Design for Reliability - Fundamentals

Design for Reliability is a process that encompasses tools and procedures to ensure that a product meets its reliability requirements, under its use environment, for the duration of its lifetime. Design for Reliability is implemented in the design stage of a product to proactively improve product reliability, by seeking to minimise weaknesses in design.

Description

This 1-day course covers the fundamentals of the Design for Reliability process, with the following aims:

    • Introduce Reliability Engineering principles (objectives, terminology, definitions).
    • Describe the elements of a Design for Reliability process and how they work together.
    • Provide awareness of typical Reliability Engineering tools that help identify, monitor and manage risks.
    • Demonstrate how reliability can be quantified.

Concepts and terminology are first introduced. The types of activities that can help achieve more reliable products and processes, along with some of the various tools that can support these activities, are then discussed.

This course is not intended to provide specific training on tools or techniques. If these are of interest, please review our other Standard Courses or contact us to discuss bespoke training options.

Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed for those working in Engineering Design, who would like an introduction to the subject of Reliability Engineering.

Prerequisites

The course does not assume any prior knowledge on the subject of Reliability Engineering.

Duration

This online course is split into 3 sessions, 2 hours each.

Agenda

Course Topics Include:

  • Introduction
    • Terminology
    • Definitions
    • Importance of Reliability
  • Identifying Risks
    • How risk is assessed
    • Categories of hazards
    • Proactively Identifying Failure Modes
  • Quantifying Reliability
    • Collecting and displaying data
    • Reliability Metrics
    • Failure Rate and MTBF Calculations
    • Non-constant Failure Rates
  • Achieving and Monitoring Reliability
    • Factors that lead to reliable and maintainable designs
    • Reliability Engineering Tools
    • Learning from failures