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Eliminate the ambiguity and complexity of capturing complex product requirements in wordy and uncorrelated documents and emails
Capture and visualize a product’s complex functions, interactions, and stresses
Why Choose Us?
Map Your Product DNA
DESIGN LIMIT | NATURE OF FAILURE | ACTUAL LIFE
Reveal product weaknesses before prototyping
Eliminate the costly trial and error
Generate new product designs & revenue streams
Customer Testimonials
RICHARD MUIZELAAR
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT STACKPOLE INTERNATIONAL
“With Kepstrum’s DSP software and engineering methodology, our confidence is greatly enhanced in understanding our product in application with multi-domain transfer functions of stress and Key Performance.
The Kepstrum method enables deterministic definition of our product in application, with transparency, and with breakdowns of the critical interfaces to judge life, wear and performance. Using this information we are able to prioritize and optimize test cycles that ensures the key performance and wear damage correlates to defined first principle models. We are able to accelerate validation testing by combining our deterministic physics based math models, to accelerated stress tests.
The power of this approach is the linkage of knowledge and results. Compared to other traditional methodologies, Kepstrum’s DSP approach closes the gaps in understanding to questions not normally asked.”
MARTIN DAUB
MANAGER OF TESTING / VALIDATION AT BOSCH REXROTH
“Over the past years Kepstrum supported us in several projects on hydraulic pump components to understand lifetime and failure issues.
Kepstrums methodical approach gives a comprehensive overview of non-deterministic critical design features in a very early concept phase of engineering work. It helps to lead the engineering process straight forward, minimizing design iterations.
The DNA structured platform has the potential to integrate knowledge of multiple teams and functions into one platform to enhance collaboration along the engineering process.
The methods and tools are continuously refined and improved by Kepstrum.”
HERBERT REDER
ENGINEERING LEAD – CENTER OF VALVE COMPETENCY AT BOSCH GERMANY
“Intelligent Reliability Technology offers repeatability, speed and accountability to generate results and knowledge utilizing our capabilities.”
Eliminate Recalls with Intelligent Reliability
Kxc250hp – Aviation Hydraulics and Electronic Components
Kxc350hp – Power Hydraulics and Industrial Components
Kxc100at-u – Mechatronics and Hydrotronics
Kxc300lp – Nuclear Cooling System
Fields
- Mechatronics
- Hydrotronics
- Electronics
- Hydraulics
- Mechanical
Applications
- Pumps
- Valves
- Motors
- Actuators
- Electronics
- Batteries
- Solenoids
- Sensors
- Bearings
- Seals
Press Releases
Newsletters
About Kepstrum
Kepstrum leads the field in deterministic reliability and risk reduction methodologies.
Kepstrum is the inventor and patent holder of Intelligent Reliability Methodology (IRM).
Intelligent Reliability Methodology to Map the PRODUCT DNA – DESIGN LIMIT NATURE OF FAILURE ACTUAL LIFE
Our Experience
A diverse range of industries have utilized Intelligent Reliability Methodology (IRM) and Product DNA to control their risk of high volume production:
- Electronic oil pump
- Servo driven thermostatic valves
- Electronic water pump
- Electronic Auxiliary oil pumps
- Electronic spool valves
- Servo driven thermostatic valves
- Electronic water pump
- Engine cooling simulation
- Thermal shock
- Leakage tester
- Electronic spool valves
- Vacuum pump
- Water pump
- Cam-less engine control valve
- Running boards
- Glove box compartments
- Tailgates
- Knee bolsters
- Air ducts
- Luggage covers
- Hinge and handle assemblies
- Aircraft landing gear servo valve
- Solenoid valves
- Servo and proportional valves
- Water cooled electronic motor
- Heat exchangers
- Accumulators
- Pressure transducers
- Hydraulic cylinders
- Pneumatic valves
- Solenoid valves
- Internal gear pumps
- External gear pumps
- Vane pumps
- Variable displacement pumps
Our Global Presence
Current international reach, but always looking to expand
GLOBAL HOT LINE: +1 416 509 9900
Global Product DNA Labs
North America: Product DNA Lab Research and Development
Europe: KXC DNA Generator Manufacturing Facilities
Europe: Product DNA Application Center
Product DNA
FIND FIELD FAILURES BEFORE PRODUCTION
Product DNA generates Stress-Life Failure Models. It is a deterministic, repeatable and traceable reliability measure, correlating the Stress-Drivers with how and when the Product will fail.
Design Limit: Stress limit correlated with a Stress-Driver (x-axis)
Nature of Failure: Failure mechanism correlating the limit and life (map)
Actual Life: Time to failure correlated with a Stress-Driver (y-axis)
Product DNA replaces the conventional test-to-pass with test-to-map replicating field failures to find product weaknesses and provide design solutions. Product DNA controls risk by reducing field failures significantly.
DNA Library
SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS
Product DNA connects development and production information to field failures. It provides the global development, application, and production sites with a common reliability indicator to control risk.
KXC generates the Product DNA for the development baseline, new suppliers, engineering changes, and production parts. They are mapped together to produce the DNA Library.
Field failures will be compared with the DNA Library to determine the root cause rapidly. The DNA Library provides a deterministic solution to solve complex problems systematically, eliminating trial and error.
How Do You Qualify Your New Design?
CONVENTIONAL METHODS
NO STRESS INTERACTIONS
CANNOT REPLICATE FIELD FAILURES
Test-to-pass, mainly driven by experience, is not efficient in qualifying the reliability of new and complex components without historical information
- Trial & Error
- Rework
- Recalls
INTELLIGENT RELIABILITY METHODOLOGY
ALL STRESS INTERACTIONS
CAN REPLICATE FIELD CONDITIONS & FAILURES
Test-to-map replacing uncorrelated test-to-pass producing the Design Limit, Nature of Failure, and Actual Life to map the “Product DNA”
- Measurable
- Repeatable
- Traceable
Conventional vs Intelligent Reliability Methodology (IRM)
Conventional Methodology
Two Years
Intelligent Reliability Methodology
One Year
DNA Structured Platform
The Product DNA Mapping Technology
Kepstrum’s DSP “DNA Structured Platform”, is a computer-aided analytical implementation of IRM “Intelligent Reliability Methodology.”
It is a multi-user, multi-project, enterprise software, enabling engineers to map the PRODUCT DNA of their components, in the early stages of development and prototyping.
DSP provides the main engine for Digital Twin, from Digital Specification to Digital DNA for products.
Generating Cross-Talk and Transparency
KEPSTRUM'S DIGITAL GRID
Digital Twin Solution for Rising Complexity & Industry 4.0 Digitalization
DSP Infrastructure
We offer the options of a SaaS Cloud Solution or an On-Premise Installation.
DSP On-Premise
Retain and manage data behind your firewall.
DSP Cloud
Connect to other R&D centers with low latency.
Each Package includes frequent Updates and Upgrades
IRM
INTELLIGENT RELIABILITY METHODOLOGY
A patented, stress focused, risk control methodology, comprising multiple stages of analysis and testing to Map Product DNA:
Design Limit Nature of Failure Actual Life
Intelligent Reliability reveals product weaknesses and generates design solutions in the early stages of development and prototyping already. It creates a robust connection between development and field, preventing costly recalls.
Intelligent Reliability supports OEMs to generate SORs and LASTENHEFTE. It leads the field in controlling risk for the introduction of new hydrotronic and mechatronic components without historical information.
KXC
DNA GENERATORS
Patented test systems with embedded Intelligent Reliability algorithms to profile and control the Stress-Drivers (interface parameters) simultaneously. It automatically trends performance and internal stresses to determine the gap to failure.
KXC generates the experimental Product DNA Map against all Stress-Drivers, replicating real-world complexity through stress interactions.
KXC DNA Generator is an All-in-One reliability solution. It can be configured to qualify automotive, aviation, industrial, nuclear, and defence system components.
KXC provides OEMs, Tier-ones, and part suppliers with a common and repeatable reliability benchmark throughout the product life cycle (R&D, production, field).
DNA
STRUCTURED PLATFORM
Kepstrum’s DSP “DNA Structured Platform”, is a computer-aided analytical implementation of Intelligent Reliability Methodology (IRM).
It is a multi-user, multi-project, enterprise software, enabling engineers to map the Product DNA of their components, in the early stages of development and prototyping.
DSP provides the main engine for Digital Twin, from Digital Specification to Digital DNA for products. DSP is a necessity in the era of Industry 4.0
Global Reality
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
- Albert Einstein
1. OEMs map Product DNA
2. OEMs demand Product DNA
3. Part Suppliers map Product DNA
4. Test labs adopt KXC DNA Generators
5. Research facilities map Product DNA to accelerate learning
OEMS SET A NEW RELIABILITY NORM
IN THEIR LASTENHEFTE AND SORs
(STATEMENT OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS)
TO ELIMINATE RECALLS …
Intelligent Reliability™ provides the forward thinkers and industry leaders with the solutions to qualify their ideas safely and reliably.
Your Global Connectivity
PRODUCT DNA - A LANGUAGE WITH NO BARRIERS
DSP provides a common reliability indicator, connecting development and production sites around the world.
- Measurable
- Repeatable
- Traceable
DSP produces the same quality measure globally, making reliable products effortless.
Keep Your Global Innovation In Control
CROSS-TALK, TRANSPARENCY, KNOWLEDGE SHARE AND RETENTION
5 Steps One Powerful Index
MAP PRODUCT DNA TO PREVENT RECALLS
STEP 1: Map your Design DNA
STEP 2: Map your Production Parts
STEP 3: Map your Design Changes
STEP 4: Map your Field Failures
STEP 5: Map your DNA Library
A COMMON TEST PLATFORM FOR ALL STEPS
Map the Product DNA through critical stages of development and production in 5 structured steps, generating an intelligent DNA Library that connects the engineering teams to field failures.
Benefits:
- Eliminates the need for multiple test benches
- Connects OEMs and suppliers through a unique reliability measure
- Generates a traceable reference point for future designs
- Keeps development and production sites connected and in control
- Reduces field failures by finding product weaknesses in development
- Solves complex problems through simultaneous stress interactions
- Shortens the development time
- Reduces the development cost
- Controls risk to prevent recalls
Maximizing Your Profitability
CREATE A DESIGN BASELINE
Map and modify your Product DNA to reach the design baseline with the desired service life. Use the DNA Baseline to check production quality, validate changes and connect to field failures. Analytical baselines are generated from first principles to identify the theoretical limits, failures, and life.
Benefits:- Replicate real world complexity
- Derive key stresses
- Reveal product weaknesses
- Replace meaningless test-to-pass with measurable test-to-map
- Replace long term durability tests with a Product DNA Map
STRESS PRODUCTION BATCHES
Compare the Product DNA Baseline with production batches to regularly verify your output quality.
Benefits:
- Monitor production variations over the entire stress spectrum
- Compare production part failures with the DNA Baseline
- Correlate with the analytical maps
STRESS ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS
Compare the Product DNA Baseline with alternative designs to verify cost reduction changes and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits:
- Validate the design changes and alternative suppliers
- Compare failures for new prototypes with the DNA Baseline
- Correlate with the analytical maps
CONNECT DEVELOPMENT TO FIELD
Map the field failures with your Product DNA Baseline to correlate with development, identify root-causes and refine your database. Demand Product DNA for purchased components from current and alternative suppliers as controls to meet your reliability goals.
Benefits:- Close the loop between development knowledge and field information
- Compare in-service failure mechanisms with the DNA Baseline
- Solve complex field problems rapidly and systematically
CREATE AN ACCURATE VIEW
Product DNA is an intelligent library, containing all you need to know about your product, its revisions, design limits, failure mechanisms and service life expectancy. The DNA library creates an accurate view of product behaviour, supporting design innovation to maintain market leadership.
Benefits:- A repeatable benchmark from research to production
- A traceable reliability measure between OEMs and suppliers
- A new norm and approach to generate SORs (statement of operational requirements) and LASTENHEFTE
- Creating an effortless decision making process
- Keeping management well informed and in control
KXC Technology
THE REAL-TIME PRODUCT DNA FOR EVERY SAMPLE with KXC DNA GENERATORS™
- Install the Sample
- Upload the Profile
- Map the Product DNA
Simultaneous profiling and control of all Stress-Drivers (interface parameters):
- Fluid contamination
- Fluid properties, temperature and pressure
- Ambient temperature
- Thermal shock
- Mechanical shock
- Mounting vibration
- Driver signals
KXC underlying technologies: abc
- Simultaneous profiling of all Stress-Drivers to replicate field conditions
- Profile simulator to virtually visualize the field conditions prior to testing
- Simultaneous controlling of all Stress-Drivers to ensure repeatability
- Automated failure criteria monitoring and trending to find the limits
- Advanced sensing, algorithms and analytics to Map Product DNA
- Remote access and monitoring with advanced diagnostics
- Real-Time Product DNA Map display
All Stress Interactions for Field Replications
DSP vs Conventional Programming
INFINITE PROFILING POSSIBILITIES
DSP allows users to build functional profiles and upload unique testing sequences easily.
It eliminates the need for detailed knowledge of programming and controls with an easy and ready-to-use visual-based interface.
PLC Code
Conventional Graphical Programming
DSP
KXC Diversity in Application
REPLICATING FIELD CONDITIONS AND FAILURES
KXC DNA Generators are patented test systems with embedded Intelligent Reliability algorithms to profile contamination, temperature, vibration and fluid properties simultaneously to vary and control the stress interactions. They monitor and trend the product Key Performance Factors (KPFs) and internal stresses to determine the gap to failure and Design Limit.
Engine and Powertrain Components
Mechatronics & Hydrotronics Components
Aviation Hydraulics and Components
Nuclear and Engine Cooling Systems
Power Hydraulics and Industrial Components
All-In-One Reliability Solution
Contamination Tests
An Essential Part of Hydraulic Testing
WHY?
IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HYDRAULIC COMPONENT FAILURES!
Contamination under controlled conditions can reveal a multitude of complex failure mechanisms:
1. Validates clearances
2. Verifies tolerance stack-up
3. Reveals mating part interactions
4. Evaluates surface finish quality
5. Measures in-assembly wear properties
6. Accounts for fluid degradation
Our Team's Innovation
The KXC100at team just set a new reliability measure for powertrain component qualification by generating:
Simultaneous Stress Interactions, driven by:
- CONTAMINATION
- TEMPERATURE
- VIBRATION
