6Exemplary Models of Programs and Illustrations for Professional Learning in Reliability Prediction and Accelerated Reliability Testing
Lev M. Klyatis
For use in engineering education and training courses, seminars, lectures, tutorials, workshops, and so on.
6.1 Examples of the Program
6.1.1 Example 1. Several Days' Course: “Successful Prediction of Product Reliability and Necessary Testing”
Will provide the foundation for designing and using this problem solution.
Course participants will learn:
First and second days: “Methodological Aspects of Reliability Prediction”
Reliability understanding and measuring
Impact of reliability on profits.
How reliability influence on life‐cycle cost.
Reduction in life‐cycle time and cost.
Design FMEA.
Misapplications of FMEA.
Fault tree analysis (FTA).
Conducting design reviews.
Reliability as one from interacted component of product performance.
Analysis of current situation with reliability of the products and the basic causes of this situation.
Why reliability prediction is often inaccurate
Analysis of current situation with using different methodological approaches of reliability prediction—their positive and negative aspects.
Terms and definitions of reliability prediction.
New advanced methodological approach for successful reliability prediction.
The strategy of successful prediction for industry.
Preparation of recommendations for design improvement.
Growth of reliability through ART.
Controlling warranty costs.
Implementation of successful reliability prediction.
List of benefits, requirements, and objectives of methodological aspects of successful reliability prediction
Following days: “Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing as Source for Obtaining Initial Information for Successful Reliability Prediction”
Choose accelerated testing method for a given application.
Adjust accelerated testing programs for business situations.
Description of how product development cycles can be reduced in time.
Analysis of current situation in methodology for accelerated field and laboratory testing.
Analysis of current situation in equipment market for accelerated testing.
Why the above methodology and equipment cannot offer accurate information for improving reliability prediction.
Terms and definitions of reliability and durability testing.
Explain the steps and methodology used to conduct of ART/ADT.
How and why accelerated reliability and durability testing can help to solve the problem improved prediction of product reliability.
How to utilize existing test equipment.
Demonstrate the application of a variety of tools utilized for ART/ADT.
How to prepare requirements to design equipment for ART/ADT.
Implementation solution of reliability testing.
Economic benefits from improved reliability usage.
6.1.2 Example 2. One‐Day Course “Methodology of Reliability Prediction”
Will provide the methodological foundation for designing and usage reliability prediction program to achieve high reliability during given time. Seminar participants will learn:
Why current situation with reliability prediction is often unsuccessful for practice.
Why this situation has continued for many years (with analysis of publications).
Terms and definitions of reliability prediction.
How reliability prediction methodology can be improved.
Basic components of improved reliability prediction.
Examples with using improved reliability prediction methodology.
6.1.3 Example 3. One–Two Days' Course (or tutorial) “Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology as Source of Obtaining Information for Successful Reliability Prediction”
Current situation with reliability and durability testing.
Accelerated aging—positive and negative aspects.
Highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and highly accelerated stress screening (HASS). Their advantages and disadvantages.
The role of real world simulation in level of testing.
The basis of accurate real world simulation.
Key terms and definition of accelerated reliability and durability testing (ART/ADT).
Accelerated reliability and durability testing (ART/ADT) as a key factor for improvement reliability prediction.
Basic specifics and concepts of ART/ADT.
Equipment for ART/ADT.
Benefits on ART/ADT.
Reliability testing standardization.
6.1.4 Example 4. One–Two Days' Seminar “Foundation for Designing Successful Accelerated Testing”
Will provide the foundation for designing a successful accelerated testing (AT) program so as to achieve high reliability in existing products and future designs. Seminar participants will learn:
Why current technique and equipment for AT give no more than 20–30% of possible benefits.
Why the simulation of real‐life influences is usually not accurate for a high level of correlation between AT results and field results.
How one can obtain maximum correlation between AT results and field results.
How engineers and managers can find and eliminate causes for failures and degradation of product quickly and at lower costs.
Why the quality of published literature often is not enough to turn practical engineers and managers to the way with minimum benefits.
Course participants will also learn to apply AT to:
Shorten product time to the market.
Reduce design and product development cycle time, warranty costs, and minimize customer returns.
AT is applicable to mechanical, electro‐mechanical, electronic, hydraulic and other devices used in automotive, railroad, aerospace, marine, and other areas of industry.
Benefits of Attending
By completing this seminar, professionals will know:
How to implement advanced and less expensive techniques to increase the product warranty period.
Participants will be informed what advanced literature they could use for improvement of their knowledge in accelerated testing.
Seminar Basic Content
Failure modes & effect analysis (FMEA) basics (introduction & overview, definition, general discussion, performing a design FMEA & Process FMEA, criticality/risk analysis).
Fault tree analysis as a supportive tool.
Introduction to successful AT.
The strategy for creating successful AT.
Physical simulation of real‐life input influences on the product.
Technology of step‐by step AT.
Conditions for accelerated multiple environmental testing.
Accelerated corrosion testing with accurate simulation of field conditions.
Vibration testing with accurate simulation of field conditions.
Who Should Attend?
Corporate executives, test engineers and managers, design engineers and technicians, reliability engineers and managers, supervisors, quality assurance managers, quality control engineers and managers, manufacturing engineers, and others.
6.2 Illustrations for these and Other Programs in Reliability Prediction and Testing
The following illustrations for the learning courses have to be prepared in slides (PowerPoint or similar software).