Failure Rate
Where is Your Control System
On The Bathtub Curve?
Time
Failure rate
during start-up
Failure rate during operations
Failure rate after
some years
of operations
10 Years on an analog system
At the 10–year point we can flatten out the failure rate
and improve the reliability of the system.
At 30 years the potential increase in failure rate
can severely increase your downtime
30Years on an analog system
But with timely intervention
we can still reset reliability
For digital control systems there is a
‘shadow’ failure rate at about 5 years
5 years
5 years
It is not an actual failure rate.
It is a potential loss of technical support
for software and hardware
due to system obsolescence.
5 years
5 years
A failure at this point could cause serious downtime if
you are not well stocked with spares,
including spare laptops of appropriate vintage
loaded with the right software and firmware.
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We can help you with this, too.
Wherever you are on your bathtub curve,
let us reset it for you.