RAM Commander. User s Guide. Version 7.6. Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Commander With FMECA, Process&Design FMEA, FTA and Safety

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1 RAM Commander Version 7.6 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Commander With FMECA, Process&Design FMEA, FTA and Safety User s Guide

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3 The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Advanced Logistics Developments Ltd. (A.L.D.). No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from Advanced Logistics Developments Ltd. (A.L.D.). The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. It is against the law to copy the RAM Commander on cassette tape, disk or any other medium for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use. RAM Commander 7.6 User s Guide Manual Release 01-December-2009 Copyright by Advanced Logistics Developments Ltd. MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Any other references to a trademark and/or copyrighted material are unintentional. Document number RAMC A

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5 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS...5 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING RAM COMMANDER...15 RAM COMMANDER HISTORY...16 USEFUL FEATURES...16 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...18 CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED RAM COMMANDER SOFTWARE KIT Introduction RAM Commander Installation Standalone Installation Network Installation Server Installati on Workstation Installation Using Common Database with Standalone Installation License Installation Local USB plug Network USB plug License File Running RAM Commander RAM COMMANDER UPGRADE Standalone Configuration - Upgrade Network Configuration - Upgrade UNINSTALLING OR MODIFYING RAM COMMANDER INSTALLING COMPONENT LIBRARY...49 SUMMARY...50 APPENDIX INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING...51 CHAPTER 3 STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL...61 OPENING A RAM COMMANDER PROJECT...62 NAVIGATING A RAM COMMANDER PROJECT...70 REPORTS...70 Tree reports...71 Pareto Reports...72 Temperature Curve Reports...75 MISSION PROFILE ANALYSIS...78

6 RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS Computing the RBD Diagram Reliability Function and MTBCF Computations SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MAINTAINABILITY PREDICTION SPARE PARTS ANALYSIS ADDING A NEW PROJECT ADDING NEW ASSEMBLIES ADDING NEW COMPONENTS USING NPRD AS A RELIABILITY PREDICTION METHOD FAILURE RATE TABLE LIBRARIES Reports Applying Failure Rate Tables CALCULATING RELIABILITY RELIABILITY GROWTH PROCESS/DESIGN FMEA Process / Design FMEA Main View Process/Design FMEA Reports SUMMARY CHAPTER 4 RAM COMMANDER CONCEPTS RAM COMMANDER PROCESS Stage 1: Product Tree Stage 2: Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Calculations Stage 3: Reports Stage 3: Modules Principles of RAM Commander Component Data Organization SUMMARY SUMMARY CHAPTER 5 RAM COMMANDER FUNDAMENTALS TOOLBAR ICONS WINDOW MANAGEMENT STATUS BAR WORKING WITH LISTS Data Manipulation Using Lists RAM COMMANDER PROJECTS Managing RAM Commander Projects RAM COMMANDER PROJECT MAIN VIEW Navigating Through a RAM Commander Project Setting a Project Mode Option SUMMARY CHAPTER 6 LIBRARIES AND DEFAULTS

7 GLOBAL AND PROJECT LIBRARIES COMPONENT LIBRARIES Copying Project Libraries Loading Components into the Project Library CROSS-REFERENCE USING COMPONENT AND CROSS REFERENCE LIBRARIES FOR DATA RETRIEVAL COMPONENT LIBRARY EXTENSION: AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION GLOBAL LIBRARY AND CROSS-REFERENCE FILES LOCATION GENERAL PART RELIABILITY DATA LIBRARY (GPRD) General Part Data FMECA data (Failure Modes list for the part) Field Failure Rate Tables Failure Rate Table Reports Failure Rate Table Formulae BACKING UP AND RESTORING GLOBAL LIBRARIES DEFAULT MANAGER New Item Defaults Updating Global Defaults from a Project PROJECT DEFAULTS Applying New Default Values Refreshing Defaults SUMMARY CHAPTER 7 RAM COMMANDER ADMINISTRATION DEFINING THE SYSTEM MANAGER USER ADMINISTRATION User Levels Creating, Editing and Deleting Users SYSTEM MANAGER PRIVILEGES Updating the Global Component Library Updating the Cross Reference Library Updating the Default Manager SUMMARY CHAPTER 8 PROJECT BUILDING PROJECT DEFINITION Setting Project Mode PRODUCT TREE BUILDING Product Tree Presentation Expanding and Collapsing the Product Tree Display Product Tree Items Product Tree Item Creation Manipulating the Product Tree Items...228

8 COPYING Copying Product Tree Items Copying Items Between Projects GLOBAL CHANGES Making Global Changes to a Product Tree View SEARCH COPY BETWEEN FIELDS SETTING NEW ITEM DEFAULTS MASSIVE DATA ENTRY ITEM IDENTIFIER (ID) DISPLAY OPTIONS SPECIAL FIELDS IN THE PREDICTION METHOD SCREENS Junction Temperature Stress Ratios NPRD RELIABILITY PREDICTION METHOD SUMMARY CHAPTER 9 IMPORT/EXPORT FACILITY IMPORTING TO RAM COMMANDER Import Options PRODUCT TREE IMPORTING Product Tree Import Wizard Importing Text Files Importing MS Excel and MS Access Files Importing of Mentor Graphics files Manually Importing a Product Tree from an ASCII File Loading Component Data from Libraries IMPORTING DATA LIBRARIES FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES Cross-reference Import Importing a Field Failure Rate Table Import to RBD Importing parts from External Component Libraries Importing FMECA data Importing Process&Design FMEA data EXPORTING Exporting using reports FMECA export P&D FMEA export SUMMARY CHAPTER 10 RELIABILITY CALCULATIONS OPERATING VS. NON-OPERATING MODES QUICK MODE RECALCULATE ALL

9 ALLOCATION NONOPERATING PREDICTION USING MIL-HDBK-217E MODIFYING CYCLING RELIABILITY MULTIPLIER VALUES CYCLING RELIABILITY REPORTS MODIFYING DEFAULT MULTIPLIER VALUES LOG FILE SUMMARY CHAPTER 11 REPORTS TREE RELIABILITY REPORTS PARETO REPORTS TEMPERATURE CURVE REPORTS BURN-IN REPORTS REPORT MANAGEMENT Text Reports Graph Reports REPORT GENERATOR VIEWING PREVIOUS REPORTS SUMMARY CHAPTER 12 MISSION PROFILE ANALYSIS DEFINING A MISSION PROFILE MISSION PROFILE REPORTS TOTAL FAILURE RATE FORMULA SUMMARY CHAPTER 13 MAINTAINABILITY PREDICTION PHILOSOPHY AND ASSUMPTIONS Information Required PRELIMINARY STEPS MAINTENANCE CORRECTIVE TIME - MCT Fault Isolation and Ambiguity MIL-HDBK-472-Procedure 5 Maintainability MEAN TIME TO REPAIR - MTTR MAINTAINABILITY CALCULATION Quick Mode Recalculate All METHODS OF MCT MAX CALCULATION MAINTAINABILITY ALLOCATION COPYING MAINTAINABILITY TASKS DATA MAINTAINABILITY LIBRARIES Standard Times Library Standard Tasks Library...349

10 Standard Tasks/Times Library Reports Maintenance Library MAINTAINABILITY REPORTS SUMMARY CHAPTER 14 DERATING DEFINING DERATING GUIDELINES Generating Guideline Reports ENTERING ACTUAL STRESS VALUES DERATING REPORTS SUMMARY CHAPTER 15 RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS WORKING WITH RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS Update RBD Information Global Changes Export to MS Word, Excel etc Export to MEADEP Elements Color RBD CONFIGURATION RBD CALCULATIONS MTBCF and R(t) Monte Carlo Simulations RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAM REPORTS SAVING AND OPENING RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS SUMMARY CHAPTER 16 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION BUILDING Inserting Blocks into a Configuration from a Product Tree CALCULATE MTBCF PREPARING A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION REPORT SUMMARY CHAPTER 17 SPARE PARTS ANALYSIS OPERATION MODES SPARE PARTS CALCULATION Generating Spare Parts Reports SPARE PARTS OPTIMIZATION Optimization Criteria Constraint Optimization Algorithm Optimization Parameters

11 Generating Optimization Reports SPARE PARTS ANALYSIS FORMULAE POSSIBLE IMPORTANT APPLICATIONS Compound Operation Modes Spares and Level of Repair Decisions SUMMARY CHAPTER 18 FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS CRITICALITY ANALYSIS (FMEA/FMECA) FMECA BASICS Features What you need to know FMECA MODULE Using the FMEA / FMECA Module FMECA LIBRARIES Working with FMECA Libraries Generating a Library Report Global Change of the End Effect Library FAILURE MODE NEXT HIGHER EFFECT END EFFECT CHAIN CREATION Choosing the Affected Assembly Entering Next Higher Effects Entering End Effects Working in FMECA Mode HOW TO WORK IN THE FMECA GRID FM Column Pop-up Menu Options NHE Column Pop-up Menu Options End Effect Column Pop-up Menu Options Additional Failure Mode Related information TESTABILITY ANALYSIS MODULE (TAM) FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS COPYING AND DELETING IN FMECA FMECA Related Utilities Import from Previous Version Spelling checker FMECA MODULE REPORTS To Generate an FMECA Report TESTABILITY ANALYSIS REPORTS SUMMARY CHAPTER 19 PROCESS/DESIGN FMEA RAM COMMANDER S PROCESS / DESIGN FMEA MODULE FMEA BASICS FMEA Process...455

12 USING PROCESS / DESIGN FMEA MODULE Process/Design Diagram Building/Setting Diagram Basics Libraries Failure Modes, Causes and Effects Notes Selecting Critical Failure Causes Making Decisions on Corrective Action REPORTS SUMMARY CHAPTER 20 RELIABILITY GROWTH RELIABILITY GROWTH REPORTS RELIABILITY GROWTH FORMULA SUMMARY CHAPTER 21 FAULT TREE ANALYSIS (FTA) RAM COMMANDER S FTA MODULE FTA BASICS USING FTA MODULE FTA module initiation FTA diagram building Events library Remarks Export Diagram as Picture Print preview, Print, Zoom Analysis & Calculation Automatic FTA building FTA Calculations SUMMARY CHAPTER 22 EVENT TREE ANALYSIS (ETA) RAM COMMANDER S ETA MODULE RAM Commander s ETA module features: Using ETA module SUMMARY CHAPTER 23 MARKOV MODULE GENERAL INFORMATION NOTE ON BETA VERSION Initiating Markov module Drawing the diagram Specifying State, Transition and Diagram data

13 Working with diagram Calculation Reports CHAPTER 24 SAFETY ANALYSIS RAM COMMANDER S SAFETY MODULE SAFETY MODULE BASICS USING SAFETY MODULE Working with different standards/recommendations CHAPTER 25 MASTER MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MMEL) ABOUT RAM COMMANDER S MMEL MODULE RAM Commander s MMEL module main features: PREREQUISITES FOR MMEL GENERATION USING RAM COMMANDER MMEL MODULE RAM Commander fields st step: Quantitative MMEL analysis nd step: Five Column Format Report Preparation MMEL Module Reports SUMMARY CHAPTER 26 CUSTOMER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION TROUBLESHOOTING RAM Commander Configuration Report Utility RAM Commander Upgrades CONTACT US CHAPTER 27 APPENDIXES GLOSSARY OF FIELD ABBREVIATIONS TREE DATA INPUT SCREENS AND FIELDS TREE DATA SCREENS: FIELDS AND EXPLANATIONS LIST OF ITEM CODES METHODS AND ENVIRONMENTS OPERATING METHODS NON-OPERATING METHODS MAINTAINABILITY METHODS DEFINED ENVIRONMENTS FOR SELECTED OPERATING METHODS NOTES ON ENVIRONMENTS AND OPERATING METHODS BRITISH TELECOM HRD Bellcore Issue

14 Bellcore Issue 6, Telcordia Issue GJB COMPONENT IMPORT FORMATS TREE GENERAL OPERATING DATA NON-OPERATING DATA MAINTAINABILITY DATA MISCELLANEOUS DATA STRESS INFORMATION IMPORT FILE ABBREVIATIONS ITEM CODE ABBREVIATIONS HIERARCHY ITEM CODES ENVIRONMENT CODES STRESS CODES STRESS PARAMETER ABBREVIATIONS LIBRARY IMPORT FILE ABBREVIATIONS AND FIELD NAMES LIBRARY IMPORT FILE FIELD NAMES RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELING DERIVATION OF MODEL EQUATIONS MAINTAINABILITY PREDICTION MODELING MAINTENANCE CORRECTIVE TIME MEAN TIME TO REPAIR AMBIGUITY FACTOR MAXIMUM CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE TIME MEAN MAINTENANCE MAN-HOURS PER MAINTENANCE ACTION Component level Assembly Level MAINTAINABILITY ALLOCATION RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAM COMPUTATION FORMULAE K-OUT-OF-N WITHOUT REPAIR K-OUT-OF-N WITH REPAIR RELIABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS INDEX