Failure Rate
Reliability
Failure Rate
Frequency at which failures occur over time or operating exposure, often denoted by lambda.
Examples
- 01Reliability engineering calculates a failure rate of 0.8 failures per 10,000 operating hours for the 60 conveyor drives in the plant.
- 02Before the PM interval of the gearbox is extended, the team compares its failure rate across three plants with different maintenance plans.
- 03A rising failure rate of the pneumatic valves supports the decision to stock 10 spare valves and add a monthly leak check.