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Defect classification for mechatronic products

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Modern investment goods such as commercial vehicles show a rise in complexity due to an increase in mechatronic elements. As a result, such products are more sensitive to defects, often reflected in reduced reliability during product usage. Therefore, reliability is a quality feature that is gaining more importance throughout the entire product life cycle (PLC). However, rather than considering the complete PLC, traditional quality assurance techniques typically focus on individual life cycle phases. The following paper thus proposes a new approach for closing the resulting gap. Adapting a technique originating from the domain of software engineering for the life cycle of mechatronic products enables a consistent classification of product defects. Based on this classification, proper means for quality improvement can be developed and implemented. Consequently, an evolutionary increase in reliability becomes possible.

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  1. Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Production Management, FBK, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Jan C. Aurich, Nico Wolf, Andreas Grzegorski & Christian Wagenknecht

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Jürgen Münch

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The presented approach has been developed during a research project in cooperation with an industrial partner. The authors acknowledge the financial support by the Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation.

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Aurich, J.C., Wolf, N., Grzegorski, A. et al. Defect classification for mechatronic products. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 2, 193–200 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-008-0085-5

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