Standards and Regulations
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Kirk and Fred discussing the role and relationship of meeting standards and making a reliable product.
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SOR 645 Standards and Regulations
SOR 644 Dealing with Failures that Destroy
Dealing with Failures that Destroy
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Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of understanding the root cause of failures for products that are hard to retrieve from the field or have other reasons that make failure analysis almost impossible.
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SOR 637 Electrical Power Reliability in Texas
Electrical Power Reliability in Texas
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Kirk and Fred discussing the failures of the electrical grid due to a extreme cold and snow in Texas that was a very rare weather condition in February 2021.
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SOR 636 ALT Samples and HALT Limits
ALT Samples and HALT Limits
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Kirk and Fred discussing two questions from a listener on HALT and ALT.
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SOR 631 What to Do to Avoid Outdated Methods
What to Do to Avoid Outdated Methods
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This is part two of a discussion Kirk and Fred have over a recent ASQ newsletter with CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) test sample questions at the end.
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SOR 630 Why Do We Use Outdated Methods
Why Do We Use Outdated Methods
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This is the first part of two podcast that Kirk and Fred have on a recent ASQ Newsletter with sample CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) test questions at the end and how outdated and for Kirk how it is perpetuating irrelevant and misleading reliability paradigms
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SOR 618 Is There a Standard for HALT?
Is There a Standard for HALT?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of HALT and whether there is a standard that is used for HALT and the use of test standards in general.
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SOR 617 Engineering Judgement
Engineering Judgement
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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of “engineering judgement” in analysis of reliability testing and the results.
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SOR 610 Public Perception and Reliability
Public Perception and Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing the public’s perception of reliability after having a product with poor reliability or one with impressive robustness and how the online sharing of information can affect that in sales, or lack of.
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SOR 609 Demistifying Derating
Demistifying Derating
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Kirk and Fred discussing the reasons and practice of derating components for the purpose of improving the reliability of electronics products, as Kirk’s experience has shown most causes of unreliability are due to mistakes and overlooked errors in design, use, or manufacturing
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SOR 602 Is a Test to Pass Useful?
Is a Test to Pass Useful?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the desire of everyone to “Pass the Tests”, which in reliability testing may not provide the best information on a products potential reliability.
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SOR 601 Checkbox Activities
Checkbox Activities
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Kirk and Fred discussing those reliability procedures such as cookbook predictions that are “check the box” activities and do not add value and may be misleading
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SOR 591 MTBF, Reliability, and the Curve
MTBF, Reliability, and the Curve
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Kirk and Fred discussing how testing a small sample size of a new product results on a larger margin of error for the larger population.
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SOR 590 The Balance of Good Enough
The Balance of Good Enough
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Kirk and Fred discussing the trade-offs between selling more reliable equipment for different markets, costs, and how reliable can we make a product
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SOR 581 Testing Without Knowing Mechanisms
Testing Without Knowing Mechanisms
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Kirk and Fred discussing how to test a new product without knowing the specific mechanisms that will be a possible weakness, and reliability issue in the field
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