Improve Your Reliability Teaching Skills

By Fred Schenkelberg

February 12, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

As a reliability professional you will be asked to teach. You are part teacher, coach, mentor, and an expert. Being effective enhances the understanding of reliability objectives and method to achieve them. Let’s explore becoming an amazing teacher.

Teaching is not limited to a formal classroom setting. You may find your self explaining reliability concepts, the nature of a failure mechanism, or the basic tenets of HALT in meetings or hallway discussions. You will provide information to your peers, staff, and management. You may be providing guidance or instruction daily.

Our ability to influence decisions that improve product or system reliability performance relies on our ability to build trust and provide valuable information. Conveying complex concepts or topics is not an easy task even with someone’s full attention and desire to learn.

Recognizing when an opportunity to teach and using a suitable approach to improve the ability of the ‘student’ allows them to hear, internalize, and apply the concepts and procedures taught. Let’s explore a range of different approaches to providing someone else information or guidance. Understanding the range of teaching approaches you can fit the appropriate teaching approach to the specific situation and your organization’s culture.

We will discuss common teaching opportunities we run across as a reliability professional and the common reasons we are prompted to provide teaching. We will focus on teaching approaches. Guided discovery, the Socratic method, just in time or next step, a common goal or enemy, and 3 types of consulting (trusted advisor, expert, or pair of hands) are just a few of many methods you can use in your teachable moment.

Mechanical Ultrasound

By UE Systems

February 12, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

$45

A Reliable Process Solutions 1-hour webinar event focused on providing you practical content to improve your reliability program today.

This webinar will include presentation and discussion on:

• The uses for finding failure issues in many equipment types
• Mechanical bearing/gearbox issues, electrical gear issues, steam traps, air and gas leaks, more
• The benefits & payback of Mechanical Ultrasound

Sign up is direct with Reliable Process Solutions. After payment they will forward the link for the GotoWebinar event or provided access to the recording. There are also options to buy bundles of webinars (3 for $129, 6 for $209 and all 12 in 2019 for $329. You determine which 3 or 6 topics you’d like to include in your bundle.

Testing Techniques – Making Evidence Based Decisions

February 14, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

Testing is a very broad topic. Various types of tests are performed throughout the life cycle of a product or component. These tests range from:
• Pre-production testing
• Audit testing to verify production intent
• Reliability testing once a product is in production

The focus of this presentation will be on reliability testing and to provide an overview of the types of tests that are available, what specific tests are utilized for, and provide examples of successfully implemented tests.

When a product does not perform as expected, the process of finding the reason why is commonly referred to as failure analysis. Materials and components do not really “fail”; they may fracture when overloaded or when corrosion is involved due to an aggressive environment. These failures can be attributed to either design related issues or inappropriate application or use. Therefore, the only “failure” is a failure to meet expectations. Materials characterization and testing is a critical element of the failure analysis process. Categories of the materials characterization testing techniques that will be discussed include:
• Plastics / Polymer Analysis
• Metals Analysis
• Coatings / Surface Analysis
• Corrosion Analysis

Case Study: Lessons Learned From Space Program Disasters

February 1, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

During this FREE Webinar, we will look at 3 disasters that have occurred in Space. On January 27, 1967, all three crew members were killed in a fire aboard Apollo 1. On January 28, 1986, Challenger broke up mid‐flight, killing its seven crew members. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated upon re‐entry, killing its crew of seven. As part of the webinar, we will look at specific lessons from these incidents that can be applied to your organization.

How Reliability Can Contribute to Success Asset Management

By Bandar Abualnassr and Nader Milibari

February 1, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

The webinar will provide a general overview of reliability within the context of asset management where key aspects of reliability will be presented including:
• Design for reliability
• Asset strategy
• Root cause analysis
• Performance monitoring
• Reliability analytics (Weibull and reliability growth analysis)

The webinar will also shed lights on the Global Forum on Maintenance & Asset Management (GFMAM) Landscape and the alignment with Asset Management Standards. The webinar will be an excellent venue for basic understanding of the intent of Asset Management and reliability.

Fishbone Diagramming

By Michael Abitz

February 5, 2019 / 10am Pacific Time

$150

Fishbone Diagramming is an analytical approach used to identify and solve problems. Analysis is presented in the Seven Basic Tools of Quality in addition to advanced methods used to increase organizations effectiveness, efficiency and reliability.

Specific areas presented:

• Look for Evidence
• The Post-it Exercise
• Pareto Chart
• Fish Bone Diagramming
• Process Reliability Modeling
• Critical Path Analysis
• Value Stream Mapping
• Failure Mode Effects Analysis
• Process Improvement and Problem Solving:
• Reality Charting
• Model for Improvement

Find It and Fix It Before It Fails – A Maintenance Strategy for Electrical Systems

By Martin Robinson

February 5, 2019 / 10am Pacific Time

Time-based, open-panel electrical inspections are costly to a company and dangerous to the personnel conducting the inspection. Companies are adopting condition based maintenance strategies to overcome the anticipated shortage of skilled tradesmen in the future. 75% of qualified electricians are over the age of 45 and 35% are over the age of 55 and as retirement approaches, companies are struggling to backfill these positions. A condition based maintenance program utilizing the latest technologies ensure that critical data can be easily and routinely collected in a safe, economical and effective manner by personnel at any skill level.

Takeaways
• Modern Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) programs train new engineers and skilled labor about asset reliability and using the latest technologies that can find a problem with an electrical asset and fix it before it fails
• As electrical systems become more complex, companies are searching for cost-effective strategies to improve uptime and avoid unnecessary downtime and potential loss of revenue
• Products and services exist to safely and routinely inspect energized electrical components without having to schedule a shutdown and have personnel dress in PPE
• These products and services help companies comply with the latest safety regulations such as NFPA 70E 2018

Using Finite Element Analysis with Electronic Equipment: Thermal Cycling, Heat Transfer and Vibration Analysis

By Steve Carlson

February 6, 2019  / 8:30am-Noon Pacific Time

$350

This webinar expands on David Steinberg’s techniques and incorporates finite element analysis to determine electronic component junction temperatures and fatigue life due to random vibration and thermal cycling. This webinar is intended for beginners who have not yet had a course in finite element theory. The emphasis is on the engineering reasons to complete a valid finite element analysis. For completeness, it has been necessary to select specific software to illustrate the various stages. Most commercial solid modeling and finite element analysis systems are very similar, and the overlap in their capabilities is probably 90% or more. Solidworks has been selected due to its rapid learning curve and ability to perform most common finite element analysis for electronic hardware. Students will learn the stages of finite element analysis and work multiple examples with Solidworks Simulation and Cosmos/M Geostar. We will incorporate Professor Steinberg’s methods with FEA techniques to perform heat transfer, random vibration, and thermal cycling analyses.

Smart Supply Chains and Industry 4.0

By Jim Tompkins, David Poirier, and Benoit Montreuil

February 6, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

In this webinar, industry expert and past president of IISE, Jim Tompkins will provide a high level overview of how “Industry and Service 4.0” is impacting how supply chains are managed. Benoit Montreuil, director of the Physical Internet Center and co-director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, will discuss smart supply chain management, and David Poirier, CEO of The Poirier Group, will provide insights based on his extensive experience in the field of supply chain re-engineering.

How Detailed Should a Root Cause Analysis Be?

February 8, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

One of the questions we get often is, “How much detail is enough for my root cause analysis?” Do you want to see the forest or the trees? If there’s not enough detail, it’s easy to miss important elements within the incident. With too much detail, the investigation will get bogged down with trivial issues – wasting time and frustrating those involved.

Because problems in your organization are different severities, different problems need to be worked at different levels. If your company has a one size fits all approach, you will under analyze some problems and overanalyze others. This webinar will explain how your investigations can begin simple, then expand, as needed, into a more complete explanation to reveal a variety of different solutions options.

Solder Paste Evaluation & Simple Tricks of the Trade

By Bob Willis

February 11, 2019  / 6:30-8am Pacific Time

$25 for members / $95 non-members

Solder paste quality and performance is significantly important and considerable engineering goes into its production. Selecting the best materials for your product and assembly process is key to high yield and your customers satisfaction. Solder paste must be compatible with your equipment and other processes you use like, cleaning, coating and electrical test. Working with suppliers to achieve the best performance is vital but so is periodic review of materials used.

There are always improvements being made to printing and jetting technology and its important that engineers consider are there technical or commercial reason to change. We look at common testing methods and some of the simple shop floor techniques used over the years to understand the different types of process failures.

Each delegate will receive a copy of all of the slides presented plus a set of posters on soldering to print on site for future training.

BGA and Area Array Process Defects – Causes & Cures

By Keith Bryant

February 12, 2019  / 6:30-7:30am Pacific Time

Free for members / $25 non-members

This webinar is provided by SMTA Europe. The webinar will be presented by Keith Bryant and will also include a brand-new guide to defects produced by Keith and available to SMTA members. During the presentation the methods of detecting defects in manufacture will be discussed and the growing need for more advanced methods.

With many years working in PCB manufacture and assembly Keith has investigated most defect types. As component and substrate technology becomes more advanced, new issues require modification to inspection methods which will be considered during the session.

The BGA & Area Array Defect Guide is a colour booklet featuring both optical and x-ray examples of common and not so common defects. The examples may be cosmetic or electrical failures found during investigation in manufacture. Each defect type is discussed with possible causes and cures. This guide is one of many guides being made available from SMTA.

How to Prevent Maintenance Strategy Deterioration and Manage Risk

By Jason Ballentine

February 12, 2019  / 9am Pacific Time

Free for members / $35 non-members

Without a structured approach to Asset Strategy Management, strategies can be changed over time, or not changed when they should be. This can lead to an unknown level of risk, poor performance, and high maintenance costs.
This webinar examines how maintenance strategies can deteriorate over time and explains how to overcome these common challenges to maintain the integrity of your maintenance strategies.

Sample Size Determination for Design Validation Activities

By Steven Wachs

February 12, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

$199

Sample sizes have a significant impact on the uncertainty in estimates of key process performance characteristics. To have high confidence in results, sufficient sample sizes must be collected and analyzed through various statistical methods. You should be able to uncover potential problems during the design validation phase—before launching your product. Failure to do so may result in customer dissatisfaction, excessive warranty, costly recalls, or litigation.

Learn the secrets to sample size determination in this webinar by expert speaker Steven Wachs,and uncover potential problems in the design validation stage itself. Wachs will walk you through the common elements of sample size determination, along with specific sample size applications for various design validation activities—such as Reliability Demonstration/Estimation, Acceptance Sampling for Lot Disposition, Estimating Proportions, and Hypothesis Testing.

As a practitioner, you know how hard it can be to select an appropriate sample size. Testing only a few units does not provide a high level of confidence that performance requirements will be consistently met; and testing too many units may be unnecessarily expensive, and can lead to misleading conclusions. The numerous examples provided in this webinar to illustrate the key concepts and applications will go a long way to clear your doubts on an issue that often vexes many industry practitioners.

After attending this session, you will understand the impact of sample sizes on the results from statistical analysis methods commonly used during design validation. You will be confident in your ability to uncover potential problems during the design validation stage of product development, thereby ensuring that your product performance, quality, and reliability requirements are optimally met, and that your products perform as intended.

Understanding Particle Counts & Setting Target ISO Codes

February 14, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

The ability to interpret the results of oil analysis is vital to guiding significant decisions about preventive maintenance activities. Having someone in your organization who can pick up a report and interpret it in the context of the environment is absolutely essential. This is a skill which can be developed with some investment in training.

TestOil has developed a series of webinars focused on teaching attendees how to interpret the information provided through oil testing.

The first half of this webinar will focus specifically on understanding particle counts; covering the differences between the two most common methods for measurement and then turn to understanding the results themselves, and what are the likely causes behind changes in the data. The second half will discuss how to establish ISO cleanliness targets, whether for new lubricants, or for in-service machines.

Reliability Fundamentals: Love Your Machine for a Reliable Relationship

By Jason Tranter

February 14, 2019 / 12pm Pacific Time

It is not necessary to send your plant equipment Valentine’s Day cards and chocolate, but the way we treat our machines determines how they will behave. If you care for them, monitor them, anticipate their needs, and proactively protect them from all the factors that will harm them, they will perform at the desired level, and they will be dependable, predictable, and reliable. Also known as “defect elimination”, in this presentation you will learn what you can do for existing plant equipment (with an emphasis on rotating machinery) and for new equipment and spares. As always, this session will be highly animated and understandable, so it is a great opportunity to get a group together – everyone needs to hear this message.

Human Error, Human Performance and Human Factors

February 15, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

How many errors does your organization want? What is the error rate in your organization? What is it in other industries? There are radically different schools of thought on what human error is and how human performance is improved. This webinar clears up some of the confusion and addresses the myths around human error. We’ll review different types of errors and cover the topic of human factors. We’ll also share what some organizations have done to reduce human error and explain some basic steps you can apply in your organization.

Integrating a Wireless Monitoring Strategy into Your Vibration Analysis Program 4.0

By Guillaume Lavaure

February 19, 2019 / 10:30am Central European Time (Paris)

With the Industry 4.0, reliability is pushed up to the front stage and the demand for instrumenting more machines in an easy way keeps increasing. This is where wireless is raising new expectations. This webinar is aimed to help you understanding what you cannot see, and how to best use wireless technology in the context of a condition monitoring program. Explaining what are the strengths and limitations of state of the art wireless technologies will help you to:

• Easily position applications where wireless systems make sense in your reliability program.
• Understand what the key success factors are for a successful wireless monitoring project.
• Best define and commission the wireless infrastructure needed for vibration analysis purpose.

Asset Care Strategy Development

February 19, 2019 / 5:30am Pacific Time OR February 21, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

The vital importance of correct, complete, and comprehensive asset data is demonstrated. Topics include greenfield project processes, data remediation, functional and location organizational hierarchies, and asset criticality assessment factors and criteria.

Problem-Failure-Action Codes – Optimize Your RCM Initiative!

By Tracy Smith

February 19, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

Free for members / $35 non-members

The presentation is about Reliability Codes. Specifically, the use of problem-failure-action codes to improve asset reliability and reduce asset management risks. The development and prioritization of asset classes is discussed and sample problem, failure, action codes are reviewed.

BGA Reballing- Theory and Hands On

By Bob Wettermann

February 19, 2019 / 10am-11:30 Pacific Time

$25 for members / $95 non-members

This webinar is a “how to” guide for reballing intended for PCB rework and repair depots as well as device reclaimers. These sessions will take those interested in reballing devices through the entire process of setting up the equipment, developing and verifying the process. The first topic will cover the need for reballing of BGAs, CSPs and other devices. The second section will focus on the equipment set recommended for reballing and the third section the various process steps for reballing a device. A variety of different methods for both deballing and reballing will be discussed with the various advantages and disadvantages discussed to each approach. Both plastic-packaged parts as well as ceramic parts reballing will be discussed. Inspection of the reballed components, the type of reliability testing data currently publicly available will be reviewed as well as some ideas for developing your own specifications of you want to outsource this activity.

This webinar is designed for process engineers, rework technicians and others interested in repairing electronics.

Critical Thoughts on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

By Duke Okes

February 19, 2019 / 10am Pacific Time

$199

The risk assessment process is a critical part of effectively managing an organization’s operational risk. Poor process/organization outcomes are often the result of poor use of risk assessment techniques—and the information provided on their use is highly lacking. Personnel involved with risk assessment and management in a business setting need to know which risk assessment/management approaches are more appropriate for different applications, so that they can pursue their strategic goals more effectively.

Join industry expert Duke Okes in this information-packed webinar as he explores risk assessment and management at a deeper level of detail. Okes will show you how each application can be appropriately designed and applied based on the different types of risks. You will learn how to integrate risk assessment and management into the decision-making process at any level of your organization. Okes will dig into some of the more critical details that can impact whether or not the application is likely to be effective (as opposed to just producing a risk register or an overall view of risk assessment/management). He will discuss risks created by poor risk assessment/management, and recommend ways to remedy them.

You will learn about the impact of using probability versus frequency to rate likelihood; how to use a matrix; how the choice of risk ranking scales can nullify or magnify the level of understanding of risk; and how to decide when risk assessments should be performed (e.g., event vs. time-based).

After attending this webinar, you will more clearly understand the real levels of existing risks in your organization. You will know how to more accurately identify and rank risks, and assess their impact on your processes and/or organizational objectives. Plus, you’ll know how to allocate resources to the critical areas that need them most.

How to Investigate “Proceedure Not Followed” – Introduction

February 20, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

The term “procedure not followed” is used to explain when a person didn’t follow a defined work process. Many organizations mistakenly believe “procedure not followed” is the end of an investigation. The next question, “Why wasn’t the procedure followed?” is where you find the “good stuff.” Too often, companies don’t do an effective job digging into the details of why a particular procedure wasn’t followed. This webinar introduces the basics for preventing “procedure not followed” issues in your operations.

Exploring the Diverse Technology of Infrared Thermography

By Roy Huff

February 20, 2019 / 8am Pacific Time

Infrared camera technology is changing rapidly and so are the potential applications. A wide variety of infrared cameras including; personal, entry level, mid and high level, mid and high-performance handled models will be briefly described. Also, specialty infrared cameras operating in different wavelengths allowing for filtering and/or special processing allowing for unique applications will be discussed. Infrared is truly a diverse technology but it’s not without some limitations or challenges. Examples of the more typical applications electrical, mechanical and buildings will be reviewed. Then, less common applications will be then be examined such as; gas detection, nondestructive testing, continuous monitoring, drones.

Recent Advances in Design of Experiments

By Dr. Douglas Montgomery

February 20, 2019 / 8:30-11:30am Pacific Time

$300

The last 25 years have seen many important and fundamental changes in how experiments can be designed. These changes have come about because of increases in computing power and the development of efficient algorithms for implementing optimal design methodology. This enables engineers, scientists and other that use designed experiments to create designs that are customized to the specific characteristics of their problem and not have to rely on tables of libraries of standard design from textbooks or software. This 3-hr webinar gives a basic overview of optimal design methodology and demonstrates how it is implemented in modern computer software. Examples of how this approach can be used to create custom designs are shown for a variety of situations, including cases where there are constraints on the region of experimentation, restrictions on the number of runs that can be made, or non-standard models that need to be fit to the results. Some specific new developments in DOX that have origins in optimal design methodology that will be discuss include no-confounding fractional factorial designs, designs that include one-step screening and response surface modeling, and designs for computer experiments.

Thermal Management of Electronic Systems

By Bart Vandevelde

February 21, 2019 / 10am Central European Time (Brussels)

In this webinar, we will present the basics on thermal management for electronic systems. We will give an introduction on how to make first order basic calculations for the maximum temperatures in a system, give an overview on possible cooling techniques and when you need forces air flow or liquid cooling. We will also give some guidance on how to perform a detailed thermal design of your system based on advanced simulation software and validating experiments.

Beyond Traditional Vibration-How High-Quality Data Can Be Used

By Tim Sundstrom

February 26, 2019 / 6am Pacific Time

Perhaps you have been wondering what the real difference is when it comes to high-end and low-end condition monitoring solutions? The price-factor is clear, but what about performance?

Traditionally, the data produced by your condition monitoring system is used purely for understanding the health of your machines and planning maintenance accordingly. Patterns belonging to the process itself, for example signals from knives in wood chipping or lifters in ore mills, are often disregarded. However, when the condition data is of high quality, these process related signals might tell you something about the efficiency of the process itself – information which may be used in machine learning and process optimization. High quality data produced by high-end solutions will also give you lower risks and higher flexibility in planning your maintenance, an absolute requirement for higher criticality machines.

Medición del Desempeño de la Gestión de Mantenimiento y Confiabilidad en el BoK de la SMRP

By Victor Manriquez

February 26, 2019 / 9am Pacific Time

Free for members / $35 non-members

En este webinar trataré las recomendaciones del Bok en Mantenimiento & Confiabilidad de la SMRP para la medición del desempeño:

• Importancia de la medición del desempeño
• Qué medir y como medirlo
• Indicadores principales e históricos (Leading and lagging)
• Indicadores estandarizados por pilar del BoK
• Otros sistemas de indicadores
• Indicadores Globales de Mantenimiento y Confiabilidad.
• Benchmarking de indicadore

Increasing Operational Service Levels Using Preventative Maintenance Optimization Strategies

By Sean Best

February 27, 2019  / 9am Pacific Time

A Case Study of the LINK APM System at Toronto Pearson International Airport

In 2017, the LINK Automated People Mover (APM) at Toronto Pearson International Airport
transported an average of 24,000 passengers per day — a 20% increase in passenger traffic from 2015, according to a 2017 report by the GTAA. To increase operational service levels, preventative maintenance optimization (PMO) initiatives were undertaken in 2015 and 2016 in co-ordination with the APM owner, manufacturer, and O&M service provider. The initiatives were designed to increase the overall day-to-day operational run-time of the LINK system while maintaining existing levels of safety and reliability. In this workshop, we’ll use the LINK APM system as a case study to discuss the requirements for successful PMO implementation, which include interorganizational communication and co-operation, RCM strategies, and due diligence as it relates to safety-related subsystems and processes. We’ll also offer a blueprint for similar optimization strategies.

Overcoming VFD Condition Monitoring Challenges With Ultrasound

By Allan Rienstra

February 28, 2019  / 8am Pacific Time

The prevalence of Variable Frequency Driven motors (VFDs) is on the rise and causing quite a concern for condition monitoring technicians. Noise from the whine of the VFD presents challenges for vibration analysts. These challenges can be overcome with ultrasound technology so long as the inspector has a strong level of competency. That includes a better understanding about how to interpret ultrasonic condition indicators.
Ultrasound offers a simple assessment method for determining lubrication replenishment intervals and detection of bearing defects. To overcome the interference from VFD’s, technicians must understand how to interpret the correlation between RMS and Crest Factor data from their ultrasound instrument.

Reliability and Manufacturability of Microvias/Plated Through Holes in PCB

By Dr. Kourosh M. Kalayeh

February 28, 2019  / 8am Pacific Time

Due to the higher I/O density and smaller electronic packages in the past decades, the demand for high density interconnects (HDIs) has increased significantly. Microvias are essential elements in HDI Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and failure of these structures are among the most common causes for open circuit in these boards. This makes the reliability of microvias of great concern among electronic industry.

In this webinar, Dr. Kalayeh will briefly discuss common failure mechanisms in microvias and plated through holes and highlight their differences. He will also talk about the common manufacturing defects and how they influence the reliability of these structures.

Dr. Kalayeh will then talk about the challenges and pitfalls associated with the modeling of these devices using the method of finite elements. The importance of statistical analysis on fatigue life prediction of PTHs will be highlighted as well. Recommendations and guidelines will be offered to overcome these challenges.

Last, Dr. Kalayeh will provide a new, fully automated approach to analyze complex PCB designs and identify the configurations that are susceptible to failure.