Reliability technology for people-friendly and dependable equipment

Abstract

Reliability engineering is not only a single engineering discipline, but, similar to applied physics, it is also highly interdisciplinary. For equipment to be people-friendly and dependable, it must also have solid reliability. Through cycles of technological development and overcoming reliability issues, high reliability can be achieved. Lack of reliability in systems that require continuous operation may evolve into political or economic problems. In this paper, we present an approach for solving reliability issues that are becoming more and more important every year, and provide specific examples.