The status of protected equipment in the unlikely event of a surge suppressor failure (due to surges of over-voltages beyone the suppressor's rated capability). Equipment can either be left operating but unprotected, or be removed from service (the suppressor will intentionally cause loss of power or signal by tripping/clearing a system breaker/fuse). CCI manufactures suppressor devices with both types of failure modes.
The way an exhaust system fails to perform function or meet requirements, such as breakage, too noisy, leaks, etc.
A particular way in which failures occur, independent of the reason for failure. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) A modified methodology to identify the modes of failure events and assigning values to them based on unit cost and frequency, then prioritizing the result in order to focus the organization on the significant few failures. Failure Rate The number of failures of an item per unit measurement of life. Failure rate is considered constant over the useful life period. GAP Difference between what is possible to produce and what is actually being produced Homicide Preservation Strategy Data collection strategy utilized when a sporadic failure occurs. Human Root Cause The point of inappropriate human intervention Inference The result of an individual's own logic system which has some basic flaws. Ex: wear can be expected in an abrasive environment (but what about corrosion.)
A way in which a process or sub-process can fail to provide the anticipated result.
Description of one of any number of ways in which a defence or system may fail to meet a particular Performance indicator.
The device being modeled behaves not in the way it was intended to, but in one of a set of enumerated faulty ways. A Mode that is not a Failure Mode is a Nominal Mode.
A failure mode is a characterization of the way a product or process fails.