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AIAG-VDA 2019 Action Priority table: RPN and AP of published worked rows

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SourceAIAG and VDA (2019). FMEA Handbook: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, 1st ed. Automotive Industry Action Group, Southfield, MI. Action Priority table; worked rows from Reliamag (n.d.). "How to Perform FMEA." reliamag.com.
LevelProfessional

Problem

Rate the failure modes of a bicycle brake (S 9, O 4, D 4 and S 9, O 1, D 2) and of a pump seal (9/5/6, 7/3/5, 7/2/7, 5/2/8, 8/2/7) on the 1–10 scales. Compute each risk priority number and read the AIAG-VDA Action Priority from the handbook's severity–occurrence–detection table.

Inputs to Enter

  • Worksheet rows with S | O | D of 9 | 4 | 4, 9 | 1 | 2, 9 | 5 | 6, 7 | 3 | 5, 7 | 2 | 7, 5 | 2 | 8, 8 | 2 | 7; RPN threshold 100
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Answers

  • RPN 144 High, 18 Low, 270 High, 105 Medium, 98 Medium, 80 Low, 112 Medium
  • Table facts the tool reproduces: 84 printed band cells, 22 H / 16 M / 62 L of the 100 S–O bands; occurrence 1 or severity 1 is always L; S 10, O 2, D 2 stays L

Notes

Type the rows into the worksheet box (the default pump-skid rows are illustrative). The AP table is read from Relyence's row-by-row reproduction of the handbook; two other web reproductions contradicted it and were not used.

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