Reliability Engineering experts know there are many variables that impact operational failure rates. These variables even include how operations and maintenance are done at a specific site. Sometimes it feels like there are so many variables that no realistic failure rate can ever be predicted without a few hundred hours of…
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Entries tagged with: Reliability Engineering
- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Thursday, April 28, 2022
- Functional Safety
Failure Rate Analysis Paralysis
- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Thursday, October 13, 2011
- Functional Safety
Two Billion Hours
When I studied Reliability Engineering in graduate school, I was taught that failure rate data came from field failure studies. I assumed that operating companies always kept accurate records when a piece of equipment failed. I also assumed that someone would investigate the failures and assign a root cause.…