1. A method for performing failure mode and effects analysis throughout the product life cycle, the method comprising:
receiving incident data from a requester, said incident data including a requestor product and a requester fault mode;
receiving field solution data from said requestor, said field solution data including said requester product, said requestor fault mode a requestor corrective action and a requester primary effect,
accessing a shared failure mode and effects analysis database;
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said incident data; and
transmitting the contents of said existing entry to said requestor in response to locating said existing entry.
2. (canceled).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said field solution data further includes a requestor component.
4. (canceled).
5. The method of claim 2, wherein said field solution data further includes a requestor product level effect.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein said field solution data further includes a requestor measurement.
7. The method of claim 2, further comprising evaluating said field solution data for inclusion in said database.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said evaluating includes a plurality of team members viewing said field solution data and collaborating electronically.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
augmenting said database in response to said receiving field solution data and to said evaluating, wherein said augmenting includes:
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said field solution data; and
updating an occurrence field corresponding to said existing entry in response to locating said existing entry in said database; or
inserting a new entry into said database in response to an indication that said field solution data was not located in said database, wherein said new entry includes said field solution data.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said occurrence field includes a countermand said updating an occurrence field includes incrementing said counter.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said database is imported from an external system containing failure mode and effects analysis data.
12. The method of claim 1, further including creating said database during product design.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said creating includes:
performing failure mode and effects analysis; and
populating said database in response to said performing.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said performing failure mode and effects analysis includes utilizing a collaboration tool to reach consensus on said populating.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein said requestor is a customer.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein said requestor is a remote diagnostics engineer.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein said incident data further includes a requester component.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein said incident data further includes a requester primary effect.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein said incident data further includes a requestor product level effect.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein said database includes a product field, a fault mode field, a corrective action field and an occurrence field.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein said database further includes a component field.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein said database further includes a primary effect field.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein said database further includes a product level effect field.
24. The method of claim 20, wherein said database further includes a measurement field.
25. The method of claim 1, wherein said product is industrial power distribution equipment.
26. The method of claim 1, wherein said product is a turbine engine system.
27. The method of claim 1, wherein said product is an appliance.
28. A system for performing failure mode and effects analysis throughout the product life cycle, the system comprising:
a network;
a user system in communication with said network;
a storage device including a shared failure mode and effects analysis database; and
a host system in communication with said network and said storage device, said host system including electronic collaboration software to implement a method comprising:
receiving incident data from a requestor on said user system, said incident data including a requestor product and a requestor fault mode;
accessing said database;
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said incident data; and
transmitting the contents of said existing entry to said requestor on said user system in response to locating said existing entry.
29. The system of claim 28, wherein said electronic collaboration software includes instructions to implement a method further comprising:
receiving field solution data from said requestor, said field solution data including said requester product, said requester fault mode and a requestor corrective action.
30. The system of claim 29, wherein said electronic collaboration software includes instructions to implement a method further comprising:
evaluating said field solution data for inclusion in said database.
31. The system of claim 30, wherein said electronic collaboration software includes instructions to implement a method further comprising:
augmenting said database in response to said receiving field solution data and to said evaluating, wherein said augmenting includes:
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said field solution data; and
updating an occurrence field corresponding to said existing entry in response to locating said existing entry in said database; or
inserting a new entry into said database in response to an indication that said field solution data was not located in said database, wherein said new entry includes said field solution data.
32. The system of claim 28, wherein said electronic collaboration software includes instructions to implement a method further comprising:
performing failure mode and effects analysis; and
populating said database in response to said performing.
33. The system of claim 28, wherein said network is the Internet.
34. The system of claim 28, wherein said network is an intranet.
35. The system of claim 28, wherein said storage device and said host system are located in different geographic locations and communicate via said network.
36. The system of claim 28, wherein said user system and said host system are located in different geographic locations.
37. A computer program product for performing failure mode and effects analysis throughout the product life cycle, the computer product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
receiving field solution data from said requester, said field solution data including said requestor product, said requestor fault mode, a requestor corrective action and a requestor primary effect;
receiving incident data from a requester, said incident data including a requester product and a requestor fault mode;
accessing a shared failure mode and effects analysis database;
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said incident data; and
transmitting the contents of said existing entry to said requestor in response to locating said existing entry.
38. A method for performing failure mode and effects analysis throughout the product life cycle, the method comprising:
receiving incident data from a requestor, said incident data including a requester product and a requestor fault mode;
accessing a shared failure mode and effects analysis database;
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said incident data; and
transmitting the contents of said existing entry to said requestor in response to locating said existing entry;
wherein said product is industrial power distribution equipment.
39. A method for performing failure mode and effects analysis throughout the product life cycle, the method comprising:
receiving incident data from a requester, said incident data including a requestor product and a requestor fault mode;
accessing a shared failure mode and effects analysis database;
searching said database for an existing entry that includes said incident data; and
transmitting the contents of said existing entry to said requestor in response to locating said existing entry;
wherein said product is a turbine engine system.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A process for the production of a hydraulic binder, said process comprising co-grinding a clinker and 0.1 to 5% by dry mass relative to the mass of clinker, of a material comprising more than 15% by mass of calcium silicate hydrate relative to the solid fraction of the material.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the material is obtained by hydration of a cement paste.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the calcium silicate hydrate is in the form of a powder, a gel or a suspension.
4. The process according to claim 1, wherein a grinding agent is co-ground with the clinker and the material, the quantity of the grinding agent being 0.01 to 0.5% by mass expressed as dry extract relative to the mass of clinker.
5. The process according to claim 4, wherein the grinding agent comprises triethanolamine.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein a plasticizer or of a superplasticizer is co-ground with the clinker, the material and optionally the grinding agent, the quantity of the plasticizer or superplasticizer being 0.05 to 3% by mass expressed as dry extract relative to the mass of clinker.
7. The process according to claim 6, wherein the superplasticizer comprises a polyoxy alkylene polycarboxylate.
8. The process according to claim 1, comprising co-grinding a source of SO3 with the clinker, the material, optionally a grinding agent and optionally a plasticizer or superplasticizer.
9. The process according to claim 8, wherein the source of SO3 comprises calcium sulphate.