Research Article

A Comprehensive Method of Apportioning Reliability Goals for New Product of Hydraulic Excavator

Table 3

Suggested ranking system for the occurrence of failure modes.

Rank () CommentFailure frequency

10Extremely high≥0.2
9Very high≥0.1
8Repeated failures≥0.05
7High≥0.03
6Moderately high≥0.02
5moderate≥0.01
4Relatively low≥0.005
3Low≥0.001
2Remote≥0.0005
1Nearly impossible≥0.0001