Reliability Engineering Terms

Physics of Failure (PoF)

June 22nd, 2022

Reliability Engineering Terms – Physics of Failure (PoF)
What is Reliability Physics/Physics-of-Failure Analysis?
Reliability Physics is a technique for identifying and understanding the physical processes and mechanisms of failure. Currently, the terminology “Physics-of-Failure” (PoF) is widely used and is synonymous with reliability physics.
What’s the payoff?
Many consider PoF modeling to provide a distinct advantage over traditional statistics-based methods…  Read More

Summer 2022 Reliability Engineering Training

April 8th, 2022

Are you ready to advance your engineering skills?
Register for in-person reliability engineering open training hosted Tuesday, June 14 through Thursday, June 16, 2022 at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando – Disney Springs in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Quanterion Solutions, a longtime reliability engineering educator, will be providing the training, which consists of two course…  Read More

Reliability Engineering Terms – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

February 8th, 2022

Reliability Engineering Terms – Root Cause Analysis
What is Root Cause Analysis?
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a class of problem-solving methods aimed at identifying and eliminating the root cause of failures.  The root cause of a failure mode is defined as the lowest-level condition (people, process, software, material, documentation or requirements) that is responsible for causing…  Read More

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Resources

February 8th, 2022

Root Cause Analysis Resources
Root Cause Analysis Training
Reliability Growth through Robust Design and Test
This three-day course provides a complete overview of the reliability growth process associated with robust design and test techniques. It defines the basic concepts of reliability growth and illustrates how these concepts can be most effectively applied using a variety of design and…  Read More

Lifetime Extension Management Resources

December 16th, 2021

Lifetime Extension Management Resources
 
Data and Tools

QuART ER (Enhancing Reliability)

This 2011 release features more than two dozen new or improved tools over QuART PRO. QuART ER updates more than 10 tools and adds more than 15 new tools to the tool set available in QuART PRO, including the “Ask a Quanterion Expert” function that allows users to direct…  Read More

Quality Management Resources

November 16th, 2021

Training
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Enterprise
The purpose of this one-day course is to provide participants with an introduction to the foundational concepts of the Lean-Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help participants successfully understand the organization of a Lean-Six Sigma program. Simulations on variations in such processes will be practiced. Upon completion of this…  Read More

Reliability Engineering Terms – Quality Management

November 16th, 2021

What is Quality Management?
Quality management is a broad term used to describe those activities that are beneficial in building quality products. Other associated terms historically associated with this concept are Total Quality Management (TQM), Statistical Process Control (SPC), etc. The philosophies of Deming, Juran, Taguchi and others are part of this class of activities, as…  Read More

Weibull Analysis Resources

August 26th, 2021

Weibull Analysis Three-Day Training

Sign up for Weibull Analysis training hosted Sept. 9-11 in Albuquerque, NM!
Learn one of the best techniques for continuous improvement in this complete three-day course!

The popular and simple Weibull technique can model most real-life manufacturing and operating data leading to accurate prediction of future issues, corrective action guidance, and significant cost benefit.

Each…  Read More

Reliability Engineering Terms – Weibull Analysis

August 26th, 2021

What is Weibull Analysis?
Weibull Analysis is a statistical analysis that is used to determine reliability characteristics and trends from field and/or test failure data. It allows decisions to be made based on a limited amount of data. The Weibull distribution can be fit to datasets exhibiting an increasing, decreasing, or constant failure rate, a unique…  Read More