability and safety modules cover all widely known reliability standards and failure analysis approaches. RAM Commander is indispensable tool for ensuring reliability of sophisticated systems.
RAM Commander Modules include:
Reliability and Availability Prediction
Basic Reliability Prediction
RBD - Reliability Block Diagram with Monte-Carlo simulation
Spare Parts Optimization
Markov Chains
Derating Module
Stress - Strength Analysis
Maintainability – RCM
FMEA – Process / Design
FMECA / Testability Analysis
FTA – Fault Tree Analysis
ETA – Event Tree Analysis
Safety Assessment – based on SAE ARP 4761
Other Software tools include:
D-LCC – Advanced tool for life cycle cost calculation, total ownership cost and sensitivity cost analysis.
FavoWeb FRACAS – Web-based dynamic incident/failure/fault management system: FRACAS world leading tool for failure
collection, management and analysis, the only web enabled tool of it’s kind in the market.
FavoScope Quality Management System (QMS) - Web- based audit system for quality process management based on ISO requirements.
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