Article tagged Environmental test manual

A document providing technical details on weather, location, and use factors including statistical summaries and distributions, along with approaches for evaluating an item for those conditions where an item may operate. The manual comprises a documented set of environmental stresses common for an organization’s products and markets and details suitable testing approaches.

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The Environmental and Use Manual

Environmental and Use Manual

How well can you describe the use conditions your product will experience?

How well do you need to know the use conditions?

For some situations, the environment for your product is assessable, others are not. For some situations, we guess the range of expected stresses, others we measure.

The design process and the myriad decisions that impact product reliability rely on characterized environmental stresses.

A great place to consolidate how and where customers will use your product (including the relevant stress factors) is in an environmental manual. [Read more…]