Research Article

Maintenance Strategy Based on Reliability Analysis and FMEA: A Case Study for Hydraulic Cylinders of Traditional Excavators with ERRS

Table 2

Suggested ranking system for the occurrence of failure modes [37].

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