Work Order Priority
Join us in our discussion on work order priorities.
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RRP 046 Reliability Blockchain with Tim Ingram
RRP 046 Reliability Blockchain with Tim Ingram
This week, I welcome on Tim Ingram. Tim is an asset management consultant and the chair of UK’s mirror committee for ISO 55000. In this episode, I speak to Tim about reliability blockchain, a concept of crowdsourcing reliability data from OEMs and equipment users. If you’re interested to learn more after the episode, check out reliabilityblockchain.com
My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking. I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th. Then I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Beach, Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn. If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
Follow Tim Ingram on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-ingram-17554127/
Check out reliabilityblockchain.com
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/
SOR 410 How Does an Organization Pay Attention to The Right Stuff?
How Does an Organization Pay Attention to The Right Stuff?
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Kirk and Fred discussing recent aircraft failures and how suppliers sort through all the reported data on failures and complaints from the field.
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SOR 409 Are Customers Always Right?
Are Customers Always Right?
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Adam and Fred discussing the way customers use products is not inline with how they were designed.
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151- First Day as a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg
First Day as a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg
It is always a difficult first day for a reliability engineer in a new place. There are a lot of things to get yourself involved in and there are some tips that can really help you get through that successfully. The job of a reliability engineer requires always moving around, so there is hardly the need of finding the station first. A good reliability engineers always starts with getting the lay of the land first. This would involve getting to know the relevant personnel on the job and the people who can give you basic logistics of it.
In this episode, we covered:
- Tips for an RE’s first day!
- Why you should know the flow of data before analyzing.
- Understanding the type of communication you need to provide!
- And much more!
PR 007 Backlog Management
Backlog Management
What is a backlog? What is the value? How do you calculate backlog? Join us as we seek to address these questions and a few other questions regarding backlog.
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RM 010 An Interview with Dr. David Bernard – All About X-Ray Inspection
An Interview with Dr. David Bernard – All About X-Ray Inspection
X-ray has come a long way since its discovery in 1895. Originally used in the medical field, X-ray technology has been integrated into many industrial sectors including the electronic assembly industry. Dr. David Bernard is an expert in X-ray technology within the electronics industry. Dr. Bernard and I discuss the modern use of X-ray technology, applications within the electronic assembly industry and the skills required to interpret the images produced.
RRP 045 The Art of Reliability with Fred Schenkelberg
RRP 045 The Art of Reliability with Fred Schenkelberg
This week, I welcome on Fred Schenkelberg. If you haven’t heard of Fred, you haven’t been looking hard enough. Fred runs accendoreliability.com, does reliability consulting, teaches reliability at University of Maryland and hosts the Speaking of Reliability podcast. In this episode, I speak to Fred about the art of reliability. Fred answers what should reliability engineers do? What should we be learning and gives his take on what skills we need.
My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.
I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th. I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn. I’m putting out, at a minimum, weekly videos for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.
If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
Follow Fred Schenkelberg on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/fmsreliability/
Check out accendoreliability.com
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/
DTK Ryan Chan Business Leader
DTK Ryan Chan Business Leader
Tim Rodgers interviews Ryan about maintenance management system.
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SOR 408 I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
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Adam and Fred discussing a whirlwind trip Adam just completed including Miami, Orlando, Cleveland, Chicago, Fairbanks Alaska, and Costa Rica
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SOR 407 Should Component Temperature Specifications Limit HALT Stress?
Should Component Temperature Specifications Limit HALT Stress?
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Kirk and Fred discussing manufacturing thermal specifications of components and how HALT is used to find margins beyond specifications.
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150 – Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting with Heinz Bloch
Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting with Heinz Bloch
The organizations often tend to ignore some simple things when they are mitigating a machinery failure. Some of the important things being; why did the failure occur? Who should be asked about it? What kind of measures can be taken so that it doesn’t occur again? Most of the time, it is just changing parts without doing the proper analysis or troubleshooting for that matter. What you should be doing as a professional organization is, train your technicians about step by step problem solving by giving them test examples. The technicians should be able to contribute to the solutions and they should be encouraged to do so.
In this episode, we covered:
- Why is communication is critical?
- The value of continuing education!
- Why do you need to include all departments?
- And much more!
RM 009 An Interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman about Cleaning Challenges, Chemicals, Components, and Cleanliness Testing
An Interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman about Cleaning Challenges, Chemicals, Components, and Cleanliness Testing
Episode 9 features an interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman. We’ll be talking about cleaning for reliability, challenging components and fluxes, methods to determine how clean is clean enough, and how and why he co-founded Kyzen Corporation.
Mike is one of the founders of Kyzen Corporation and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Mike is well known within the electronic assembly industry and is a featured speaker at industry conferences and symposiums around the world.
Mike is the Chair of the IPC Cleaning and Coating Conference held once every two years in Chicago and is the Technical Chair for SMTA Europe’s Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference held annually in Amsterdam. Mike has also received the IPC President’s Award and has chaired the IPC Cleaning Handbook Task Group.
RRP 044 Precision Alignment with Adam Stredel
RRP 044 Precision Alignment with Adam Stredel
This week is another 2 part episode. In the first part, I welcome on Maureen Gribble from UE Systems to give us some details on their conference, Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World, May 14-17, 2019. I’ll be there and I’ll be podcasting so if you’re heading to that conference, come say hi.
In the second part, I welcome on Adam Stredel from Ludeca to talk all things precision alignment. Adam breaks down soft foot, thermal expansion and gives us his top tips on laser alignment.
I’m still looking for new opportunities in reliability and maintenance so if you hear of any positions that you think I would be suitable for, please let me know at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
Also, I have put up a survey pinned to the top of the Rob’s Reliability Project page on LinkedIn and I would appreciate it if you filled it out. It’s a short survey and I will read all answers so any feedback about topics that you’d like to hear, content that you liked or disliked and how I can serve you better would be greatly appreciated. Link to survey – https://goo.gl/forms/fsABmgBp5YMyIn4I3
I got feedback from Gerard Wood about my microphone popping. First off, thanks Gerard for the feedback. I have tried to remedy the situation with my setup but it hasn’t appeared to work. I have ordered a new microphone which will arrive tomorrow, however, I have some episodes in the tank so you’ll have to give me 5-6 weeks before it gets cleared up. I apologize for the audio quality over those next few weeks and then we’ll be in the clear.
Now let’s get started on the episode. We have Maureen Gribble up first speaking about Reliable Asset World and then Adam Stredel breaks down precision alignment. Let’s go.
If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
Check out Ludeca – https://ludeca.com/
Check out Reliable Asset World – Ultrasound World – http://www.ultrasoundworld.com/
Follow Adam Stredel on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstredel/
Follow Maureen Gribble on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-gribble-cmrp-a87a2513/
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SOR 406 Variability of Weather Data
Variability of Weather Data
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Kirk and Fred discussing the differences in weather conditions in their home locations and how variable extremes in environmental conditions and impacts to equipment design and its reliability.
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