Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been proven to be an effective methodology to improve system design reliability. However, the standard approach reveals some weaknesses when applied to wind turbine systems. The conventional criticality assessment method has been criticized as having many limitations such as the weighting of severity and detection factors. In this paper, we aim to ov...

When building a control plan, we are always facing a threefold issue: Should we check product characteristics or process parameters? Where have we to place this check? Is our effort of control adapted; or is it undersized, oversized? Such as it is classically implemented, FMEA usually highlights the lacks and not the excess of controls, thus generating too heavy and usually too expensive a cont...

Safety critical systems are those systems whose failure could result in loss of life, significant properityda mage, or damage to the environment. Brake-by-wire (BBW) technology in automotive industry is the ability to contr ol brakes through electrical means. It can be designed to supplement ordinary service brakes or it can be a standalone brake system. The increasing usage of brake-by-wire sy...

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a well-known approach for correlating the failure modes of a system to their effects, with the objective of assessing their criticality. The criticality of a failure mode is traditionally established by its risk priority number (RPN), which is the product of the scores assigned to the three risk factors, which are likeness of occurrence, the chance of...

Aim: To develop a systematic approach to detect and prevent clinical risks in complementary medicine (CM) and increase patient safety through the analysis of activities in homeopathy and acupuncture centres in the Tuscan region using a significant event audit (SEA) and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA). Methods: SEA is the selected tool for studying adverse events (AE) and detecting the...

Nowadays, Customers are placing tremendous pressure on vendor companies for high quality, reliable products. The rising capabilities and functionality of many products are creating it additional complex for producer to keep up the quality and reliability, which not only satisfies him but also delights him. Considerable research has been carried out and literature available in the field of Suppl...

Trouble Shooting Manuals (TSMs) provide useful information and guidelines for machinery maintenance, in particular, for fault isolation given a failure mode. TSMs produced by OEMs are usually updated based on feedback or requests from end users. Performing such update is very demanding as it requires collecting information from maintenance practices and integrating the new findings into the tro...

In this paper, reliability block diagram of a sounding rocket separation system is determined and also, FMEA analysis of its spring mechanism is performed. This system is based on the flexible linear shape charge crosssection system and a spring mechanism to accelerate separation. In this investigation, reliability block diagram of the separation system include mechanical and electrical mechani...

OBJECTIVE To carry out a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to the use of oral syringes. METHODS A multidisciplinary team was assembled within the Safety Committee.  The stages of oral administration process of liquid  medication were analysed, identifying the most critical and establishing the  potential modes of failure that can cause errors. The impact associated with  each mode of f...