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Kirk and Fred discuss at what point in the product development process should we consider applying reliability engineering to the concept and actual prototypes.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the world of reliability predictions and the issue of predictions when many, if not most of the causes of unreliability, are surprises.
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Kirk and Fred discuss how to deal with those who have said that they tried using the HALT methodology with a past project but did not find any benefit from it.
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Kirk and Fred discuss whether we should use time or number of cycles or total time a product has been available for use.
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Kirk and Fred discuss using Design for Reliability (DFR) for reliability development of a new product.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the use and tradeoffs of using external environmental testing and failure analysis labs versus having in-house equipment
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Kirk and Fred discuss the question of using a standard series of environmental test for reliability development.
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Kirk and Fred discuss a test plan sent to Kirk and how this plan misses the point of accelerated testing.
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Kirk and Fred discussing a recent product failure that Kirk had with the manufacturer of his e-bike, and the positive outcome.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the use of assumptions in the reliability models, testing, and predictions
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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of backups and system redundancy in the design of electronics for increased reliability.
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Kirk and Fred discussing a accelerated stress test that a listener was going to use a different combination of stresses on samples to determine life estimates.
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Kirk and Fred discuss about a career progression in the field of reliability engineering and job movement in this post-pandemic work world.
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Kirk and Fred discuss new efforts in states to legislate the consumer’s right to repair equipment they have purchased.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the use of artificial intelligence engines such as ChatGPT in Reliability Engineering. A copy of the ChatGPT questions and responses that we discuss on this podcast is listed in the show notes below.
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