Optimum Reliability Allocation and Other Special Features
Optimum Reliability Allocation
Exclusively in BlockSim 7, you can use the exact system reliability function to determine the most cost-effective component reliability allocation strategy to meet a system reliability goal. Specify the anticipated "cost" of improvement and the maximum achievable reliability for each component and then let the software’s powerful algorithm calculate the optimum strategy.
Optimum Replacement Utility
An easy-to-use utility quickly calculates the optimum preventive replacement time for a component based on the reliability characteristics and your inputs for the planned and unplanned replacement costs.
FRED Reports
Failure Reporting Evaluation and Display (FRED) reports provide an intuitive graphical representation of key metrics for a system’s assemblies and/or components to help identify the ones that may require improvement. BlockSim 7 offers a simulation-based report for repairable systems that considers the Availability, MTBF and MTTR. Now, the software also provides an analytical report, which considers the Reliability and Importance calculated for a specified time and can be used for non-repairable systems.
Flexible Spreadsheets for Custom Analyses and Reports
You can use BlockSim’s spreadsheets for custom analysis just as you would use an Excel® worksheet, with complete in-cell formula support, cell references and over 140 built-in functions. The Function Wizard can be used to insert selected results from existing analyses and the Chart Wizard generates customized graphical charts.
Attached Documents
BlockSim projects support the attachment of independent document files to accompany the analysis. You can attach as many files as you desire, created with any software application, and the files will be stored and transferred with the project. If the software required to open the file is installed on your computer, the file can be opened automatically from within BlockSim.
Integration with ReliaSoft Software, PRISM® and Excel®
BlockSim provides direct integration with ReliaSoft’s Weibull++ and/or ALTA software for specifying probabilistic distributions and parameters. The software also reads and writes to an open XML format that can be used for custom data imports and to import system configuration and reliability data from ReliaSoft’s Xfmea or RCM++. To facilitate reliability prediction analysis when actual data sets are not available, BlockSim is able to automatically import selected data from the System Reliability Center (SRC) PRISM® software’s failure rate database. The software also allows you to automatically export analysis results to Microsoft Excel® or Weibull++ for further analysis. NOTE: Weibull++, ALTA, PRISM®, Xfmea, RCM++ and/or Excel® must be installed and properly licensed on your computer to utilize the integration options described here.
