Isograph Reliability Software Isograph European User Group Meeting 2002 Steve Flanagan Richard Pullen Tony Keen Isograph UK

Isograph Reliability Software

Isograph European User Group Meeting

2002

Steve Flanagan

Richard Pullen

Tony Keen

Isograph UK


Munich 2002

• Welcome• Overview of Isograph• Review of past year• Selection of Customers by Industry• Customer Profiles from the last year• The Future


Isograph Company Formation

• Formed in 1986 in the UK

• Provided Consultancy and Software Development Services in Safety and Reliability Fields

• Principally Nuclear and Aerospace

• Began Development and Support of ‘Off the Shelf’ Reliability Products


Isograph Now

• Offices in the UK and USA

• World Leading Range of Integrated Reliability Software Tools

• 14 Agents Worldwide Supplying the Products and Providing First Line Support

• Over 7000 Installations Worldwide


Isograph Now

• FaultTree+• AvSim+• Reliability Workbench

Failure Rate PredictionFMECAMTTRRBDFaultTree+


Isograph Now

• RCMCost

• lccWare

• Hazop+

• MKV

• Weibull


Isograph Now

• Moved from Manchester to Warrington in September 2002

The Malt Building

Wilderspool Park

Warrington WA4 6HL

UK

Phone: +44 (0) 1925 437000

Fax: +44 (0) 1925 437010


Isograph Now


Isograph Now


Agents


Quality


Support

• Technical support by email/telephone– Call Management System

• User Group Meetings

• Training– Theory– Use of Programs

• User Requests Log


Isograph Users

• Aerospace• Transportation• Nuclear• Chemical• Educational• Oil & Gas• Manufacturing• Medical• Defence• Electronics


Aerospace

• Aerosystems International• Air Traffic Simulation• Airbus• Alenia • Astrium• BAe Systems• BF Goodrich• Boeing• Daimler Chrysler• EADS


Aerospace

• Ericsson Saab• Eurocopter• Fairchild Dornier• Hamilton Sundstrand • Honeywell Inc• Honeywell Normalair Garrett• Hurel Dubois• LFK Lenflugkorpersysteme• Lockheed Martin• Menasco Aerospace• Messier-Dowty


Aerospace

• National Aerospace Laboratory NRL• NASA• NATS• Northrop Grumman• Park Air Systems • Raytheon• Rolls-Royce• Smiths• SystemA• TRW• Volvo Aerospace• Westland


Railways

• ABB• Alstec• Alsthom• Bombardier• Daimler Chrysler • EDI Rail• Interfleet• Kawasaki Heavy Industries• Korean Railroad Research Institute• KOROS• Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation• Land Transport Authority, Singapore


Railways

• London Underground• NedTrain• NESIC Singapore• Queensland Rail• Rail Link Engineering • Railtrack• Railway Safety• SAB WABCO• The Engineering Link• Union Railways• Westinghouse Brakes


Electronics

• Computing Devices• Bose• Breeze Eastern• Celab• Continental Teves• Dayron• GES Singapore • Honeywell• Kelvin Hughes• Liebherr• Litef• MBM Technology


Electronics

• Metric Systems Corporation• Nord Micro• Pepperl & Fuchs• Pulse Electronics• Sepsa• STN Atlas• Teldix• Ultra Electronics • W Vinten• Westell Technologies


Defence

• ADI• Alenia Difesa• Alenia Marconi• AWE Aldermaston• BAe Systems• Bath Iron Works • Bofors Missiles• Defense Logistics Organisation• DERA• DSTO Australia• Enator Telub• General Dynamics• INSYS


Defence• IZAR• Jaycor• Kockums• Lockheed Martin• Logic SpA• Maritime Platforms AMRL• MoD, UK• Naval Surface Warfare Center• Qinetiq• Rolls Royce Marine• Setel Srl• Singapore Technologies• Thales• Thomson Marconi• United Defense


Power

• ABB Industry OY Systems• Beijing Power Generating Institute• British Energy• Dynegy• Nuclear Electric• Korea Electric Power Corporation• Loy Yang Power• NNC• Nuclear Research Institute Rez• NRG Gladstone Power Station• Scottish Power• Snowy Mountains Hydro


Communications

• Alcatel• AT&T• Intelsat• Marconi Mobile• Merlin Communications• Network Appliance Inc• Nortel Networks• Silcar• Setel Srl• TXU Networks


Oil & Gas

• Advantica Technologies• BG International• BHP Petroleum• BOC Gases• BP• Data Marine Systems• Dyn McDermott Petroleum• Expro Group Integrated services• Fluor• Foster Wheeler Energia Oy• Shell• Texaco


Automotive

• BMW• Daimler Chrysler• Delphi• Fiat• Hagglunds• Hyundai• Robert Bosch• Saab• Vehicle System Research, Korea• Volkswagen• Volvo


Consultants• AEA Technology• Albert-Garaudy & Associates• Bechtel• Bureau Veritas• ERM• Ernst Basler• Evidente• Exida• Fraser-Nash• IRMS• Mott MacDonald• Parsons Brinkerhoff• Serco Assurance• Vectra• WS Atkins


Chemicals, Process, Utilities, Mining etc.

• BP Chemicals• British Waterways• Bulga Coal• CERN• Dow Chemical• Drayton Coal• General Domestic Appliances• Germanischer Lloyd• Health & Safety Laboratory• INCO• Intercor• Laporte• Lloyds Registry


Chemicals, Process, Utilities, Mining etc.

• Los Alamos National Laboratory• Marconi Medical Systems• Otis Elevator Company• Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Philip Morris• Siemens• South East Water• Strachan & Henshaw• Toyo Engineering• TUV • Union Carbide• Wood Group Engineering• Yorkshire Electricity


Universities• Bialystock• Cranfield• Hull• Inchun National• Kunsan• Liverpool, John Moore• Loughborough• Maryland• National University of Singapore• Queensland• Russian Academy• Taegu• Texas• Wales• Warwick


Customer Profiles

• BAE Systems - UK, USA

– ~15 sites– FT+, RWB, AvSim+, Hazop+– Calculate safety & reliability of systems– E.g. FT+ is used for air worthiness certification– Carry out own independent verification– Largest user of FT+, 100s users


Customer Profiles

• Railtrack - UK

– Several sites– FT+, RWB– Calculate safety & reliability of systems– FT+ is included in ‘Yellow Book’


Customer Profiles

• Alstom - UK

– 3 sites– £2b West Coast mainline upgrade– New signalling/Train control– FT+, RWB, AvSim+– Calculate safety & reliability of systems– Also availability calculations


Customer Profiles

• Rolls-Royce – UK, USA, Canada, Germany

– FT+, RWB– Carried out extensive evaluation– Chose Isograph as company standard– Safety & reliability of aero engines– Safety/Licencing of nuclear propulsion units


Customer Profiles

• DaimlerChrysler – UK, USA

– FT+, RWB– Safety of automotive systems– (parent company of DASA ->EADS)– Driverless car project– Human error greatest problem – Increase vehicle packing


Customer Profiles

• CERN France/Switzerland

– Multi-user licenses for all products– Safety of accelerator systems– Protect experimenters and staff


Customer Profiles

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

– FT+ (DLL?)– Safety of proposed new generation NPP– Working for USNRC


Customer Profiles

Use of PRA for EvaluatingGeneration IV Nuclear Power Plants

Michael D. Muhlheim, Ph.D.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

June 4, 2002


Customer ProfilesDesign Tool Process

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Customer Profiles

One Button Architecture


Customer Profiles

• RTCA Inc, USA– FT+– develops recommendations regarding

communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues

– Functions as a federal advisory committee– Recommendations are used by the Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA)


Customer Profiles

• RTCA Inc, USA (continued)– Been asked to establish a committee to

recommend Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) or appropriate technical guidance documents

– Mitre, Boeing, Rockwell Collins, UPS Aviation Technology and Air Traffic Simulation


Customer Profiles

• Arup, USA

– FT+, AvSim+– Second Avenue subway, New York– First new subway for over 50 years– Working on safety/availability


Customer Profiles

• Boeing, USA

– 5 Sites– FT+– Safety of military aircraft and missiles


Customer Profiles

• Bath Iron Works, USA

– AvSim+, RCMCost and RWB – Lead shipyard for 10 surface ship classes

produced by the US Navy – More than any other shipyard– Now part of General Dynamics


Customer Profiles

• SOFIA , USA, Germany

– FT+, safety analysis– NASA, German Aerospace Center & Raytheon – Boeing 747SP aircraft modified by L-3

Communications Integrated Systems to accommodate a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope!

– Largest airborne observatory in the world – http://sofia.arc.nasa.gov/


Customer Profiles

• Honeywell CO Springs , USA

– FT+, AvSim+, LCC and RWB – 2 billion dollar contract to work on the US

Government satellite network – Starting work on ground based section – Satellites to follow


Customer Profiles

• Syncrude , Canada

– AvSim+, MKV, availability– Extracting Oil from tar sands – 2001, they produced 81.4 million barrels

(223,000 barrels per day) of Syncrude Sweet Blend

– Planned production to double to 170 million barrels


Customer Profiles

• United Defense, USA

– All products/applications– Largest US customer – Design, development and production of combat

vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions

– Largest non-nuclear ship repair, modernization, overhaul and conversion company


Customer Profiles

• BMW, Germany

– FT+, RWB-RBD– Application ?


Customer Profiles

• DNV, Worldwide

– FT+– Consulting to Oil & Gas, Air Traffic,

Chemical and others


Customer Profiles

• Alcan Primary Metals, Canada

– RCMCost– Maintenance and production optimisation

of Aluminium production plant– Pilot studies have shown huge savings


Customer Profiles

• HDW, Germany

– AvSim+. lccWare, RWB– Shipbuilding (submarines) application


Customer Profiles

• Apache Helicopter, USA

– FT+– Safety


Customer Profiles

• Robert Bosch, Germany (x2), France

– FT+– Application - ?


The Future• Increasing application of system

reliability analysis methods for– safety– availability optimisation– maintenance optimisation

• Increasing demand for innovative methods and software tools– ‘living’ safety assessments– complex simulation requirements


The Future

• Integration with other software products to increase productivity

• More user-driven requirements!

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Isograph Reliability Software Isograph European User Group Meeting 2002 Steve Flanagan Richard Pullen Tony Keen Isograph UK