What is an independent failure?
Independent failure is a system component failure that does not affect any other component in the system. It is a key concept in the design of production for production. Although it is not possible to create a system where components are completely independent of each other, a building can be a useful building at a certain level of independence. This potentially ensures that the only failure does not stop the entire production process, the failure of the components can be repaired without replacing the entire system and certain safety protocols are introduced.
Production relies strongly on industrial machines that works in a set or connected fashion. The assembly system is designed to optimize the production process, so each part of the product construction follows smoothly within the operating design. Each mechanical system has components that may fail at any time. The extent that the failure of one component affects the ability of the whole machine to continue operation is decision, which can often be actively produced by mechanical designers.
For example, a vacuum cleaner is a mechanical device that has an internal operating system. The machine designer decides to turn on the vacuum and continue operation, even if the belt that turns one of the sweeping parts breaks. In many vacuum patterns, the broken belt is not noticeable, except for the way the device is able to pick up the materials as intended. The broken belt is designed to be an independent failure in the vacuum system that affects the quality of operation but does not cause any other components to fail.
In production, the implementation of dependent and independent failures in the assembly is critical. At the basic level of allocation, it determines whether the entire assembly will have to turn off because of the failure of one component. Entirussening shutdown E increases the costs exponentially because production has stopped while the costs continue to increase.
On another level, independent failure is an important concept that allows companies to replace one broken part, instead of changing the wholeHO system. The assembly, which is too dependent on too many relationships, must often be replaced in its entirety. It is similar to a scenario as a consumer who takes the car to the garage to replace the broken side vice mirror and it has been said that the whole case must be replaced because there is no effective way to simply replace the broken mirror. Both parts are completely dependent.
Another important factor in designing systems for independent failure is safety. The construction of mechanical systems must often take into account what could happen in the event of a failure of catastrophic systems. In some situations, independent failure may be an optimal design choice to prevent the system from ever stopping, for example, in nuclear reactors. Other situations may require a dependent failure design to stop the failure of non -functional failure of components so that workers do not hurt.