SAE ARP 5580 Recommended Failure Modes for Non-Automobile Applications and Test for Impact Analysis

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of SAE ARP 5580 standard. This standard describes the basic procedures for performing the Recommended Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Applications, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Non-Automobile Applications.

Functional, interface and detailed FMEA as well as specific pre-analysis activities (FMEA planning and functional requirements analysis), post-analysis activities (failure delay analysis, FMEA verification and documentation), and hardware, software, and process design. Product development processes are intended for use by organizations that use FMEA as a tool to evaluate the safety and reliability of system elements or as part of their product improvement processes.

A separate Surface Vehicle Recommended Application, J1739, is intended for use in automobile applications. Purpose: In developing this procedure, the subcommittee has endeavored to develop a procedure that reflects current best business practices. This procedure was developed in recognition of today's intense and competitive market demands for high reliability, affordability and speed to market.

The subcommittee had several objectives in defining the FMEA process:

• Define a basic methodology that will include functional, interface and detailed FMEA. This will facilitate performing analysis throughout the design process, from the conceptual stage to implementation and production.
• Extend the methodology to include both product and process FMEAs. The methodology can be applied to many technologies (eg mechanical, electrical, software, etc.) used in the development of a product.

This helps facilitate communication between all parties involved in the development of a system and is useful in a concurrent engineering environment.

• Provide simple techniques to enumerate failure modes and determine error equivalencies for corrective actions.
• Identify the types of information needed for FMEA in electronic databases, thus facilitating semi-automation of analysis.
• Provide procedures to manage FMEA and get the most out of the analysis.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with SAE ARP 5580 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.