Research Article

Reliability Importance Measures considering Performance and Costs of Mechanical Hydraulic System for Hydraulic Excavators

Table 1

Suggested ranking system for the occurrence of failure modes [37].

Rank ()CommentFailure frequencyCoefficient

10Extremely high≥0.20.1
9Very high≥0.10.2
8Repeated failures≥0.050.3
7High≥0.030.4
6Moderately high≥0.020.5
5Moderate≥0.010.6
4Relatively low≥0.0050.7
3Low≥0.0030.8
2Remote≥0.00050.9
1Nearly impossible≥0.00011.0