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Title: HOW WE PUT RELIABILITY TOOLS INTO THE HANDS OF DESIGNERS
Author: JACKSON, T
Abstract: This paper describes the managerial issues encountered during the development of FRATOOLS, a new computerized methodology for performing failure rate analysis. FRATOOLS was developed inhouse because a tool was needed for performing failure rate analysis in a concurrent engineering environment. No suitable commercial software or shareware (Ref. 1) could be found which adequately supports Concurrent Engineering. A number of commercial failure rate analysis programs were evaluated, but each was found to require the skills of an experienced reliability engineer for effective utilization. FRATOOLS consists of several stand-alone programs integrated together to work as a single software package. These tools were successfully used by Designers to analyze the F18 Radar Upgrade (RUG) System. The FRATOOLS methodology fully complies with the methods contained in Mil-Hdbk-217E. Some of the novel elements of FRATOOLS include the use of "smart" software for automating the decision making process, capability to compute the failure rates for advanced technology devices (Ref. 2) which are not covered in Mil-Hdbk-217E, and integrating the methodology with the design process in a manner which fully supports concurrency in the design of radar systems.
Source: PROCEEDINGS ANNUAL RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM
Publication Year: 1991
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Issue nr: SYM
Pages: 168 - 173
Science Code: Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Engineering, Industrial
Tags: FAILURE RATE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FMEA; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; SHAREWARE
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