We are excited to announce the release of Relyence 2025 Release 1, packed with innovative new features and enhancements. This latest release continues our commitment to staying at the forefront of industry advancements, introducing key additions in Relyence FMEA, Reliability Prediction, FRACAS, and RBD. Read on to explore these exciting updates or check out our highlights video for a concise overview.
Introducing FMEA Function and Failure Nets
Relyence FMEA has long been a go-to tool for industries like automotive, aerospace, electronics, and medical devices. With Relyence 2025 Release 1, we continue to enhance our best-in-class FMEA tool with the introduction of FMEA Function and Failure Nets. These powerful enhancements bring a dynamic, visual representation of your FMEA data, including Functions, Failure Modes, Causes, and Effects, across your system structure.
Benefits of Using FMEA Nets
- Enhanced Visualization: FMEA Nets offer a graphical view of your system’s FMEA data, making it easier for your team to understand the relationships between Functions, Failure Modes, and their Causes and Effects.
- Intuitive Traceability: Trace the propagation of failures across your system and gain a clearer understanding of failure chains.
- Comprehensive Data Capture: Ensure all relevant data is captured for each system component, leading to more complete and accurate analyses.
- Efficient Worksheet Building: FMEA Nets allow you to add Functions, Failure Modes, Causes, and Effects directly to your DFMEA Worksheet, streamlining the process.
Function Nets
Function Nets provide a visual and logical representation of how Functions within your system interact and depend on each other. They allow you to understand the impact of the failure of one Function on others, improving the accuracy of your failure mode identification.
Failure Nets
Failure Nets focus on how Failure Modes propagate through the system. They help visualize cascading failures and identify critical failure paths. This structured approach makes it easier to pinpoint vulnerabilities and prioritize risk mitigation.
Key Features of FMEA Nets:
- Navigate through Function and Failure Nets easily using the Focus button.
- Hyperlinks on blocks allow quick navigation between function and failure analysis.
- Seamless integration with your DFMEA Worksheet to add failure mode, cause, and effect data directly.
Support for EPRD 2024 in Reliability Prediction
Relyence Reliability Prediction now supports optional integration with EPRD 2024, the latest version of the Electronic Parts Reliability Data database. This addition provides comprehensive statistical information on the failure rates and life expectancy of a wide range of electronic components, enhancing the accuracy of your reliability predictions.
Benefits of EPRD 2024:
- More accurate failure rate calculations for components not covered by traditional calculation standards.
- Increased reliability and precision by incorporating a broader range of component data into your system’s MTBF calculations.
Enhanced Incident-Problem Integration in FRACAS
Relyence FRACAS has been upgraded with a new feature that enhances the relationship between Incidents and Problems. Now, you can view Associated Incidents or Problems in a Subtable view directly on your FRACAS Forms. This improvement streamlines the corrective action process and reduces the need to switch between Incident and Problem records.
Formula Capabilities in FRACAS
The new Formula capabilities in Relyence FRACAS allow you to use Incident fields in Problem calculations and vice versa. This allows for greater flexibility, enabling calculations like:
- Summing Repair Costs for Incidents related to a Problem.
- Automatically populating mitigation steps based on previous Incidents associated with a Problem.
These new enhancements ensure that your corrective actions are tracked and managed more efficiently, improving system reliability and product quality.
Warm Standby Redundancy Modeling in RBD
Relyence RBD (Reliability Block Diagram) now supports Warm Standby redundancy modeling. This feature allows for backup components that are partially active and ready to take over in the event of a failure. Compared to Hot Standby systems, Warm Standby backups operate at a reduced state, offering performance benefits and reduced component degradation.
Key Benefits:
- Warm Standby failure rates are lower due to the reduced load on backup components.
- Quick activation of backup components compared to Cold Standby configurations.
- Ideal for high-reliability systems that require quick recovery, such as power systems and communication networks.
Additional Enhancements
In addition to the new features highlighted above, Relyence 2025 Release 1 introduces several exciting enhancements:
- Multiple Libraries for Maintainability Prediction, allowing better management of Maintenance Tasks and Maintenance Groups.
- Expanded filtering on FMEA Worksheets for Characteristics and Controls.
- New option to sort Top Gates alphabetically in Fault Tree.
Conclusion
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