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Relex Weibull
Analyze Life Data throughout All Stages of Product Life

Relex Weibull helps you analyze many different

types of life data to discover failure trends and
predict failure behavior using reliability growth
analysis, Weibull analysis, and related distributions.

Relex Weibull provides sophisticated statistical analyses of failure

trends according to the distributions commonly used in life data
analysis. Because it is able to use data gained from design and devel-
opment, product testing, or field studies, life data analysis in Relex
Weibull is useful throughout product life. Predict failure behavior,
track reliability growth or product degradation, optimize test plan-
ning, and perform warranty forecasting calculations using a friendly,
intuitive interface.

Key Benefits In Relex Weibull, you can view multiple plots simultaneously, and select from plot
types displaying data points, distribution curves, and confidence bounds.
Statistical Analysis of All Types of Life Data
• Effective for all types of life data, including mechanical, chemical,
electronic, material, and human failure data Powerful Calculations Predict Failure Trends
• Choose from a range of the most commonly used distributions in
• Supports many data types, including grouped data, interval data,
life data analysis
and suspensions (censored data)
• If you don’t know which distribution fits your data best, the Best
• Supports non-parametric life data analysis when a distribution will
Fit Distribution Analysis tool ranks all supported distributions
not be assumed during calculations
according to goodness of fit
• Supports reliability growth analysis commonly used during
• Calculate standard probability, conditional probability, failure
product design and development with Duane and Crow/AMSAA
rate, warranty time, time to failure, MTTF, and confidence
methodologies
bounds on distribution parameters
• Supports the use of degradation data methodologies to estimate
• Supports all commonly used estimation methods and confidence
failure times from the rate of decline of parts or components
bounds calculations
• Perform warranty forecasting using sales and returns data
• Predict the percentage of failed units at any given time
throughout the life of the product
Convenient Graphing Tools
• Displays a number of plots including probability plots, 3D surface • Calculate optimal replacement intervals to minimize downtime or
plots, PDF, CDF, and hazard rate plots to minimize cost
• View multiple data sets together on the same plot for easy • Perform test planning calculations given a desired reliability level,
comparisons time frame, or number of units
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Features Calculators
• Test planning
Supported Distributions • Optimal replacement
• Weibull (2 or 3 parameters) • General Statistics
• Lognormal Plot Types
• Normal • Probability
• Gumbel lower • Reliability vs. Time
• Gumbel upper • Unreliability vs. Time
• Exponential (1 or 2 parameters) • PDF Plot
• Rayleigh (1 or 2 parameters) • Failure Rate vs. Time
• Gamma • Contour Plot
• Logistic • 3D Contour Plot
• Log-Logistic • Failure/Suspension Pie
Data Types • Failure/Suspension Timeline
• Exact
Input and Output Data in a Variety of Formats
• Interval
• Easily import from or export to commonly used formats like
• Freeform
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, XML, and plain text files
• Suspensions
• Grouping • Create reports in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF,
• Inspection and Rich Text Format
• Interval
• Dynamically link to other Relex analyses, such as FRACAS, OpSim,
• Duane (Cumulative or Interval)
and Reliability Prediction
• Crow/AMSAA (Cumulative or Interval)
• Warranty, Sales vs. Returns, Return Dates, and Usage Values Available Enterprise-Class Features
• Degradation • Enterprise Edition supports a multi-user environment with login
Estimation Methods permissions, security features, administrator control, and audit
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) trail functionality
• Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MMLE)
• Database integration at enterprise level supports Microsoft SQL
• Median
Server 2008, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server Express, and Microsoft
• Benard
Jet Engine (Access compatible)
• Hazen
• Kaplan-Meier • User-specific login page displays system-wide announcements
• Modified Kaplan-Meier
Confidence Types
• Lower confidence For More Information
• Upper confidence
• Upper and Lower confidence For more information on Relex Weibull,
• Double confidence please visit: www.relex.com/products/weibull.asp
• Confidence = Reliability
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herein is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be
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PTC product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC and/or its subsidiaries in
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