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View Full Version : 8.2.3.1 Reliability, Maintainability and Availability - How to satisfy requirement?


shyso
18th January 2005, 03:46 PM
What is needed to satisfy the standard. Currently we develop an initial capability study (Ppk) and determine the failure rate. Does this mean that we will need to do a true reliability study (i.e. determine burn in time, optimal process time and wear out time)?

Sam
18th January 2005, 06:19 PM
What is needed to satisfy the standard. Currently we develop an initial capability study (Ppk) and determine the failure rate. Does this mean that we will need to do a true reliability study (i.e. determine burn in time, optimal process time and wear out time)?

What I submitted was;
Reliability to produce - Cpk. Process effectiveness and efficiency
Maintainabilty - Maintenance schedules/history, preventive/predictive
maintenence.
Availability - the time that the process is available to produce the customers
product.
This info can be obtained easily by conducting the run@rate or PSO as required by the customer.

Sambasi
21st January 2005, 12:52 AM
We have addressed these (for critical equipments in a process) by using basic defination in our system:-

Reliability = Mean Time Between Failure (MBTF)

Maintainablity = Mean time To Repair (MTTR)

Availability = MTBF/(MTBF+MTTR)

Sam
21st January 2005, 10:16 AM
We have addressed these (for critical equipments in a process) by using basic defination in our system:-

Reliability = Mean Time Between Failure (MBTF)

Maintainablity = Mean time To Repair (MTTR)

Availability = MTBF/(MTBF+MTTR)

As you state these are standard terms for evaluating equipment,and this is one step in the process when completing a Run@Rate or PSO calculation. But as I read it the requirement for R/M/A applies to the process and not individual items of equipment.

Sambasi
21st January 2005, 11:36 PM
As you have stated correctly, this data is considered for process R/M/A.
Thanks.