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FMEA Records

Causes (Failure Modes)

In an FMEA or RCM, the causes (typically called failure modes in RCM analysis), state the specific reason for the failure, preferably found by asking "why" until the root cause is determined.

To access the commands to add or edit cause records, right-click inside the FMEA hierarchy or worksheet, or use the Causes commands on the FMEA tab of the ribbon. (See FMEA Tab for a complete list.)

As discussed in Choosing the FMEA Structure, the FMEA Structure field on the General page of the Project Properties determines how the effect and cause records will be displayed in the FMEA hierarchy.

The properties enabled (and their display names) will depend on the interface style for the current project. To view or change these settings, choose Project > Management > Configurable Settings > Interface Style.

Note: Starting in Version 2019, comments fields are available for Function, Failure, Effect and Cause records. You can use the project's interface style to enable these fields for any of these record types.

Note the following:

Tip: If you need to define the reliability/maintainability characteristics for this record, use the FMRA tab. These characteristics will be applicable if you wish to perform criticality analysis, use the FMEA occurrence ratings to calculate a preliminary baseline estimate of the system reliability, share system configuration/reliability data between the software and BlockSim or perform RCM cost/availability calculations in RCM++ or RBI.

 

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