Reliability estimation for manufacturing processes

Purpose: of the current research is to develop a reliability assessment method with an extension of the existing ones and pooling them to a common framework. The system must identify the most unreliable parts of a production process and suggest the most efficient ways for the reliability improvement. Design/methodology/approach: FMEA is in the centre of the proposed framework,a reliability analysis type, the most widely used in enterprises. The current research suggests to extend the FMEA by introducing a classification of faults. In this procedure, Bayesian Belief Network is employed to analyze faults. Findings: An integrated modelling method based on a system modelling and complemented with a reliability evaluation mechanism has the capability to analyse and design manufacturing systems. The tool developed to analyse a production process, enables companies to analyse the process as a whole as well as its parts and achieve efficient prognosis for the production process reorganization. Research limitations/implications: The reliability analysis framework is developed for machinery manufacturing