Presentation 2017-02-17
Reliability of the Heavy-duty Reed Switches in Railway Application
Kenjiro Hamada, Zhang Lin, Kyoshi Matsuda, Katsumi Yoshise,
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Abstract(in English) Railway application standards specify four different reliability parameters which are “Reliability”, “Availability”, “Maintainability” and “Safety”. Especially, SIL (Safety Integrity Level) targets are specified in railway control systems according to PFH: average frequency of a dangerous failure of the safety function per hour. The element or control devices have to also prove their systematic capabilities based on the requirements introduced in IEC 61508-2:2010. The Heavy-duty reed switches have received the standard compliance assessment certificates for “reliability” and “safety” from Functional Safety Center of Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute (China). This technical paper describes the evaluation methods of reliability and functional safety for the Heavy-duty Reed Switches and the maintenance procedures of them according to their failure mode analysis and endurance test results.
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Keyword(in English) IEC 62246 / Heavy-duty reed switch / SIL 3 capability / Failure mode analysis / Replacement cycle
Paper # R2016-66,EMD2016-93
Date of Issue 2017-02-10 (R, EMD)

Conference Information
Committee EMD / R
Conference Date 2017/2/17(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Omuron Kusatsu Factory
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Topics (in English)
Chair Yoshiteru Abe(NTT) / Hiroyasu Mawatari(NTT)
Vice Chair / Tetsushi Yuge(National Defense Academy)
Secretary (Sumitomo Denso) / Tetsushi Yuge(Fujielectric)
Assistant Yoshiki Kayano(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Yuichi Hayashi(Tohoku Gakuin Univ.) / Maratt Zanikef(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / Nobuyuki Tamura(Hosei Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Electromechanical Devices / Technical Committee on Reliability
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Reliability of the Heavy-duty Reed Switches in Railway Application
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) IEC 62246
Keyword(2) Heavy-duty reed switch
Keyword(3) SIL 3 capability
Keyword(4) Failure mode analysis
Keyword(5) Replacement cycle
1st Author's Name Kenjiro Hamada
1st Author's Affiliation Yaskawa Controls Co., Ltd.(YCC)
2nd Author's Name Zhang Lin
2nd Author's Affiliation Yaskawa Controls Co., Ltd.(YCC)
3rd Author's Name Kyoshi Matsuda
3rd Author's Affiliation Yaskawa Controls Co., Ltd.(YCC)
4th Author's Name Katsumi Yoshise
4th Author's Affiliation Yaskawa Controls Co., Ltd.(YCC)
Date 2017-02-17
Paper # R2016-66,EMD2016-93
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) R-458,EMD-459
Page pp.pp.37-43(R), pp.37-43(EMD),
#Pages 7
Date of Issue 2017-02-10 (R, EMD)