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Kirk, guest John Paschkewitz, and Fred discussing some of the differences from electronics HALT in applications on mechanical components of a system for reliability development.
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Carl and Fred discuss reliability goals, including both performance and safety.
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Adam and Fred continue their three part series on Reliability program assessments
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Adam and Fred discussing how one goes about conducting an assessment.
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Adam and Fred discussing a few critical steps when preparing for an program assessment.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the difficulty in getting to root cause of a component failures. In many cases a component failure is not due to a intrinsic failure mechanism in the component, but instead is due to a circuit application issue such as rapid voltage spikes or transients. They also discuss the issues with Li-ion battery failures in Samsung and Boeing leading to costly recalls and failures.
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Kirk and Fred discussing our nature to seek root causes even with home appliances.
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Adam and Fred discussing how organizations effectively share and retain knowledge.
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Adam and Fred discussing a few ways lessons learned programs work or do not.
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Tim and Fred discuss the tendency to look for quick answers when analyzing quality failures, often overlooking the true root cause which may have more to do with internal culture.
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Tim and Fred discuss different models that companies use to manage their suppliers and help ensure quality and reliability, including vertical integration, or outright ownership of the supplier.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Reliability Growth Analysis in reliability programs.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Design of Experiments in a reliability program.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Fault Tree Analysis as part of a reliability program.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the process of HALT on mechanical systems. Many times the simplest and most straightforward of accelerated testing is to increase the number of expected use cycles such as on a mechanical hinge. They discuss how a failure may come from degradation, such as a squeaking door hinge, before it actually has a functional failure.
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