Reliable Manufacturing Tool Selection
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Carl and Fred discussing the unique set of reliability tools that can be used to improve the manufacturing process.
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SOR 448 Reliable Manufacturing Tool Selection
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SOR 447 Reliability Tool Selection
Reliability Tool Selection
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Carl and Fred discussing the vast array of reliability tools, and the importance of selecting the vital few most important tools for a given reliability program.
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SOR 446 Battery Reliability Considerations
Battery Reliability Considerations
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Chris and Fred discuss battery reliability issues and how batteries fail. This based on feedback from one of our listeners (thanks!) There is a lot of energy in batteries that if failure allows this energy to be able to ‘do something’ … then catastrophic failure is an understatement. But as with everything, it is all about the customer. Is failure (for example) when battery capacity reaches 80 per cent of its original value? Is this 80 per cent figure going to be the advertised capacity? If you would like to learn more, listen to this podcast.
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SOR 445 High Temperature Environmental or Reliability Testing
High Temperature Environmental or Reliability Testing
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Chris and Fred discuss the difference between ‘environmental’ and ‘reliability’ testing … but is there a difference? This question was raised by one of our listeners – which means this is a topical question. A question that could apply to you. Now some may seem that we are dodging the question in this podcast – because we think it is all about intent and not a category. That is – every test should be an experiment. It should be constructed to answer a question, or provide information for a specific decision. And once you focus on the information you are trying to provide – what is the point in classifying something as ‘environmental’ versus ‘reliability’ testing? Each test could conceivably be neither, one, or both. Listen to this podcast if you want to learn more.
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SOR 444 Permission to Learn and Make Mistakes
Permission to Learn and Make Mistakes
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Carl and Fred discussing the life-long path of learning, which includes understanding the lessons from past mistakes.
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SOR 443 Why Do We Start with Identifying Gaps
Why Do We Start with Identifying Gaps
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Carl and Fred discussing the process of developing a reliability plan and how it should begin with the reliability vision, followed by identification of gaps.
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SOR 442 How to Quantify Reliability Risk
How to Quantify Reliability Risk
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Adam and Fred discussing how confidence can be measured in a program and where is the most value for testing investment.
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SOR 441 How to Show Value of a Reliability Test
How to Show Value of a Reliability Test
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Adam and Fred discussing how to determine ROI for investment in reliability activities
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SOR 440 Got Enough Failure Mechanism Knowledge
Got Enough Failure Mechanism Knowledge
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Carl and Fred discussing how to utilize the knowledge of failure mechanisms to improve reliability in product designs. How much knowledge should you have?
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SOR 439 Reliability Planning and Maturity
Reliability Planning and Maturity
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Carl and Fred discussing the importance of considering the capability of a company from a reliability point of view and developing the tasks in a reliability plan.
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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 436 Is Testing Always Necessary?
Is Testing Always Necessary?
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Chris and Fred discuss what happens when you have failure … but don’t know why. This is a challenging problem that most reliability engineers will face throughout their career. You will always need to use an objective, structured and strategic approach. And you will often find that a lot of information is at your fingertips – you may be able to create a very short list of candidate root causes without having to test. Effort without direction won’t solve problems. If you want to learn more about solving this really challenging problems, then listen to this podcast.
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SOR 435 Environmental or Reliability Testing
Environmental or Reliability Testing
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Adam and Fred discussing the different types and intents of reliability and environmental testing
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SOR 434 Quick Testing to Encourage Innovation
Quick Testing to Encourage Innovation
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Adam and Fred discussing how finding innovative ways to test new designs can lead to quicker product development.
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