Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA, FMECA, RPN)

 

Identify the most critical failure modes

BQR’s FMEA / FMECA software helps to quickly import product trees, assign failure modes from libraries, define failure effects up to the system level, and complete a detailed analysis.

 

Benefits

  • Identify single points of failure with high probability and severity to achieve high product Robustness, Reliability and Safety
  • Generate a failure modes database for troubleshooting and BIT (Built In Test) circuits design
  • Comply to authority’s requirements and regulations

Compliance to Standards

BQR’s FMEA / FMECA / RPN complies with the following standards:

  • Mil-Std-882E
  • Mil-Std-1629A
  • SAE J1739
  • IEC 60812
  • AIAG FMEA-4
  • EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129

Software includes customizable risk matrix, criticality, severity and RPN groups

Risk Matrix
Risk Matrix

How It Works

Steps for conducting Failure Mode and Effects Analysis using BQR’s software

Import (optional)

  • Import the block tree and components from BQR’s fiXtress using BQR’s Core Database or from CAD systems
  • During Import, the component failure rates, failure modes and ratios are automatically assigned

User Input

  • Define project data such as: Mission time, Severities and Risk Matrix according to required standard
  • Define functions and dispatch components to functions (automatically done if using CAD plug-in)
  • Define effects of each failure mode up to the system level
  • Define severity for each system level failure mode
  • Add additional mission phases if necessary
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis software
Failure Mode Effects

Analysis

  • The FMECA software verifies the user data. If data is wrong/missing, user is notified
  • The software analyzes all possible failure paths and calculates the severity and risk for all failure modes and functions

Reports

  • Block and Mode criticality – for each severity and criticality group
  • Standard FMEA and FMECA reports
  • Summary of end effects
  • All reports can be customized
  • All reports are in Excel files
Screenshot from FMECA software report summary
FMEA report summary

Features

  • Flexible risk matrix supports all standards
  • Ready to use templates for different industries
  • Failure mode libraries for various components and functions
  • Flexible import of BOM, product tree and components from various CAD tools
  • For electronic circuits: Advanced interface for quick assignment of components to functions
  • Hardware (functions and components), software and human error failure modes