What is BS 5760-2 - Guidelines for reliability assessment about?
BS 5760-2 is the second part of the BS 5760 multi-series that discusses the reliability of systems, equipment and components.
BS 5760-2 provides guidance for the practitioner on the assessment of the reliability of systems. BS 5760-2 includes a review of the range of techniques available for performing reliability assessments. The applicability of these techniques, depending on the nature of the product and its state of development and use, is described.
Who is BS 5760-2 - Guidelines for reliability assessment for?
BS 5760-2 on the reliability of systems, equipment and components is useful for:
- Manufacturing industries
- Quality control personnel
- Testing and inspection personnel
Why should you use BS 5760-2 - Guidelines for reliability assessment?
The assessment of reliability is an important element of many reliability programmes and can be implemented during the various phases of the life cycle of a product. Depending on the availability of data, the assessments may be either qualitative or quantitative. Assessments may be required during early studies to define the product and its fundamental design in order to compare the characteristics of various design options.
BS 5760-2 can be used by the users for the following:
- To provide an early indication of the potential of a system to meet a stated reliability requirement
- To reveal aspects of the design that require particular attention to reliability or that present high risks in relation to the requirements (assessment may reveal that the product specification is itself inadequate)
- To provide a basis for reliability apportionment (e.g., for use by subcontractors whose subsystems are required to meet reliability requirements delegated to them) and also to establish the reliability required of an item
- To provide inputs to studies that may influence product design, such as design reviews, design evaluation, trade-off studies, life cycle costing, maintenance support, logistics studies and safety analyses; for example, the assessment may highlight particular areas where an acceptable relaxation in performance could produce a major saving in life cycle cost
- To establish whether the production process has adversely affected the reliability
- To establish whether an item in service has performed or is performing with the reliability required and whether it is likely to continue performing adequately for the remainder of its operational life
- To contribute to safety studies of an item (it is necessary to distinguish between the operational and the safety requirements for reliability)
- To estimate and control the effects of design changes on reliability
- To provide input to logistic support analysis, spares ranging and scaling, hazard analysis and related maintenance studies
