Reliability Testing and Design Risk Assessment to Enhance Product Quality and Business Sustainability outlines Belimo’s need to improve the reliability testing schedule in order to properly test over 1000 different control valves for HVAC systems. Current testing focuses on the most popular products, rather than the models with the most failures. This project’s objective is to enhance the testing schedule by analyzing failure data and identifying and categorizing design failures, in order to properly test the valves with the most faults. With the increased testing, thorough design analysis and recommendations for improvements can be made. The deliverable will include an updated testing schedule and a design risk analysis. With this enhancement, Belimo can minimize product recalls and improve resource allocation, ultimately reducing costs. Creating reliability and dependability for consumers is Belimo’s priority, and ensuring proper reliability testing will continue to maintain this standard.

Our team collaborated with Mechanical Engineering 8 on this project.