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Published: 01 December 2009
Fig. 1.2 The four-step problem-solving process guides the systems failure analysis technologies and approach addressed in the remainder of this book. More
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Published: 01 December 2009
Fig. 18.1 The four-step problem-solving process. This chapter focuses on the last two steps (identifying possible solutions and selecting the best solution). More
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 August 2005
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.horfi.t51180061
EISBN: 978-1-62708-256-3
... Abstract Statistics, data analysis, root cause analysis, and problem-solving processes play a key role in failure investigations. This chapter explains how to collect failure investigation data, how to build and maintain a database for company-related failures, and how to use corresponding...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780001
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
... Abstract This chapter focuses on what can cause a system to fail and addresses the challenge in approaching a system failure. It then examines the steps involved in the four-step problem-solving process: defining the problem, identifying all potential failure causes and evaluating...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 August 2005
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.horfi.t51180091
EISBN: 978-1-62708-256-3
... Abstract This chapter describes the nine steps of a failure investigation. The steps add detail to the problem-solving process introduced in Chapter 3. The first five steps are (1) understanding and negotiating the investigation goals, (2) obtaining an understanding of the failure, (3...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780025
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
... Abstract In the second step of the four-step problem-solving process, the failure analysis team should identify all potential failure causes. This chapter discusses the steps involved in five such techniques for identifying potential causes of failure, namely brainstorming, mind mapping...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780183
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
... or interim corrective actions to overcome design, process, and other failure causes. The chapter concludes by describing the process of corrective action implementation. corrective action failure analysis failure causes problem-solving process THE FOUR-STEP PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS ( Fig. 18.1...
Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 November 2007
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.htcma.t52080359
EISBN: 978-1-62708-304-1
... susceptible to corrosion. This chapter describes some of the problems that the pulp and paper industry has solved as well as ongoing issues and concerns. It includes an in-depth review of 304L cladding failures involving coextruded composite tubes used as floor tunes in the lower furnace, as superheater tubes...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 August 2005
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.horfi.t51180127
EISBN: 978-1-62708-256-3
...: the Kepner-Tregoe structured problem-solving method, PROACT software for root cause analysis developed by the Reliability Center, Inc., and other processes and methods developed by the Failsafe Network, Inc., and Shainin LLC. failure investigation technical skills communication skills technical...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 January 2022
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.isceg.t59320163
EISBN: 978-1-62708-332-4
... defects and presents practical cases of problem-solving. casting defects chemical composition core-making ductile iron feeder design gating graphite morphology iron castings material grades matrix mechanical properties quality control THE DISCOVERY OF DUCTILE IRON was a technological...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780067
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
...&A be updated and distributed to all team members and other interested parties after each failure analysis team meeting. Evaluating Potential Failure Causes The analysis techniques covered thus far have been focused on steps 1 and 2 of the four-step problem-solving process ( Fig. 1.2 ). Potential failure...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780019
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
... is discussed in much greater detail in the next several chapters. It is the basic tool primarily used for answering the second question in the four-step problem-solving process (What is the cause of the problem?). The technologies discussed in this book are equally applicable to identifying the root causes...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2009
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.sfa.t52780035
EISBN: 978-1-62708-268-6
... and then graphically develops all potential causes of that event. In a systems failure analysis situation, the top undesired event is the system failure. From a systems failure analysis perspective, the top undesired event of the fault tree is the same thing as the first step in the four-step problem-solving process...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 March 2012
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.pdub.t53420289
EISBN: 978-1-62708-310-2
... 14.1 Industrial Applications of Phase Diagrams The following are but a few of the many instances where phase diagrams and phase relationships have proved invaluable in the efficient solving of practical metallurgical problems. The areas covered include alloy design, processing, and performance...
Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 November 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.mfadr7.t91110673
EISBN: 978-1-62708-247-1
... components over a long period of time. This meant that the analyst could feed back information from field returns to the manufacturing line in time to make an impact. The process engineers could then make changes to the manufacturing line that would correct the problems seen by the customer. In the late...
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By Manas Shirgaokar
Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 February 2005
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.chffa.t51040091
EISBN: 978-1-62708-300-3
.... In practice, the solutions of mechanical and thermal problems are coupled in a staggered manner. After the nodal velocities are solved at a given step, the deformed configuration can be obtained by updating the nodal coordinates [ Li et al., 2001 ]. 9.4.2 Computer Implementation of the Finite Element Method...
Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 February 2005
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.chffa.t51040083
EISBN: 978-1-62708-300-3
... parameters in the flow stress model and the friction at the tool/workpiece interface. 8.2 Inverse Analysis in Metal Forming 8.2.1 Direct and Inverse Problems An FEA of metal forming process as illustrated in Fig. 8.1(a) is regarded as direct problem. The required input data for direct problem...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 30 November 2013
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.uhcf3.t53630xvi
EISBN: 978-1-62708-270-9
.... It can solve a manufacturing problem that can save money and save time. In the end, a well-run and organized failure investigation can even save lives. The Responsibilities of the Failure Analyst Failure analysts wield great power. Companies depend upon them to perform the task to the utmost...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 September 2022
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.dsktmse.t56050031
EISBN: 978-1-62708-432-1
... Abstract This chapter familiarizes readers with the use of Fick’s laws of diffusion in heat treating, coating, and other metallurgical processes. It contains worked solutions to nearly 30 problems requiring the calculation of activation energy, diffusion coefficient, concentration level...
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Series: ASM Technical Books
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2008
DOI: 10.31399/asm.tb.ssde.t52310243
EISBN: 978-1-62708-286-0
... steel made since then have thankfully made these statements obsolete. Not only have basic corrosion problems been solved, stress corrosion cracking also can be avoided. More impressively, this can be done with alloys with strengths much higher than those of the alloys, such as 316, that they replace...