Editing Durability (section)

== Requirements for product durability ==
[[File:Durability test in Okinotorishima.jpg|thumb|upright|Durability test in Japan, 2010]]
Product durability is predicated by good [[repairability]] and [[Regenerative design|regenerability]] in conjunction with [[Maintenance (technical)|maintenance]].<ref name="durabilityBook">{{Cite book|author=J. Lienig|author2=H. Bruemmer|title=Fundamentals of Electronic Systems Design|pages=201–203|chapter=New Design Strategy – Product Durability|publisher=Springer International Publishing|date=2017|isbn=978-3-319-55839-4|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-55840-0}}</ref> Every durable product must be capable of adapting to technical, technological and design developments.<ref name=durabilityBook/> This must be accompanied by a willingness on the part of consumers to forgo having the "very latest" version of a product.

In the United Kingdom, durability as a characteristic relating to the quality of goods that can be demanded by consumers was not clearly established until an amendment of the [[Sale of Goods Act 1979]]  relating to the quality standards for supplied goods in 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Longer Lasting Products: alternatives to the throwaway society|last=Ervine|first=Cowan|publisher=Gower|year=2010|isbn=978-0-566-08808-7|editor-last=Cooper|editor-first=Tim|location=Farnham|pages=187–188|chapter=Durability and the Law}}</ref>

[[Reliability testing]] verifies the resistance of a product or material to wear.<ref name="widt">{{cite web |date=22 October 2024 |title=What is Durability Testing |url=https://www.dellamarca.it/en/what-is-durability-test/ |website=FDM |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref>  Common tests evaluate fatigue, abrasion, corrosion and exposure to environmental conditions.<ref name="widt"/>