DMD Solutions announced the release of its flag software tool: Robin RAMS. Robin provides assistance in navigating airworthiness standards and five calculation modules for the most challenging analyses in the field: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Reporting and Corrective Actions System (FRACAS), Reliability Prediction, Maintainability (MSG-3 and Zonal Analysis) and FMECA. With the aid of Robin, companies that build, operate or maintain airborne systems will be able to track malfunction data and extract reliability insights, calculate probability of failure and analyze failure effects, and plan maintenance tasks to optimize operations.
The reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of aerospace systems have always been of paramount importance to the sector and yet, until now, all software tools aimed at supporting RAMS engineering analyses have been catch-all products for industries as diverse as energy, chemical, health and pharmaceutical and then also aerospace.
At DMD Solutions, an engineering company located in Barcelona and Lucerne, this state of affairs seemed unacceptable. For a team of aerospace engineers fully dedicated to providing RAMS studies for aerospace systems manufacturers it was clear that a tool focused on their needs was necessary. The requirements for certification in the aerospace industry are very demanding and engineers aiming at proving the solidity of their system’s design need highly specialized support.
This is how Robin RAMS was born. Dario Di Martino, CEO and founder of DMD Solutions explains, “After 10 years working in the field, I had tried every available software, but nothing responded to the actual needs of aerospace companies. There are a few platforms with thousands of features aimed at different industries and bulky licensing processes. But why purchase an expensive license where half of the functionalities remain unused? This might not be a stopper for big companies, but what happens with medium-sized companies, such as trainer aircraft integrators, business jets, light helicopters, drones or urban mobility vehicles? Robin is a good fit for companies which need a straightforward tool to support and speed up their efforts towards safety, reliability and maintainability analyses in aerospace.”
For two years, the development team has worked on building a web application that is modern, flexible and suited to the daily work of OEMs and integrators which need to obtain Type Certificate or prove the safety of their product to suppliers and quality boards. The lead developer, David Duran explains, “We started building the platform we would have wanted, with the user experience of the engineer always in our minds: clean interfaces, precise documentation and fast calculation times. While implementing FRACAS for our customers, we saw how traditional databases failed to provide the solidity and team integration needed to manage fleets. For Fault Tree Analysis we have developed a calculation algorithm that allows both Minimal Cut Sets and Direct Evaluation methods with faster results than any other in the market. I think aerospace engineers will welcome Robin with enthusiasm, it’s a big improvement from the catch-all platforms that we’ve had until today.”
Several customers are already enjoying the benefits of Robin RAMS. They have highlighted the flexibility of the tool and its adequacy to cater for aerospace needs. The engineering team at the aircraft manufacturer Daher Socata have been the beta-testers of the platform, providing invaluable live environment feedback to the development team. Other companies such as UMS Skeldar, drone builder in the defense sector, Civitanavi Systems, providing Global Navigation Satellite Systems to a European space launcher program or FIMAC, supplier of environmental control systems for both rotorcraft and business aviation aircraft, are among the satisfied early users.
As Robin deploys in the market, the DMD Solutions team continue the endeavor to improve the platform and make it the reference in the sector. The innovative calculation method for FTA is currently under review in the prestigious journal “Reliability Engineering and System Safety”. On the meantime, additional libraries and standards are being developed for the Reliability Predictions module. With the inclusion of new users to the Robin community, DMD Solutions expects to increase its worth for the aerospace industry.
This press release was prepared and distributed by DMD Solutions.
