Michal Vintr, PhD
independent consultant and expert on product reliability, safety, and RAMS/LCC
Czechia • Working area: EuropeStatus: at your service • Languages: English, Czech
Listed in: Engineering & Industry
For over 20 years, I have been providing professional analyses, documentation processing, and consulting on the reliability and safety of mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, and electronic products. I also specialize in RAMS/LCC — i.e. Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety, and Life Cycle Costs of railway applications and products.
I have worked on systems for high-speed TGV and Pendolino trains; city subways in London and Delhi; trams in Milan, Toronto and Strasbourg; and global train manufacturers Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, and Hyundai-Rotem, as well as on the reliability of EV-55 Outback aircraft.
I hold a university degree in mechanical engineering and quality management from the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, where I now teach a course on Transport Machines and Equipment Dependability. I have written over 80 expert papers and co-written textbooks for university students. I am also a public speaker at conferences and seminars. Some other highlights:
- I am a Vice-chair of the Reliability Expertise Center within the Czech Society for Quality (a member of the European Organization for Quality).
- I was a speaker at the 12th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) and the European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL).
- I co-organized a seminar on RAMS of Railway Applications: Current Approaches, News and Experience, attended by 34 experts from 14 companies and 5 universities.
- I was a member of the international maintenance team for the revision of the standard IEC 60300-3-3 (Dependability management — Life cycle costing)
- I was a reviewer of the international journal Reliability Engineering & System Safety.
Services
I offer services in the field of product reliability, safety, and RAMS/LCC — from a small calculation, a single document or straightforward advice, to a complex analysis of your product, processing complete project documentation and long-term consulting support.
- Consulting over email, phone, video calls, or in-person where applicable
- Processing support for the required analyses and documentation of reliability, safety, or RAMS/LCC (methodological guidance, reviews, supervision, delivery of selected documents)
- External processing of documentation (full or partial) and analyses of reliability, safety, or RAMS/LCC
Expertise
- Reliability and safety plan / RAMS plan
- Analysis of customer’s specifications and requirements
- Reliability / RAM analyses, modeling, calculations and assessment
- Safety and risk assessment
- RAMS documentation
- Reliability prediction
- Reliability testing
- Operational reliability and FRACAS
- Life cycle costs (LCC) analysis and optimization
- RAMS of railway applications (EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129)
- Functional safety and safety integrity level (SIL) in the railway industry
- Methods — PHA, FMECA, RBD, FTA, O&SHA…
Selected references
I have excellent references from prominent companies in the railway, aviation, defense and energy industries. As an expert on safety, I have worked and consulted on (among others) systems for high-speed TGV and Pendolino trains; city subways in London and Delhi; trams in Milan, Toronto and Strasbourg; and global train manufacturers Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, and Hyundai-Rotem. I have also been working on the safety of the EV-55 Outback aircraft, the VERA-NG passive surveillance system, and an LNG terminal in Gibraltar.
Here are some details and more references:
- Faiveley Transport Czech (Wabtec Corporation), Czech Republic — RAMS/LCC analysis, creation of documentation and consultancy for systems for railway applications (e.g. pantographs, master controllers, HV switches)
- Stadler, Czech Republic — consultancy and processing support of RAM/LCC analyses and documentation for project of tram TANGO NF3 for Sarajevo, RAM/LCC consultancy for other projects
- EH Batterien AG, Switzerland — RAMS/LCC analysis of power systems for railway applications
- Elektroline, Czech Republic — RAMS/LCC analysis of overhead line systems and consultancy for RAMS and functional safety of railway signaling systems
- Cegelec (VINCI Energies), Czech Republic — reliability calculations for traction converters
- Evektor, Czech Republic — Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) for safety and reliability of the EV-55 Outback twin-engine turboprop aircraft.
- ERA, Czech Republic — consultancy for the reliability of the VERA-NG passive surveillance system for NATO
- Chart Ferox, Czech Republic — RAM study of the LNG terminal in Gibraltar (UK/Spain)
Contact details
Molakova 19
Brno
628 00
Czech Republic, European Union
| Email: | mvintr@mvintr.cz |
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| Website: | mvintr.cz |
| LinkedIn: | michalvintr |
| VAT ID: | CZ8002263764 |