First of all, let me introduce my self. My name Juan Alvarez, I am a product engineer working for a large US automotive systems supplier in Juarez, Mexico. We...
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Peter Allica
allicapg@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:49 pm
If you do not change how long will you have american customers for? If your failure rate is this high you will have difficulty finding people to sell them to....
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K. Petschauer
proteam@...
Mar 11, 2001 6:02 pm
Hi Juan, Thanks for your e-mail and your questions. I think that the answer is not very easy. But what about the other criterias? If it is necessary to make...
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Constant Depièreux
constant.depiereux@...
Mar 11, 2001 9:08 pm
Dear Sir, ... In a world of limited resources, your customer should understand that : 1. your company is proactive on solving their problems; 2. you will...
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Ronald F Ellis
ronald.f.ellis@...
Mar 12, 2001 7:40 pm
I agree with this last note about taking corrective actions on Occurrence to reduce frequency of failure, and Detectability to improve the "goodness" of...
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Robert Cassidy
rcassidy@...
Mar 13, 2001 6:37 am
Hello Juan and all, Maybe we are missing something here and making the issue more complex than it really is: Juan said that he had "thousands and thousands of...
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jjalvarez_70@...
Mar 14, 2001 3:54 pm
That is maybe the main problem. Even the RPN is 8 due to other criterias like detection and occurence, the customer is only focusing in the severity rank. I do...
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jjalvarez_70@...
Mar 21, 2001 12:28 pm
Hello everybody: Your comments to my last question have been very helpful. Thanks for share your experience with me. Now I have another dilema: AIAG FMEA...
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Dobry Alexander (T/ES...
alexander.dobry@...
Mar 21, 2001 1:00 pm
Hello Juan, I´m sure you are right! We develop electrical - pneumatical devices with included software for braking systems. On top level we´ve got always...
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Robert Cassidy
rcassidy@...
Mar 22, 2001 7:57 am
Juan: While you cannot decrease the COMPONENT severity, you can decrease the SYSTEM severity through redundancy: if you increase the number of terminals used...
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Cesar Vinadé
vinade@...
Mar 22, 2001 1:18 pm
Mr Juan, You mentioned that your problem is contacts and you want to reduce the severity. I agre with Mr. Cassady, but you must to know how to implement this ...
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Peter Allica
allicapg@...
Mar 24, 2001 8:42 am
Juan If the problem is caused by contacts failing, what is the reason for this. I have seen all sorts of unusual causes of failure. The most unusual I have ...
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Eric
fmea@...
Apr 17, 2001 7:44 pm
On the FMEA web site we received following question: (please send your answer directly to < salfordsuperstar@... > ) Dear Sir/Madam, I am a student at...
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Eric
fmea@...
Apr 17, 2001 8:17 pm
Have you any information on how to set up an fmea on Automotive fusebox and the systems it supplies in the vehicle? Simon.Griffiths@......
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Aernouts Raf
raf.aernouts@...
May 3, 2001 7:01 am
Hello all, I'm a teacher at the HORITO in Belgium and I will be trying to explain to my students what FMEA is and where it is and can be used. At the moment I...
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Howard Atkins
howard@...
May 4, 2001 6:52 am
The tables for the Severity in VDA 4.2 are like the tables in the QS booklet but do not include the relationship to parts and production. When producing a...
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Alphasys Belgium sprl
Hedi.Mhiri@...
May 4, 2001 6:53 am
Hello Raf, Unfortunately, I cannot help you with FMEA. But if you are interested in the Quality and TQM concept, I can give some help and tools for...
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Hubert Hell
runatnight@...
May 15, 2001 7:47 am
Hello all, am normally working on FMEAs in German, and have now the pleasure of having to prepare one in English... Is, by any chance, someone out there who...
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Peter Fackelmann
PeterFackelmann@...
May 15, 2001 7:19 pm
Hubert - ... Guess: www.fmea.com Goggle: fmea - 186 000 pointers. fmea glossary - 1000 pointers. You have to use more keywords to make the list shorter,-) Kind...
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mikesignor@...
May 16, 2001 8:29 am
An excellent (and brief!) introduction to FMEA may be found in McDermott, R. E., Mikulak, R. J., & Beauregard, M. R. (1996). The basics of FMEA. New York: ...
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Robert Cassidy
rcassidy@...
May 19, 2001 7:14 am
Hello Hubert, A reliability glossary which may help can be found at http://www.logicon.com/ress/glossary.htm; also, see ...
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rgeorge@...
Jun 8, 2001 8:10 pm
I would like to know if anyone within the Electronics, Aerospace, Defense or General Manufacturing Industries would be willing to share their generic data for...
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Chris Danford
Chris.Danford@...
Jun 11, 2001 5:07 pm
Has anyone come across good training materials? I am looking to perform some training across many manufacturing sites. Maybe use the "train the trainer" ...
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Becki Job
bjob@...
Jun 11, 2001 5:56 pm
Resource Engineering - FMEA investigator - Basic Training via CD Rom. Employees at my company was happy with this. 1-800-810-8326 ... Has anyone come across...
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rgeorge@...
Jun 11, 2001 5:57 pm
Hi Chris, We have published a thorough FMEA Training Manual which covers all required aspects of your request. We also specialize in FMEA Leadership Training...
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Brender, Rhonda
rhonda.brender@...
Jun 11, 2001 6:38 pm
Have you checked out Technicomp? They have many off-the-shelf FMEA course materials available including instructor manuals and student workbooks. This sound...
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Shannon Leong
leong_shannon@...
Jun 12, 2001 7:24 am
Hi, I'm currently working with a company writing programs for smart cards application. Would like to know the type of FMEA (kindly provide examples) to...
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sflynn@...
Jun 13, 2001 7:09 am
Shannon, What type of regulations (Standards) are you facing? I would like to speak with you, as my company actually had developed FMEA Software for these...
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Berar Mumford
berarmumford@...
Jun 13, 2001 7:09 am
Hello all, I was wondering how to start apply FMEA? I want to know what to do before starting/preparing FMEA. I would like to know how I can compile the...
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JoonSun Park
JSPark@...
Jun 19, 2001 6:53 pm
Dear Mr. Berar Our company actually implemented PFMEA last year. Basic theory for the FMEA we refered are on "The Basics of FMEA" written by ROBIN E MCDERMOTT,...
