Design of FMEA document

Design of FMEA document

Design FMEA is used in the design process by identifying known and foreseeable failure modes and then ranking failures according to relative impact on the product. Design FMEA reduces development time and cost of manufacturing process by eliminating many potential failure modes prior to operation of the process.

FMEA number space is given on the top right corner of the document which is needed for reference.

ITEM space is used for component (or) process to be analysed.

Design Responsibility space is used for the team in-charge of the design or process , (or) the name and the department of the person responsible for preparing the document.

Model Number / Year of the component should be included in the space provided to avoid confusion between similar components.

Key date space is used for initial Due date of FMEA.

FMEA date –original and FEMA date latest revision should be filled. In the Core team space, the names of the responsible individuals and

departments having authority to perform tasks should be filled up. Item/Function :

In this column, the name and code number of the item being analysed is recorded.

This function of the item should be entered.

If the item has more than one function, they should be listed and analysed separately.

The environment (temperature. pressure, humidity etc) in which the system operates should be completely given.