Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Implementation: A Literature Review

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Journal of Advance Research in Aeronautics and Space Science

Volume 5, Issue 1&2 - 2018, Pg. No. 1-17 Peer Reviewed Journal Review Article

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Implementation: A Literature Review Kapil Dev Sharma1, Shobhit Srivastava2

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,Uttrakhand.

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Abstract FMEA is a systematic method of identifying and preventing system, product and process problems before they occur. It is focused on preventing problems, enhancing safety, and increasing customer satisfaction. Formally FMEA was introduced in the late 1940s by the US military Forces. In 1960s it was used by the aerospace industry as a design methodology, with their obvious reliability and safety requirements. In the late 1970s, the Ford Motor Company introduced FMEA to the automotive industry for safety and regulatory consideration. They also used it to improve production and design. FMEA is widely used in manufacturing industries in various phases of the product life cycle and it now extensively used in a variety of industries including semiconductor processing, food service, plastics, power plant, software, and healthcare. A successful FMEA activity enables a team to identify potential failure modes based on past experience with similar products or processes, enabling the team to design those failures out of the system with the minimum of effort and resource expenditure, thereby reducing development time and costs. This paper highlights the various approaches and applications of FMEA have been developed so far.

Keywords: Detection, FMEA, Occurrence, Reliability, RPN, Severity, Process FMEA, Design FMEA Introduction FMEA discipline was developed in the United States Military. Military Procedure MIL-P-1629, titled Procedures for Performing a Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis, is dated November 9, 1949. FMEA is a formal design methodology in the 1960s by the aerospace industry, with their obvious reliability and safety requirements. In the late 1970s, the Ford Motor Company introduced FMEA to the automotive industry for safety and regulatory consideration. They also used it to improve production and design. FMEA has been adopted in many places, such as the aerospace, military, automobile, electricity, mechanical, and semiconductor industries. Most current FMEA methods use the risk priority number (RPN) value to evaluate the risk of failure. The ability to improve

continually is desirable. In recent years, the reliabilities of power plants have become increasingly important issues in most developed and developing countries. Reliability, availability, maintainability and supportability (RAMS), as well as risk analysis, have become big issues in the power industries. Major causes of customer dissatisfaction often result from unexpected failures, which have led to unanticipated costs in the thermal power-station. However, with proper integration of RAMS and risk analysis in each maintenance process in the thermal power-station, the frequency of failures can be reduced and their consequences diminished. Failures are prioritized according to how serious their consequences frequently they occur and how easily they

Corresponding Author: Kapil Dev Sharma. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,Uttrakhand. E-mail Id: kapilshiva999@gmail.com How to cite this article: Sharma KD, Srivastava S. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Implementation: A Literature Review. J Adv Res Aero SpaceSci 2018; 5(1&2): 1-17.

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