Quality System

Micromega Dynamics is a registered ISO9001:2000 Company

Product Quality

Quality and Safety requirements specifications are listed tracked from the very beginning of a project. Several design and testing quality tools are in use at Micromega Dynamics. Those are briefly explained below.

• Reliability prediction analysis

  Reliability prediction analysis is used in order to select among potential designs the one that will operate with the lowest probability of failure.

• FMECA

  A FMECA (Failure Mode Effect and Critical Analysis) is a procedure for identifying potential failure modes in a system and classifying them according to their severity values. A FMECA is usually carried out progressively in two parts. The first part identifies failure modes and their effects (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis). The second part ranks failure modes according to the combination of severity and the probability of that failure mode occurring (Criticality Analysis). FMECAs are conducted to improve both reliability and safety of equipment by:
  
  

  • Identifying single component, equipment and system failure modes,
  • Determining the potential effects on the equipment, system, or plant associated with each individual failure mode,
  • Generating recommendations for increasing reliability of the component, equipment and/or system,
  • Generating data which leads to optimal preventive, predictive and proactive maintenance strategies.

• Parameter variation analysis

  During the design phase simulations are set up in order to evaluate the sensitivity of active control systems to electronics drifts, structural parameter variations, control parameters, etc. This process allows discarding as early as possible vibration control schemes or active damping devices designs which would be too sensitive in the target environment, but also allows optimizing the selected solution.

• Reliability testing

  		HALT (Highly Accelerated Life and Testing) is a design verification tool for testing electronic and electromechanical devices. HALT employs extreme thermal rate changes and vibration stresses that quickly uncover design flaws and precipitates latent defects that might otherwise be exhibited as field failures. The HALT step stress process quickly detects inherent design weaknesses, allowing easier incorporation of design changes. HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress and Screening) is used to find defects and flaws during device manufacturing to monitor the quality and consistency of the manufacturing processes.
  Environmental Test Chamber