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Kirk Gray — Active Contributor

Author of Accelerated Reliability articles and Next Generation HALT and HASS, plus, co-host on Speaking of Reliability.


This author's archive lists contributions of articles and episodes.

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SOR 989 No Trouble Found Issue

SOR 989 No Trouble Found Issue

No Trouble Found Issue

Abstract

Kirk and Fred delve into the crucial topic of managing returned parts and products, even those that are functioning perfectly.
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SOR 974 New Position Advice

SOR 974 New Position Advice

New Position Advice

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the advice we would give a engineer just starting a career in Reliability Engineering
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SOR 973 Reliability Allocation Methods

SOR 973 Reliability Allocation Methods

Reliability Allocation Methods

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss reliability allocations for individual components and subsystems.
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SOR 964 Finding Failures and Firefighting

SOR 964 Finding Failures and Firefighting

Finding Failures and Firefighting

Abstract

 

Kirk and Fred discuss new product market release schedule pressures, and then after customers start finding reliability issues, the actual firefighting begins. Many times, those who quickly can fix the causes of failures, the firefighters, get many more accolades than those who find and mitigate product weaknesses that become failures during the design and development phase.

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SOR 963 Proving HALT Works

SOR 963 Proving HALT Works

Proving HALT Works

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the challenge of showing those new to limit discovery using HALT and proving does find relevant future field issues that either already have occurred in a new released product, or in a product under development.
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No Evidence of Correlation: Field failures and Traditional Reliability Engineering

No Evidence of Correlation: Field failures and Traditional Reliability Engineering

Historically, Reliability Engineering of Electronics has been dominated by the belief that 1) The life or percentage of complex hardware failures that occur over time can be estimated, predicted, or modeled, and 2) the Reliability of electronic systems can be calculated or estimated through statistical and probabilistic methods to improve hardware reliability.  The amazing thing about this is that during the many decades that reliability

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Filed Under: Articles, NoMTBF Tagged With: Field data analysis, Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)

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SOR 957 Learning From Those Closest

SOR 957 Learning From Those Closest

Learning From Those Closest

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the fact that many times those on the assembly and production lines are the ones that have the most information for assembly issues and causes of failures, yet the information they have is not heard by the engineers and management that could improve it.
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SOR 956 Getting Failure Feedback

SOR 956 Getting Failure Feedback

Getting Failure Feedback

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the many required tests before market release and post market ongoing reliability testing and why testing is so necessary.
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SOR 939 When to Consider Reliability

SOR 939 When to Consider Reliability

When to Consider Reliability

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss at what point in the product development process should we consider applying reliability engineering to the concept and actual prototypes.
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SOR 938 Predicting the Unknowns

SOR 938 Predicting the Unknowns

Predicting the Unknowns

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the world of reliability predictions and the issue of predictions when many, if not most of the causes of unreliability, are surprises.
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SOR 917 Bad History Challenge

SOR 917 Bad History Challenge

Bad History Challenge

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss how to deal with those who have said that they tried using the HALT methodology with a past project but did not find any benefit from it.
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SOR 916 Cycles or Time

SOR 916 Cycles or Time

Cycles or Time

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss whether we should use time or number of cycles or total time a product has been available for use.
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SOR 913 Using DFR Tools

SOR 913 Using DFR Tools

Using DFR Tools

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss using Design for Reliability (DFR) for reliability development of a new product.
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SOR 912 Using Outside Labs

SOR 912 Using Outside Labs

Using Outside Labs

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the use and tradeoffs of using external environmental testing and failure analysis labs versus having in-house equipment
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SOR 906 Environmental Testing

SOR 906 Environmental Testing

Environmental Testing

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discuss the question of using a standard series of environmental test for reliability development.
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