Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com AMCP 708-If CHAPTER 5 INTEGRATED RELIABILITY DATA SYSTEM 5.1 INTRODUCTION An integrated reliability data system can Procedures for data accumulation and re- be used to provide project managers and duction must be developed and standardized, "engineers with the data that they need to These standard procedures must provide for determine the reliability achieved by the sys.
the collection of data - such ah Identifying tern and its component parts, If provided information, environmental conditions, in a timely manner, this information can be operating hours or cycles, and the descrip' used for effective planning, review, and con- tion of hardware failures on each test per- "trul of actions related to system reliability, formed, The system also should be struc- tured to make use of data recorded on The data system should be established for failures occurring at times other than the "collecting, analyzing, and recording data on reliability tests, "all failures that occur during system devel- opment and operation, The system must The integated data system can be used to provide data that can be used to estimate handle, proces, and integrate all data ob- reliability and from which needed corrective handed from testing, inspection, and failure- action can be determined.
Computer pro. trouble reporting Theme data cand be used grams that permit the printing of reliability for reliability e nalysis and reporting, assess- status reports should be developed or ac- frrlaiiyinlssadrprig ses quirdats rports ould be dnteveled oreliacy ment of equipment readiness, and a variety S quired as part of the intep'ated reliability of other purposes. data system. The reliability data system will be useful A computer data bank of accumulated to the designer in providing a complete fail- and summarized reliability data must be ure history of the system and its constituent maintained and updated periodically.
These parts in some easily interpreted form, This data can be processed to produce reliability history should include an indication of the parameters for components, equipments, and specific mode of failure, the "ause of each subsystems. These reports can be structured failure, and a record of the effectiveness of to present a listing of troublesome items each corrective action. causing the most serious reliability problems. These lists then can be distributed to cogni- The reliability data system also must serve zant Army and contractor engineers and S maiagement. Management must be provided managers. with summaiy reports describing the curreTt reliability status of the system.
Suppliers of Te reliability data system for a weapon components must be evaluated continuously system developed by the Army should be to ensure that their products have adequate usable by both contractor and Army perion- reliability. Therefore, the data system must nel. During research, development, and provide a current record of the failure his- engineering design, the data system provides "tory attributable to each vendor, the information required for reliability deo- "':' ' ' ,- , -,-