FMECA

FAILURE MODES, EFFECTS AND

CRITICALITY ANALYSIS

Jins Abraham
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FMECA Definition
Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is a step-
by-step approach for identifying all possible failures in a design, a
manufacturing or assembly process, or a product or service
Failure Modes => Incorrect behavior of a subsystem or
component due to a physical or procedural malfunction.
Effects => Incorrect behavior of the system caused by a failure.
Criticality =>The combined impact of
The probability that a failure will occur
The severity of its effect
Evolution of FMECA
FMEA was originally developed by NASA to improve and verify the
reliability of space program hardware.
Purpose of FMECA
Select the most suitable design with high reliability and
high safety potential in the design phases.
List potential failures and identify the severity of their
effects in the early design phase.
Provide necessary documentation for future design and
consideration of design changes.
Provide a basis for maintenance management.
Provide a basis for reliability and availability analyses.
Basic parts of FMECA
1. Identify failure modes and their effects(FMEA)
2. Ranking failure modes according to the combination of severity and
probability of that failure mode occurring.(Critically Analysis)
Benefits of FMECA
FMECA is one of the most important and most widely
used tools for reliability analysis.
The FMECA facilitates identification of potential
design reliability problems
Identify possible failure modes and their effects
Determine severity of each failure effect
FMECA helps
removing causes of failures
developing systems that can mitigate the effects of
failures.
to prioritize and focus on high-risk failures
Comparison of FMEA and
FMECA
FMEA FMECA

Only qualitative information Quantitative information available

Used as a ‘what if’ process Criticality analysis
Identifies failure modes of Ranks the failure modes in order of
product or process and their their importance, failure rate and
effects severity of failure.