SOR 512 Learning From Any Failure
Abstract
Kirk discusses the many times his home appliances failing and doing his own failure analysis and the limitations.
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SOR 512 Learning From Any Failure
SOR 506 Encountering a Radical Idea
SOR 506 Encountering a Radical Idea
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Kirk discusses his experiences in semiconductor manufacturing and systems manufacturing that led him to an understanding and agreement of the radical ideas that Gregg Hobbs was proposing with HALT and HASS methods.
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SOR 489 3 Questions to Get Started with HALT Planning
3 Questions to Get Started with HALT Planning
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Kirk and Fred discussing a listener’s question on how to get started with HALT (Highly Accelerated Limit Test).
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SOR 488 What Were They Thinking
What Were They Thinking
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Kirk and Fred discussing what engineers estimated stress and environmental use conditions and loads for long term use and reliability during new product development
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SOR 475 Cat vs Dog Reliability
Cat vs Dog Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing the question of which common pet has more reliable behavior and how this relates to quality versus reliability
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SOR 474 Preventing a Public Reliability Problem
Preventing a Public Reliability Problem
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Kirk and Fred discussing how to prevent a field problem from becoming a widely disseminated through the media
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SOR 469 Should You Design for Corner Cases
Should You Design for Corner Cases
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Kirk and Fred discussing whether to design for the anticipated extreme corner case of environmental stresses that some percentage of the product may see in use.
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SOR 468 When Are You Done Investing in Reliability
When Are You Done Investing in Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing testing and monitoring the development of reliability and sustaining reliability and when to stop product improvement using HALT methods.
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SOR 460 The Number One Challenge for HALT
The Number One Challenge for HALT
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Kirk and Fred discussing the common response from design engineers when a weakness is found in HALT that is well outside the specifications
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SOR 459 Where to Learn About HALT Today
Where to Learn About HALT Today
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Kirk and Fred discussing a little of the history of Kirk’s working with Dr. Gregg Hobbs, PE, the former IEEE/CPMT technical group Accelerated Stress Testing and Reliability and the future of promoting and teaching the use of HALT and HASS.
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SOR 438 Making Testing Useful for Your Organization
Making Testing Useful for Your Organization
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Kirk and Fred discuss whether reliability testing is necessary or not.
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SOR 437 Possible Ways to Change the Reliability Engineering Industry
Possible Ways to Change the Reliability Engineering Industry
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Kirk and Fred discussing what it takes to really make industry-wide changes.
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SOR 427 Splitting a Product for HALT Focus
Splitting a Product for HALT Focus
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Kirk and Fred discussing underwater drones and how we divide up a product to most efficiently apply HALT to subsystems before applying stress to the whole product
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SOR 426 Water Resistant Smartphone Article
Water Resistant Smartphone Article
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Kirk and Fred discussing discussing the recent article that Kirk posted on LinkedIn about smartphone’s water resistance
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SOR 424 Motors That Almost Last Forever
Motors That Almost Last Forever
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Kirk and Fred discussing old gasoline motors used in lawn equipment and how they can last what seems forever.
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