SCAT users group
meeting - Spring 2012
We have scheduled
the next SCAT users group meeting for
Friday May 18, 2012. If you
are a SCAT user please join us to
learn some usage tips and solutions to
common sneak circuit analysis
problems. If you are not yet a user
but would like to learn more please
join us as well to get an overview of
the tool and hear more from fellow
users. For more information and to
register email us to
[email protected]
RAMS 2012
We wish to take
this opportunity and thank ALL of you
who visited our booth during RAMS. It
was a great pleasure meeting some of
our existing clients again as well as
meeting new engineers and discussing
how they can benefit from some of our
Tools and Services. Please keep in
contact and we look forward to being
of further assistance in the very near
future!
RAM Commander user group meeting -
Spring 2012
We have scheduled
the next RAM Commander users group meeting for
Friday June 8, 2012. If you
are a RAM Commander user please join us to
learn some usage tips and solutions to
common reliability and safety tasks. If you are not yet a user
but would like to learn more please
join us as well to get an overview of
the tool and hear more from fellow
users. Do
contact us for additional
information or to register.
Training
Courses
Some examples of the short courses we
offer are listed below. Each course is
designed for up to six engineers
and/or managers with little or no
prior experience in the subject area
who wish to familiarize themselves
with the relevant tools and
techniques. Our courses can also be
tailored to your specific requirement.
Please
contact us (stating the course
name) for further information on any
of the courses listed below.
-
General Introduction to Reliability
Engineering
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Sneak Circuit Analysis
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Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)
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Introduction to Failure Modes and
Effect Analysis (FMEA)
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Failure Modes, Effects and
Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
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Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event
Tree Analysis (ETA)
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Availability, Reliability and
Maintainability Studies (ARM)
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Software Reliability & Safety
-
Safety Techniques and Safety
Critical Systems
-
Getting started in Project Risk
Assessment
November 2011 RAM
Commander 8.2 released
ALD Software announces the release of
the new version of its Reliability &
Safety Software tool - RAM Commander
version 8.2.
For reliability engineers the new
version provides the latest
reliability prediction methods FIDES
Guide 2009 issue A, improved Component
Library - contains more than 410,000
components, Improved Search in the
Component Library, Active Directory
Authentication using LDAP
The new version also provides many
improvements and new features in the
Reliability prediction module, Safety
module, FMECA, FTA, MARKOV, MMEL, P&D
FMEA, MSG-3.
A long list of improvements and new
features includes also,
Context-Sensitive Help by F1 linked to
the new User Manual, Report Generator
- Calculated fields, improved NPRD-95,
import/export Component / FB linkage
for specific assembly and more.
For IT personnel the new version
provides much more convenient upgrade
procedure - workstation upgrade is no
longer required: you just need to
perform an upgrade on the server and
all the connected workstations will be
upgraded automatically on the first
run.
The new version comes also with
completely rewritten and updated User
Manual, available in different formats
- PDF, CHM and HTML online.
For client-server installation - see
User Manual - Installation Guide (Getting
Started Chapter).
June 2011
eFAST award
SoHaR wins eFAST contract with the FAA
for the Engineering and Computer
Systems functional areas.
March 2011
Dr. Herb Hecht wins
the Elmer A. Sperry Award for 2011
Dr. Herbert Hecht along with Dr.
Zigmund Bluvband of ALD were awarded
The Elmer A. Sperry Award for 2011 for
their work in developing and
implementing novel methods and tools
for the advancement of dependability
and safety in transportation.
The Elmer A. Sperry Award was
established in 1955 to commemorate the
life of Elmer A. Sperry, whose many
inventions - including the gyroscope,
the first electric automobile, and air
and sea navigational aids -
contributed to the advancement of many
modes of transportation. The Sperry
Award is given in "recognition of a
distinguished engineering contribution
which, through application, proved in
actual service, has advanced the art
of transportation, whether by land,
sea, or air, or space".
