Reliability Testing/Data Analysis Programs


Automated DOD-HDBK-344 (Rome Labs)

Automates Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) of electronic equipment. 

Espinoza Consulting

Espinoza Consulting offers a life data analysis and maintenance optimization software package for Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. Probability plotting, hazard plotting, and maximum likelihood estimation are available for both the 2 and 3 parameter Weibull distribution, the normal distribution, the lognormal distribution and the exponential distribution. The cost is $199 for a single license or $1000 for a site license. For info contact espinoza@mich.com.

Meridium    Enterprise Reliability Management System (ERMS)

The Meridium Enterprise Reliability Management System (ERMS) offers clients an industrial strength, enterprise wide tool set that analyzes plant maintenance data to achieve maximum equipment reliability and dependability.  Meridium client companiesinclude refining and chemical processing sites as well as electric power utility companies and discrete manufacturing.  Meridum reliability analysis tools are supported by a powerful enterprise wide database with links into other plant systems such as: enterprise resource planning systems (ERP), computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and plant
distributed control systems (DCS).  This ability to store vast amounts of plant process, engineering and maintenance data in a
single integrated information system provides the perfect computing environment for extensive reliability analysis.  Weibull,
Normal and Log Normal distributions are available as well as Growth Modeling. Statistical Process Control (SPC) functions
provide an integrated production quality management system.  All of these features are fully integrated and provide seamless
solutions that offer a high level of automation. 

Neptune Reliability Analysis (Interface Electronics)

Calculates minimum life of your product. Features detailed Weibull plots, failure analysis with and without suspensions, minimum life calculations, reliability calculations at different confidence levels, sample size calculations, sudden death testing. 

Probability Distribution Plotting (Team Graph Papers)

Analyzes data against normal, log normal, extreme value and Weibull distributions. Prints histograms and distribution plots. Also calculates goodness of fit and randomness and homogeneity. Other features include: six choices of confidence limits, automatic and manual scaling, calculates residuals for diagnostics, estimates yields on request, and prints statistics and data tables. 

QC-PRO Weibull Reliability Analysis (G. R. Technologies)

Generates Weibull plots; calculates characteristic life, shape parameter, and minimum life parameter; displays graphical and maximum likelihood techniques; displays confidence bands; and generates predicted values tables. Also provides Weibull line reliability modeling and analysis for failed and suspended tests. 

QT1 Qualitek 1 (Nutek)

Computes statistical sample sizes and test times according to guidelines under Accelerated Experiment and Bayes' Formula. To meet a given reliability and life objectives, the number of samples and the minimum life that each sample needs to survive are determined as a part of the test planning process. Features include: on-line help, spread sheet input, calculation and evaluation of confidence intervals. 

Qualitek 2 (Nutek)

Weibull analysis of failure test data. Uses a two parameter version of the expression for the Weibull distribution function to predict the population behavior from a sample of failure and suspended data. Features include: on-line help, option to analyze cumulative failure data, median ranking for failure data at three confidence levels. On-line graphic plots such as Weibull plot, Weibull cumulative distribution function, and density function of Weibull analysis. 

RelDraw (Item Software)

Draws Reliability Block Diagrams and calculates Reliability. 

Reliability (The Product Integrity Company)

Provides Weibull parameters (Beta, Eta, and Gamma) for failure data, including suspended data, and warns of two possible populations. Gives overall system reliability for complex equipment and measures potential improvement resulting from increasing MTBF for one or more failure modes. 

STatistical Analysis of Reliability (STAR) (AT&T)

Comprehensive data analysis tool using failure data captured from field trials or laboratory studies. Provides seven distributions: Weibull, Normal, Lognormal, Logistic, Exponential, Smallest Extreme Value with a full array of statistical tables and plots. Part of the AT&T Quality Workbench family of products. 

TP781 Two Point Sampling Plans for Reliability (H & H Servico)

This program calculates both fixed and sequential decision rules for reliability qualification test plans. Accepts either specified reliable life, acceptable and rejectable reliabilities, alpha risk, beta risk or acceptable MTBF alpha risk, beta risk or uses the exponential distribution. Program output includes fixed and sequential decision rules, OC-curves, ASN-curves, and ARL-curves. The program calculates from the number of cycles and failures the one-sided and two-sided confidence levels. 

Weilbull 3.0-PLUS (ReliaSoft)

This program is designed to perform Distribution Reliability Engineering Analysis, using time-to- failure data, from either in-house testing or the field. The program provides you with all the tools needed to perform reliability calculations, using user defined distributions or assignees one via the programs distribution wizard. This program uses multiple goodness-of-fit tests, to obtain results and also produce professional quality plots, and reports. Most often used distributions are supported, such as the 2 or 3 parameter Weibull, Normal, Lognormal, 1 and 2 parameter Exponential as well as the Mixed-Weibull distribution. The program provides probability plots on each distribution's probability plotting paper, reliability vs. time; pdf vs. time, failure rate vs. time; bathtub curves on linear scales, overlays of any plots. 

Weibull Curve Fitter (Dynacomp)

Reliability analysis. Fits Weibull equation to failure history of a sample data set. Package calculates mean rank estimates of the cumulative probability of failure. Non-failed items may also be included. Results include estimates of characteristic lifetime, Weibull slope, and the standard deviation of fit. Data may be entered from either the keyboard or a disk file. No special graphics card is required since output is in alphanumeric form. 

WeibullSMITH (Innovative Software Designs)

Weibull analysis of raw input data. Includes rank regression or maximum likelihood fitting, confidence bands, 3 parameter analysis. Can also supplement with LogNormSMITH to add lognormal capabilities. 

WeibullSMITH (Fulton Findings)

Weibull analysis package. Data is entered through the keyboard or an ASCII file. Features include: unlimited suspensions with histogram input, rank regression or maximum likelihood estimation fitting, 3-parameter analysis, Weibull calculations, Binomial distribution confidence bands, 3,000 points maximum in 3 sets maximum per plot, zero-failure test parameter estimation, Monte Carlo sample generator. 

WeibullSMITH (Advanced Version contains LogNormSMITH) (Fulton Findings)

LogNormSMITH includes all the features of WeibullSMITH except for test parameter selection, Weibull, and maximum likelihood fitting. The package has additional upgrades to WeibullSMITH. This version has better confidence fitting speed, easier use of suspension histograms, greater freedom in set dimensions, improved initial time calculations, etc.


Weibull Trending Toolkit (Shareware)

The Weibull Trending Toolkit is free shareware for non-commercial applications. It finds three Weibull parameters by matching sample and Weibull mean, standard deviation, and skewness. It is not necessary to rank order the data. One screen shows summary numerical results. A second shows one graph with the data, and Weibull probability density, cumulative probability, and risk curves.
Available at IndustryNET ftp://ftp.industry.net/pub/sharewar/project/cortech.exe or ASM International telnet bbs.asm-intl.org, Eng. Library.
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