Type Failure types and classifications allow failures to be grouped and categorized for reporting purposes. Select the type and classification that apply to the failure mode. See Also Classification Failure types and classifications allow failures to be grouped and categorized for reporting purposes. Select the type and classification that apply to the failure mode. See Also Failure mode criticality Criticality (or risk) is determined by the combination of the likelihood of failure and the severity failure consequences. Criticality is either calculated during a risk analysis or manually assigned. See Also Duty code A duty code identifies a duty cycle, which is the time that an entity spends in an active state as a fraction of the total time under consideration. This could mean that the unit runs 50% during its production period of six hours or that it runs every hour for 20 minutes during a 24 hour day (33%), and so on. In strategy development analyses, duty codes are recorded on failure modes. See Also Severity of usage “Severity of usage” describes the environment in which an asset is operating. This could mean an environment that is cold, hot, dirty, damp, and so on. In strategy development analyses, severity of usage values are recorded on failure modes. See Also
