The Hunt for Reliability Training
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss how you go about ‘hunting’ reliability training. And we do mean ‘hunt.’
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SOR 646 The Hunt for Reliability Training
TMC S3:E1 Ricky Smith
Ricky Smith
We’re back, and excited to announce our rebrand as “The Maintenance Community Podcast”! We’re kicking off our newest season with Ricky Smith, Expert in Residence at UpKeep. In this episode, Ricky and Ryan discuss how to properly train new maintenance technicians, and how managers can set them up for success. [Read more…]
QDD 001 How to Choose the Right Improvement Model
QDD 001 How to Choose the Right Improvement Model
You have a design you want to make better. Or you’re working within a designing framework that you think needs to be updated. Quality folks use and promote some standard problem solving and continuous improvement methods, and you’ll want to get started with the right one, or reference the right acronym when getting buy-in for your project.
You may have heard of PDCA, PDSA, and DMAIC. You vaguely know these represent improvement processes, but don’t really know what their differences are. When should you use which one, and for what? [Read more…]
MD 153 IoT Enabled Connected Breather with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case
MD 153 IoT Enabled Connected Breather with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case
Unlike any breather on the market, The Des-Case Connected Breather has eliminated the subjectivity of color-changing desiccant media, allowing you to know the exact moment your breather is fully spent and should be replaced. Sensors inside the breather provides a precise digital reading of remaining breather life, saturation direction and breather temperature so the breather is never replaced too early or left on an unprotected asset.
In this week’s episode on the Technology Innovation series of Maintenance Disrupted, Blair Fraser talks with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case about a very important but often overlooked aspect of rotating equipment life by ensuring your lubricants are protected from harmful moisture and particulates with breathers. But can these seemingly simple devices become smarter? Yes, with the addition of key moisture, temperature, and battery sensors you can maximize the life of the breather and gain insights into your equipment health that was previously, not available.
Connect with our Guest Here:
Roy Giorgio – https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-giorgio-9ba16b101/
If your company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Maintenance Disrupted. If you’d like to discuss advertising, please email us at maintenancedisrupted@gmail.com
Check out our website at www.maintenancedisrupted.com and sign up for the weekly disruption newsletter with bonus content. If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow maintenance disrupted on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Follow Maintenance Disrupted on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/maintenancedisrupted
Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
257 – Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg
Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg
Welcome Fred to today’s episode. Our topic will be the misconceptions surrounding reliability. What is reliability?
The English dictionary defines reliability as the characteristic of trustworthiness or being able to adhere to a schedule and deliver as needed.
On the other hand, reliability in engineering encompasses functionality, probability of success, duration of continued delivery of that success, and work environment.
Fred will give us insight on:
- What is implementing reliability?
- What is the disconnect between all these activities (tools) and decision making?
- So does it require understanding the data and engaging the people?
… and so much more!
SOR 645 Standards and Regulations
Standards and Regulations
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discussing the role and relationship of meeting standards and making a reliable product.
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SOR 644 Dealing with Failures that Destroy
Dealing with Failures that Destroy
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of understanding the root cause of failures for products that are hard to retrieve from the field or have other reasons that make failure analysis almost impossible.
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How to Plan an ALT
How to Plan an ALT
podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg
The more you understand the failure mechanisms, the easier it is to design an accelerated life test (ALT). Yet, we often do not have all the information we would like to draft an ALT. So, what do we do then?
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MD 152 Starting A Maintenance Program with Ronan O’Sullivan
MD 152 Starting A Maintenance Program with Ronan O’Sullivan
Starting a maintenance program from scratch is no easy task. Our guest this week, Ronan O’Sullivan, has been with his plant from brownfield to operation. Tune in and hear about Ronan’s journey and what he has learned along the way.
Connect with our Guest Here:
Ronan O’Sullivan – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronan-o-sullivan-25726a37/
If your company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Maintenance Disrupted. If you’d like to discuss advertising, please email us at maintenancedisrupted@gmail.com
Check out our website at www.maintenancedisrupted.com and sign up for the weekly disruption newsletter with bonus content. If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow maintenance disrupted on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Follow Maintenance Disrupted on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/maintenancedisrupted
Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
RM 065: Part 2 of our Conversation with Tim O’Neill and Fred Dimock on Oven Profiling
Part 2 of our Conversation with Tim O’Neill and Fred Dimock on Oven Profiling
Welcome to episode 65 of the Reliability Matters podcast. This is part 2 of our conservation with Aim Solder’s Tim O’Neill and BTU’s Fred Dimock. On this episode, we’ll dive into oven profiling best practices.
Timothy O’Neill is the Technical Marketing Manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s U.S. Headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complimentary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM’s products exceed expectations and meet market requirements.
Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has co-authored several papers on PCB assembly subjects.
Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist.
Fred Dimock is the Manager of Process Technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services.
Fred holds an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design from Wentworth in Boston and a Bachelors Degree in Ceramic Engineering from the State University of New York.
Fred has authored numerous articles on lead free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German.
He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard.
Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr Lasky and Jim Hall.
He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.
Tim O’Neill may be contacted here:
toneill@aimsolder.com
Fred Dimock may be contacted here:
fdimock@btu.com
256 – Learning Communities with Ryan Chan
Learning Communities with Ryan Chan
It is my pleasure to welcome Ryan Chan who is the founder of Upkeep. Ryan has done a lot of work in building online maintenance communities..
He went to University of California Berkeley and graduated as a chemical engineer. His first job was at a manufacturing company where he noticed several opportunities for improvement in the technology that was being utilized at the time.
These gaps gave me the idea to build a software that could:
- Assist maintenance engineers and facility managers
- Improve workforce collaboration
- Improve parts inventory management
- And improve overall asset management
SOR 643 Maintenance FMEAs
Maintenance FMEAs
Abstract
Carl and Fred discussing the application of FMEAs in support of asset maintenance.
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SOR 642 What Price Reliability?
What Price Reliability?
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Carl and Fred discussing the reliability of the Texas electric grid debacle, and what can be learned from a reliability point of view. Lessons learned from this problem can be applied to other industries.
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MD 151 Unlocking the value of Digital Transformation with a Unified Namespace
MD 151 Unlocking the value of Digital Transformation with a Unified Namespace
Scaling of Industrial IoT solutions requires a Unified Namespace, which acts as a centralized repository of data, information, and context where any application or device can consume or publish data needed for a specific action. A place where everything is a node within an ecosystem
Best described as “What one node knows, all nodes know”
If a Unified Namespace is so important, why do most of us not know what the heck it is and how to achieve it?
In this week’s episode, we talk about the concept of a Unified Namespace strategy early in our Digital Transformation journey to ensure the full potential of your investment and that it can scale. I am pleased to welcome David Shultz of G5 Consulting to discuss architecting a digital transformation solution.
Connect with our Guest Here:
David Schultz – https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedavidschultz/
If your company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Maintenance Disrupted. If you’d like to discuss advertising, please email us at maintenancedisrupted@gmail.com
Check out our website at www.maintenancedisrupted.com and sign up for the weekly disruption newsletter with bonus content. If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow maintenance disrupted on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Follow Maintenance Disrupted on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/maintenancedisrupted
Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
SOR 641 How to Become a Reliability Engineering Consultant
How to Become a Reliability Engineering Consultant
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Chris and Fred discuss how to become a reliability engineering consultant. This is a very natural question for a lot of us. It might be easy to visualize what you want to achieve. But it can be daunting to get there.
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