제한된 환경인 실험실에서 짧은 시험 시간으로 신속하게 수명을 파악할 수 있는 가 속시험 데이터와 극한 환경시험 데이터는 실험실 데이터로서 정밀한 결과를 제공하지 만, 실제 사용 환경을 잘 반영하지 못한다. 그러나 사용현장데이터인 보증데이터는 보 증기간 동안 보증서비스 센터에 접수된 고장으로부터 얻어진 필드 데이터로 사용자의 실제 사용 환경에 따른 제품 고장을 파악할 수 있으므로 제품의 수명을 추정하기에 더욱 효과적일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 보증데이터의 특징을 설명하였으며 보증정책에 따른 분석방법으로 1 차원, 2차원으로 분류하였다. 이에 따른 연구 동향과 적용 현황을 조사하여 보증데이 터를 사용한 필드 신뢰성 분석의 효과적인 활용방안을 논의하고자 한다.

This paper is a case study of reliability assessment with field warranty data of Clutch Master Cylinder (CMC) in hydraulic clutch system. We estimate lifetime distribution using field warranty data which contain much useful information for understanding reliability of the system in the real-world environments. However, the estimated parameters are far from existing reference values, which seems to be caused right censored field warranty data. To modify the parameters, we use the information of the durability test which is performed to verify that the lifetime of the item meets the required level. After that, we can observe that the modified parameters are closer to the existing reference values. This case study shows a possible idea to supplement lack of right censored field warranty data and its applicability.

This paper is a case study of reliability assessment with field warranty data of Clutch Master Cylinder(CMC) in hydraulic clutch system. We estimate lifetime distribution using field warranty data which contain much useful information for understanding reliability of the system in the real-world environments. However, the estimated parameters are far from existing reference values, which seems to be caused right censored field warranty data. To modify the parameters, we use the information of the durability test which is performed to verify that the lifetime of the item meets the required level. After that, we can observe that the modified parameters are closer to the existing reference values. This case study shows a possible idea to supplement lack of right censored field warranty data and its applicability

This paper is concerned with the method of estimating lifetime distribution for field data in warranty period and for a situation where some additional field data can be gathered after the warranty period. Implementing the proposed methods in this paper will result in obtaining the more precise product life time estimation and product improvement.