Risk and Reliability Lenses
Abstract
Greg and Fred discuss risk and reliability lenses for solving today’s dynamic problems.
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SOR 928 Risk and Reliability Lenses
MC 021 Residual Stress in Metals
Residual Stress in Metals
In this episode, I discuss residual stress in metals
See this blog post on residual stress to learn more about residual stress
See this blog post on the five concepts to learn more.
Risk Based Auditing
Risk-Based Auditing: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
podcast episode with speaker Greg Hutchins
Risk-based auditing (RBA) is all about risk management. Risk-based auditing is simply risk transfer from the auditee to the auditor.
In today’s uncertain world, the lens for most, if not all, problem-solving and decision-making is risk. Risk-based auditing is a must-have tool for all quality and reliability professionals. ALL ISO management systems require RBA, whether 1st, 2nd, or 3rd party audits. [Read more…]
WQW 013: Waste Is Not The Enemy
Waste Is Not The Enemy
In the Quality and Continuous Improvement world, it’s common to focus on waste reduction as the enemy to success. However, I don’t think that waste is the enemy of the Quality Warrior. Not that waste is good, but the obviousness of waste as a bad thing actually blinds those of us teaching and coaching continuous improvement to the genius of the Toyota Production System.
Looking at the role of waste as it affects profit, other ways to reduce cost and some of the consequences are discussed.
I reference plastic injection molding in the discussion. In case you are not familiar with the process, here’s a link to a good overview video on YouTube: engineerguy Plastic Injection Molding
All episodes and episode notes are at Way of the Quality Warrior website
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SOR 927 Reliability from WWII
Reliability from WWII
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss some of the things we have learned in the world of reliability directly due to World War II. Not many people know that around one third of today’s medical vaccines were developed out of necessity from World War II … and something similar happened when it came to making things reliable.
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SOR 926 Just Assuming
Just Assuming
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss what it means to ‘assume’ something. We assume things all the time in our daily lives. We would never get anything done if we didn’t rely on quick ‘guesses’ about the world around us. But then there are those ‘assumptions’ that get us in trouble. So what’s the difference?
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RM 134: 2023 Podcast Season Wrap-Up
2023 Podcast Season Wrap-Up
On this episode, I have no guests as this is the final episode of the Reliability Matters Podcast for the 2023 season. Instead, let’s review what happened on the podcast this year.
A special thanks to my guests and listeners/viewers for making this podcast so successful.
SOR 925 Regulation Reducing Safety
Regulation Reducing Safety
Abstract
Greg and Fred discuss conformity assessment and what should and can you do to comply with a regulatory requirement.
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SOR 924 Improving Information
Improving Information
Abstract
Greg and Fred discuss how to improve your ability to get the right information to solve the right problems.
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MC 020 Five Key Metallurgy Concepts
Five Key Metallurgy Concepts
In this episode I discuss five key metallurgy concepts that apply to all metals and are necessary to understand to be able to apply metallurgy to
- Produce stock metal
- Design and fabricate low-cost, reliable components.
- Figure out the root cause of component failures and production quality problems.
See this blog post on the five concepts to learn more.
WQW 012: Quality Is Expectation
Quality Is Expectation
Quality as a feature or characteristic is fulfilling expectations. In this episode of Way of the Quality Warrior podcast, I share some of the lessons I learned about creating quality in providing services as a product design engineer at the beginning of my career. There is no magic, but there is a need for perceptiveness.
SOR 923 When to do Monte Carlo
When to do Monte Carlo Simulation (… and what is it)?
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss when you should do this thing called Monte Carlo simulation? … in fact … what is it?
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SOR 922 Many Ways to Estimate Reliability
Many Ways to Estimate Reliability
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss how we can go about estimating reliability … especially when you don’t have a lot of data, experience or other things that textbooks say you need to have to estimate reliability?
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Why Accendo Reliability
Why Accendo Reliability
podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg
I recently received a question about the artwork found at Accendo Reliability. “Why castles?” So, I provided an answer and thought I would share it in this webinar. Also, let’s talk about how and why Accendo Reliability got started and how it’s been doing over the past ten years. [Read more…]
RM 133: Novel Wireless / Wearable ESD Monitoring
Novel Wireless / Wearable ESD Monitoring
We are all aware of the damage electrostatic discharge can wreak on components and electronic products. We mitigate ESD damage through various forms of monitoring. We wear wrist and heel straps, stand on ESD-safe flooring, utilize ESD work stations, and more. We even have ESD testing locations that will test a human standing on a specialized testing station. But what happens the moment that person steps off the tester?
My guests today are Dr. Daan Stevenson and Dr. Jonathan Tapson of IONA Tech, a manufacturer of a novel wearable ESD monitoring device that provides constant real time ESD monitoring.
Normally, I don’t talk about specific products on the show. We usually limit our conversations to best practices. This is a little bit of an exception to my normal rule. From time to time, a product is introduced that is so novel, it’s worthy of a conversation. And that’s the case here.
Dr. Daan Stevenson is the Chief Executive Officer of IONA Tech. Daan has a background in mechanical and aerospace engineering. During his doctoral research, he studied the high voltage charging of spacecraft, which are electrical capacitors in the same way that the human body is. While working to design an automated ground station for UAVs, he frequently damaged electrical components from electrostatic shocks. This motivated the creation of IONA Tech, with the goal of advancing technology in ESD mitigation.
My other guest is Dr. Jonathan Tapson, Chief Technology Officer of IONA Tech. Jonathan was Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Sydney University before moving to Telluride Colorado in 2016. He spent his early career conducting sensor and instrumentation research, with a strong industrial focus. During this time he spun out three companies from his research, all of which are successful today. His specialties include low-noise circuits and systems design, mechatronic design and the integration of machine learning into real-time systems.
Contact Information:
Daan Stevenson
daan@iona.tech
Jonathan Tapson
jon@iona.tech
