Helping Products Survive Transportation

By Fred Schenkelberg

November 9, 2021 / 9am Pacific Time

Other than the situation where you build your product inside your customer’s facility, your product will require some form of transportation to move from your factory to your customer. When your product doesn’t work ‘out of box’, that is considered, ‘not good’ for customer satisfaction.

Some may consider these failures as ‘quality failures’ or ‘packaging failures’. Your customer doesn’t care what you classify the failure as, it’s a failure. It costs you money, thus it’s a problem.

So, how do you help your product survive transport? Let’s consider a few factors that must be considered, plus a few tips to improve both your product and packaging designs with respect to reliability.

Mechanical Ultrasound

By Terry Harris

November 9, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

$45

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

This webinar includes a presentation and discussion on:

• Many uses of Mechanical Ultrasound
• Air/Gas Leaks & the paybacks
• Electrical issues – Arcing, Tracking, Corona
• Mechanical Issues – Bearings, Gearboxes, Motors
• Lubrication uses – How much, How often
• Online Sensor Options

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 $135, 6 for $215 and all 12 in 2021 for $335. You determine which 3 or 6 topics you’d like to include in your bundle.

Failure Analysis of Metal Problems

By Michael Pfeifer Ph.D.

November 16, 2021 / 8-10am Pacific Time

$119

Metallurgical failure analysis is an important step in towards determining the root cause of component failures and quality problems. But, many people struggle with the steps to take to get the information needed to quickly determine the root cause of problems.

This webinar covers the steps of a metallurgical failure analysis, the equipment used, the data obtained, and how the results are used to determine the root cause of metal problems. Also, fracture analysis is covered. Case studies of component reliability and quality problems will be used to help teach the concepts covered.

Supportability (and FMEAs/FMECAs)

By Chris Jackson

November 23, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

What is ‘supportability?’ Easy! It’s the ability of your product, system or service to be supported. But how do we get this so wrong so often? Well the first way is by thinking that supportability is actually some activity where you work out how many spares you need to have on your shelf to last a year (for example). But what if your product, system or service fails so often and is so difficult to repair that it needs LOTS of spare parts? Working this out doesn’t make it more supportable. Another way people get supportability wrong is by thinking about it AFTER you have designed something. How is this wrong? Well … supportability needs to be DESIGNED INTO your product, system or service.

That’s where FMEAs and FMECAs can help. Supportability often revolves around system failure – both in terms of what we need to do to minimize failures (i.e. servicing or condition based maintenance) and what we need to do to rectify failures (i.e. repair). Coming up with corrective actions to mitigate failures is THE MAIN OBJECTIVE of FMEAs and FMECAs. But again … we can’t leave this until it is too late.

Keen to learn more? Then check this webinar out!

Implementing Best Practices to Improve the Bottom Line

By Ramesh Gulati

November 1, 2021 / 1pm Pacific Time

Brought to you by The Maintenance Community Slack Group.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

By Doug Plucknette & Ron Moore

November 2, 2021 / 11am Pacific Time

TPM is far more than operators doing PM/Basic Care. It includes focusing on maintaining plant function (not just maintenance), understanding that the current state of the asset is its worst state relative to its future, measuring all losses from ideal (OEE) with a focus on managing those losses (not the OEE number), continuous training and development of employees, a disciplined process for PM, PdM and planning and scheduling, restoring equipment performance to like-new or better, maintenance prevention in the design, and of course, operator care. It is a far more comprehensive approach to running a plant than most people understand.

Maximize the Value of your MRO Data

By Troy Miller

November 3, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

The world is driven by data. MRO data (also known as indirect material data or material master data) is no exception. Asset intensive organizations continuously strive to be more efficient while being cost effective. MRO data remains one of the most untapped sources of savings for procurement, maintenance, and inventory departments within the manufacturing environment. Organizations find it challenging to leverage the potential MRO data savings because, for the most part, their data quality is poor. In order to initiate savings from your MRO data it must be consistent, accurate, and free of unnecessary duplication.

Maximizing the value of your MRO data begins with the conversion of your legacy data to best in-class. The transformation of legacy data to quality data begins with a cleansing process. Data cleansing is performed to create an item master that is inclusive of defined categories, attribute enhancement, item level codification, and all the while absent of unnecessary duplication. Once your data is clean the journey doesn’t end. It is imperative that a quality data governance program be implemented to ensure you maintain the integrity of your MRO data.

Reliability and Maintainability Optimization for High-Value Assets

November 4, 2021  / 7am Pacific Time

Fleets of vehicles or equipment often undergo maintenance based off historical best practice, conservative estimates or educated guesses. The high cost of maintenance and often sub-optimal availability that results from this is a source of frustration for reliability and maintainability professionals and their businesses. ReliaSoft BlockSim offers a solution that allows for rapid experimentation, scenario planning and optimization of maintenance spending that is applicable for a wide variety of industries and different levels of data maturity. This webinar will provide an example workflow for maintenance scenario planning and optimization for a fleet of high-value assets, as well as Q&A opportunities so that you can adapt this workflow to your needs.

How to be the Safety & Reliability Expert Your Company Needs

By Debra Cardy

November 4, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

This Forum will discuss the actionable steps you can take to help ensure your employees and plants are safe and reliable:

• Learn what it means to set a safe and reliable ‘standard’ at your facility
• Understand how arc flash safety ties into creating a comprehensive program
• Make a case for upper management support and buy-in

At this Forum you will hear from industry experts and get your questions answered. We hope you join us for actionable and life-changing takeaways.

Condition Monitoring of Rotary Screw Compressors with HD Technology

By Håkan Hedlund

November 5, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

In this webinar, we’ll take a look at six specific case studies for condition monitoring of rotary screw compressors. HD condition monitoring technologies have made this quite easy and reliable.

• Many rotating parts with different RPMs in the same machine makes it difficult to identify the origins of the measured signal and keep track of the signals of interest.
• Signals from rotating part is “interfered” by the signals generated from the compression of the air
• Fast variation of RPM during data acquisition can occur. Due to resonances, measured signals may not be” linear” to RPM variations
• Load variation during measurements is common
• It can be difficult to attach a transducer in a suitable way for picking up high frequency signals.
• Frequency controlled motors can generate a wide variety of signal patterns that can be challenging to interpret.

What You Need to Know About the Cause Mapping® Template

November 5, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

The template, which we provide for free, is a workbook in Microsoft Excel created specifically to allow users to document, analyze and present their root cause analysis within one file. Each worksheet has a specific purpose within the investigation and allows you to document the different parts of a complete incident investigation. This free webinar will explain the purpose of each of the worksheets included in the file, as well as offer a few helpful tips and tricks to complete your investigation.

How Do I Comply with IPC’s New Cleanliness Testing Requirements?

By Mike Konrad

November 9, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

During this webinar, we will compare the traditional cleanliness testing methods and explain the new requirements. Some of the covered topics include:

• How to comply with the new Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) requirements for “Objective Evidence”.
• How to comply with the new ROSE testing requirements for “Process Monitoring”.
• How to correlate required SIR test results with required ROSE test results for process monitoring.
• How ROSE testers work.
• What is and isn’t a ROSE Tester?
• Dynamic -vs- Static ROSE testers (which is right for your application?)
• Dynamic -vs- Static ROSE testers (which is right for your application?)
• When is a requalification process required?
• How often should process monitoring for cleanliness be performed?
• How to calculate the required process monitoring Upper Control Limit (UCL).
• How clean is clean enough?

Workforce Development Series #4: Apprenticeship Guide The Mosaic Company Maintenance Apprentice Program

By Mike Pubillones and JC Carpenter

November 9, 2021 / 9am Pacific Time

If you’re searching for new ways to recruit skilled professionals, the solution could be closer than you think. During your daily commute, you likely pass schools and colleges that offer technical or vocational training. For The Mosaic Company, Polk State College was the answer to their workforce development challenges. In 2007, The Mosaic Company and Polk State College (PSC) partnered to develop two maintenance apprentice programs: one for mechanics and the other for electrical, instrumentation, and automation (EIA) employees.

To date, 259 Mosaic employees have successfully completed their apprenticeships, allowing them to move into maintenance with their backgrounds in operations.

By establishing the two unique apprentice programs, Mosaic has developed its own skilled maintenance practitioners, while helping each employee earn at least five industry certifications and credits toward an Associate in Science (AS) degree.

Specialty IEPE Sensors

By Peter Eitnier

November 9, 2021  / 10am Pacific Time

An in-depth look at a variety of “specialty” IEPE vibration sensors including triaxial, high temperature, high voltage, and seismic sensors, and what makes them unique.

Takeaways:

• Learn about the basic construction of an IEPE accelerometer
• Discover how an IEPE accelerometer can be modified for specialty sensors
• Find out about common specialty sensor applications and industries
• Determine when an application requires a specialty sensor

Spare Parts Taxonomy — Building the Foundation of Spare Parts Data

By James Kovacevic

November 9, 2021 / 11am Pacific Time

Brought to you by The Maintenance Community Slack Group.

Integrated Systems Engineering: Thought Leader Perspectives and Points of View

By Tiffany Sargent & Ben Amaba

November 10, 2021  / 8am Pacific Time

Tiffany Sargent, Chief Technologist and Senior Principal Engineer, Intel; and Ben Amaba, Global Chief Technology Officer, IBM will join us to share their perspectives and points of view on how ISE is rapidly evolving to become Integrated Systems Engineering. We’ll define this for you. We’ll discuss what’s happening in this evolving field. And Tiffany and Ben will tell you how you can join our “affinity group” in IISE that is focused on sharing and learning with one another relative to Integrated Systems Engineering.

Reliability Demonstration: Theory and Practical Applications

By Dr. Andre Kleyner

November 10, 2021  / 8:30-11:30am Pacific Time

$300

Vibration, It’s Just Physics

By Jeff Hay

November 11, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

Vibration measurement is a key component of a comprehensive reliability program whether that be Condition Based Monitoring or Predictive Maintenance. It is a crucial tool for understanding the behavior of the machinery and structures that comprise our industrial facilities to ensure optimal performance. At the core of a seemingly complex topic such as vibration monitoring are simple physics concepts that govern the behaviors of our machinery and structures. In the presentation, we will go back to the basics and discuss the physics of vibration at a basic level. For example, the harmonic oscillator is one of the simplest concepts to understand yet governs most of vibration. At the same time, it is also the example that most physical concepts are applied to first from simple F=ma to complex electrodynamics problems. This presentation will be at the beginner’s level. No physics background needed. We will discuss where some of the basic tenets of vibration originate from and explore vibration from a whole new angle. If you are interested in vibration and want to see it in a new light this is for you.

Understanding the impact of Single Event Effects (SEE) on System Safety

November 11, 2021 / 9am Pacific Time

The trend of current design practices with an improvement of integrated circuit technology, chips contain more and more functions resulting into increased device density. For airborne electronic hardware, the radiation effect poses more and more hidden dangers to the safety of aircraft. According to the current technological trends, in the next decade, if civil aircraft continues to use a large number of highly integrated electronic components and microprocessors, taking additional protective measures, then the average probability of catastrophic failure conditions caused by radiation-induced failure of aircraft hardware and software in the next decade will increase by at least 10 times. This will be a major risk to aviation safety.

Therefore, the Single Event Effects problem needs to be taken into account at the Preliminary System Safety Assessment process considering the system criticality and contribution of the system to catastrophic and/or hazardous failure conditions. The analysis will help to determine of whether or not the SEE error rate is acceptable with regard to the safety objectives.The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of SEE and the impact of SEE on the system functionality. This presentation will also provide an insight on how to perform Safety analysis considering SEE and to develop mitigation techniques.

What’s Missing in Your Root Cause Analysis Program?

November 12, 2021 / 8am Pacific Time

During this FREE live Webinar, you’ll learn more about the five basic elements for establishing a comprehensive root cause analysis program: the method; measurements; roles in the investigation process; facilitation, documentation & storage; and review of the entire program.

Learning from Failure: Lessons from the Frontline

By Isaac Villarreal and Cody Hall

November 15, 2021 / 9:30am Pacific Time

In this joint IISE YP/SHS YP event, presenters Isaac Villarreal and Cody Hall will share case studies based on their professional experiences in the airline and healthcare industries about projects gone wrong – and the lessons they learned from them.

Join us for this insightful discussion to learn how you can identify lessons from your own ‘less than desirable’ professional experiences, as well as practical strategies for approaching similar challenges in your own setting.

Preventing Human Error in the Life Sciences

By Charles H Paul

November 16, 2021 / 10am Pacific Time

$150

This webinar will explore the true causes and nature of human error, how human error should be investigated, how human error relates to human performance, and the difference between real human error and systems, process, and management deficiencies.

Myths of Great Leadership

By Thomas Furnival

November 16 2021  / 11am Pacific Time

Brought to you by The Maintenance Community Slack Group.

Six Sigma

By Ron Moore & Doug Plucknette

November 16, 2021  / 11am Pacific Time

Six Sigma is a statistical term which characterizes your quality having less than 3.4 defects per million for a given product or process specification. At the heart of a six sigma program is a focus on reducing variation within a given process.

How to Detect and Diagnose Bearing Looseness On a Wind Turbine

By Jørgen Ellekjær

November 17, 2021  / 7am Pacific Time

Case study on detecting and diagnosing gearbox bearing looseness on a wind turbine drive train.

Learning Takeaways:

• What are specialized filtered measurements (e.g. shaft running speed orders, high-frequency crest factor, tooth meshing frequency, and sideband energy level), and why they are needed to detect bearing looseness early
• Which diagnostics expertise is needed to distinguish between bearing faults and bearing looseness
• Why the gearbox shaft is of importance
• What happens if excessive clearance is not detected in time
• How to avoid catastrophic failures in the future and how to implement more pro-active monitoring strategies

Motion Amplification® and its Rapid Evolution for the Reliability and Maintenance Professional

By Jeff Hay

November 17, 2021  / 8am Pacific Time

Motion Amplification® is a rapidly evolving technology that is being utilized more and more within maintenance and reliability programs. With new technology comes rapid evolution, new capabilities, and new use cases. In this presentation, we will cover new advances in the technology and how it is being leveraged for full field vibration. Advances include the ability to visualize frequency and phase across the entire video in a single image, visualize and measure thermal growth, and new advanced techniques to measure shaft dynamics while undergoing rotation. Motion Amplification® will also be discussed in the context of continuous monitoring and how a camera can be used for measuring vibration across multiple locations in an image with full trending and historization capabilities. Case studies will be presented on Motion Amplification® highlighting new advancements and how it has been utilized to solve real problems along with strategies used to deploy Motion Amplification® as a new tool in the reliability toolbox.

Motion Amplification® is a proprietary video processing technique that detects subtle displacement and then converts that movement to a level visible with the naked eye, enabling visualization of the movement. Each pixel becomes the equivalent of a displacement sensor allowing for full field vibration. Seeing how the machine is moving allows the source of most issues to become clear, allowing for effective root cause analysis as well as communication of the issue.

Lead-Free Solder Joint Reliability Basics

By Dr. Jean Paul Clech

November 17, 2021  / 8:30-Noon Pacific Time

$350

This webinar reviews basic board, component and board assembly parameters that effect solder joint reliability regardless of solder composition, tin-lead or lead-free. Rules-of-thumb and design-for-reliability guidelines are presented that are of help to improve solder joint life under both thermal and mechanical loading conditions. Accelerated testing procedures and acceleration factors are also discussed briefly. This introductory webinar will be of interest to beginners as well as experienced technical staff needing a refresher on designing for solder joint reliability in electronic assemblies.

This webinar will emphasis on board and component effect and generic guidelines that can be used to minimize the risk of solder joint failures in circuit board assemblies. While the webinar ends with an overview of lead-free solder joint reliability trends, solder alloy specifics are not covered. Numerous rules-of-thumb (do’s and don’ts) are presented based on established industry practices and field failures encountered by the instructor.

Developing a Balanced Approach to Contamination Control

By Mark Barnes

November 18, 2021  / 8am Pacific Time

Does your contamination control program feel like a game of where as soon as you solve one problem another one arises? Have you considered relaxing contamination control targets because you can’t achieve the level of fluid cleanliness many experts recommend? Do you continually change or filter oil only to find the oil is just as dirty in the next oil sample? If any of these scenarios hold true for you, maybe your contamination control policy is not in balance. In this impactful webinar, we will explain how “textbook” best practice can become reality through the application of a balanced approach to contamination control.

Medical Device Risk Management following ISO 14971:2019

By Edwin Waldbusser

November 18, 2021  / 10am Pacific Time

$150

In this webinar we will explain in detail the process of conducting a hazard analysis. The confusing terms “hazard”, hazardous situation”, “harm”, “causative event”, “ALARP”, “risk index”, “benefit/ risk ratio”, and “residual risk” will be explained. We will go step by step through a template for risk analysis so that the process is clear. Examples of hazards and hazardous situations will be discussed. How to deal with residual risk will be discussed.

We will explain how to integrate Human Factors studies into the Hazard Analysis and how to integrate Hazard Analysis into the design program. Risk level can determine the extent of CAPA investigations, validations effort, etc.

Application of ISO 14971 principles to software risk management will be explained

Requirements for each step of the risk management process, including the risk management plan, development of risk acceptability criteria, risk analysis, risk evaluation, risk control, risk/ benefit analysis, postproduction analysis will be explained.

Forget Human Error. Focus on This Instead…

November 19, 2021  / 8am Pacific Time

We are all human and therefore must acknowledge that as humans, we are prone to making mistakes. Labeling a problem simply as a case of “Human Error” is self-evident and shortsighted. Most concerning is that it misleads you from the ultimate purpose of your investigation. Instead, we are stuck with generic action items such as “Don’t mess up,” “Be more careful,” or “Follow the procedure” that do little to reduce risk. If you have seen any of these as an output from an investigation then you are all too familiar with this shortcoming.

During this webinar, we will challenge some of the conventional methods used to investigate human error that tend to focus on the human condition and leave you little to work with. Instead, we will demonstrate what to focus on during your investigation so that you can improve reliability in spite of the fact that we as humans err.

It’s Not a Shortage of Skilled Labour: How a Shortage of Skilled Supervisors Degrades Assets

By Hugh R. Alley

November 22, 2021  / 11am Pacific Time

$33.90

In the world of asset management, better skills for asset managers and their supervisors can achieve significant gains – sometimes seemingly overnight. This talk will provide asset management examples, and some suggestions on how you can get started to fix this.

When supervisors have better skills, especially in the area of instructing, you can expect the productivity of your asset management crews to improve rather than degrade over time.

Medical Device Hazard Analysis Following ISO 14971

By Edwin Waldbusser

November 23, 2021  / 10am Pacific Time

$150

In this webinar we will explain in detail the process of conducting a hazard analysis. The confusing terms “hazard”, hazardous situation”, “harm”, “causative event”, “ALARP”, “risk index”, “benefit/ risk ratio”, and “residual risk” will be explained.

We will go step by step through a template for risk analysis so that the process is clear. Examples of hazards and hazardous situations will be discussed. How to deal with residual risk will be discussed.

We will explain how to integrate Human Factors studies into the Hazard Analysis and how to integrate Hazard Analysis into the design program. Risk level can determine the extent of CAPA investigations, validations effort, etc.

Application of ISO 14971 principles to software risk management will be explained.

Sample Size Determination for Design Validation Activities

By Steven Wachs

November 24, 2021  / 10-11:30am Pacific Time

$150

This webinar discusses common elements of sample size determination and several specific sample size applications for various design validation activities including Reliability Demonstration/Estimation, Acceptance Sampling, and Hypothesis Testing. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate the key concepts and applications.

Using Statistics to Determine Sample Size

By Steven Wachs

November 29, 2021  / 10am Pacific Time

$150

This webinar discusses many issues present in any sample size determination. The webinar also discusses several common applications that require an appropriate sample size determination including estimation of product/process performance characteristics, hypothesis tests, acceptance sampling, Statistical Process Control charts, and reliability demonstration.

Fundamentals of PCB Reliability Testing Methods

November 30, 2021  / 6:30am Pacific Time

In-field reliability of products can be dependent on individual component or material reliability or the effects of combining materials. The session, presented by Martin Wickham, will explore common failure modes in electronics systems and review techniques and measurements that can be used to reduce risk and improve product lifetimes. We will look at the role of the substrate and provide an introduction to the measurement techniques which can be utilised and what they can tell us about performance in the field.