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Design of reliability qualification test for pneumatic cylinders based on performance degradation data

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Product performance deteriorates over time, and the event in which the performance degradation reaches a pre-specified threshold value is often defined as a failure. If performance degradation of a product is observable, the degradation data can be used to obtain the information on product reliability. The degradation data often provide more information on product reliability than failure time data. For reliability qualification of mechanical components, such as pneumatic cylinders, a zero-failure test based on product failure time is widely used. When the degradation data is available, a reliability qualification test can be designed based on performance degradation data instead of failure time data. In this paper, we proposed a reliability qualification test method for pneumatic cylinders based on performance degradation data. Comparison analysis between degradation-based and zero-failure test methods was performed. The proposed reliability qualification test based on performance degradation data required a shorter test time and a lower number of samples than the zero-failure test.

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  1. Reliability Assessment Center, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Daejeon, 305-343, Korea

    Mu Seong Chang & Bo Sik Kang

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Cheongju University, Cheongju, 360-764, Korea

    Young Il Kwon

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Mu Seong Chang received the Ph.D. (Industrial and Systems Engineering) in 2007. He is a senior researcher in the Reliability Assessment Center at Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Korea. His research interests include reliability engineering, accelerated life testing methodology, and quality engineering.

Young Il Kwon is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Cheongju University, Korea. His teaching and research interests are reliability engineering, lifetime data analysis, design of experiments, and statistical quality control. He has published articles in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Naval Research Logistics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, and International Journal of Production Research.

Bo Sik Kang is a principal researcher of Reliability Assessment Center at Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Korea. His research interest is reliability research of pneumatic products. He has published articles in Transactions of the KSME A and Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering.

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Chang, M.S., Kwon, Y.I. & Kang, B.S. Design of reliability qualification test for pneumatic cylinders based on performance degradation data. J Mech Sci Technol 28, 4939–4945 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-014-1115-1

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