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Description of the
Method
A FMEA is used to
examine each potential failure mode of a process to determine the effects of
the failure on the system. A failure mode is the symptom, condition, or fashion
in which hardware fails. It may be identified as a loss of function, a
premature function (function without demand), an out-of-tolerance condition, or
a physical characteristic, such as a leak, observed during inspection. The
effect of a failure mode is determined by the system's response to the failure.
Analysis Procedure
A FMEA has three
steps: (1) defining the process, (2) performing the analysis, and (3) documenting
the results. Defining...