How to Use Reliability Specifications Well
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Kirk and Fred discussing Reliability Specifications and how companies set reliability requirements in new products
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SOR 416 How to Use Reliability Specifications Well
PR 011 Planner Metrics
Planner Metrics
Join us as we discuss what we feel should be measured for planner effectiveness and efficiency and why in our next installment of Practical Reliability.
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SOR 415 Making Reliability Training Effective
Making Reliability Training Effective
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Kirk and Fred discussing reliability training and the best way to have new reliability development techniques.
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RM 013 – A Conversation with KIC’s MB Allen About Thermal Management and Reliability
A Conversation with KIC’s MB Allen About Thermal Management and Reliability
Most of our episodes feature guests representing specific segments of the electronic assembly industry. Today’s episode is no exception. My guest on this episode is MB Allen from KIC. KIC provides thermal profiling hardware and profiler software tools that help define, measure, monitor, and improve thermal processes for electronics manufacturing services. Today, more than ever, thermal management is vital to ensuring a proper reflow or soldering process. There is a direct link between proper reflow profiles and reliability, which makes this topic relevant for any conversation about reliability.
MB Allen is the Manager of Applications and Sales for the Americas and Europe.
Formerly a Product Manager MB coordinated the advancement of new products and features to accommodate customer needs. Her technical expertise, relationships with valued partners and customers, and many years of experience aid in the future development and improvements of her company’s product offerings.
MB has worked in the electronics industry for 31 years and been associated with KIC for 30 years with both national and international positions.
We discuss thermal management and assembly thermal profiling as a means to better reliability.
154-Asset Condition Monitoring with Jack Nicholas
Asset Condition Monitoring with Jack Nicholas
Asset condition monitoring can be defined the process to determine the health status of the equipment using high-tech tools, predict future status based on the deficiencies found, and return health to normal before complete loss of function. That way you can plan the maintenance of the equipment at your own best time rather than having the equipment fail at a bad time. There are a lot of tools out there that can help you with predictive maintenance or asset condition monitoring. Using sensors is one of the best examples of advanced tools being used to achieve maintenance and reliability goals for the equipment.
In this episode, we covered:
- Why the basics are the first steps!
- What tools you should be using for each step!
- Measures to take to sustain improvement!
- And much more!
PR 010 Vendor Management
Vendor Management
Join us as we discuss ideas on vendor management and the role of the planner.
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RRP 048 FMECA with Andrew Curry
RRP 048 FMECA with Andrew Curry
On this week’s episode, I welcome on Andrew Curry to the podcast to discuss Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and changing reliability culture from reactive to proactive.
My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking. I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
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SOR 414 How Not to do FDSC
How Not to do FDSC
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Chris and Adam discuss FDSC. This may only mean something to you if you have experience in ‘military’ equipment. It stands for Failure Definition and Scoring Criteria. And it is used to remove subjectivity in classifying what sort of failure it is. Unless the military customer decides to change these during development. And this causes issues for all. If you want to hear more about what happens when you ‘shift the goal posts’ during development, then listen to this podcast!
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SOR 413 Characteristics of an Organization That Limits Reliability
Characteristics of an Organization That Limits Reliability
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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘tell’s an organization that sucks at reliability has. That is, can you just tell an organization makes terrible products before you even get to their reliability department/guidebook/strategy/laboratory? And if you can, what are they? Our experience shows that when we are brought in to solve a ‘reliability’ problem, we need to address a vision/leadership/resourcing/(insert poor business practice here) issue. If this interests you … please listen to this podcast!
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153-What tool when with Ron Moore
What Tool? When? with Ron Moore
Today’s episode is based on What Tool When by Ron Moore. The book covers all the common tools that are handy in a workplace for a maintenance engineer. Then, it covers concepts like Manufacturing, six sigma, TPM, reliability and maintenance along with information about lots of tools. In the early chapters, it provides insights into leadership and culture change. It tells you about the very basics of having a tool around and how to use it but it also provides you the basic things that should be in place before you get to the tool part.
In this episode, we covered:
- The tools a Maintenance Engineer needs!
- How to make change!
- The steps you need to build a performance tool!
- And much more!
RM 012 – An Interview with FLITE’s Michelle Ogihara and Sherry Stepp
An Interview with FLITE’s Michelle Ogihara and Sherry Stepp on Women in Electronics
An interview with US Ambassadors of FLITE (Female Leaders in Tech Everywhere), Michelle Ogihara and Sherry Steep on the subject of women in electronics and FLITE’s mission to build a platform based on real-life experiences to help raise the visibility of females in technology.
RRP 047 Calibration with John Cummins
RRP 047 Calibration with John Cummins
On this week’s episode, I welcome on John Cummins, the CEO of CalOpex. We discuss why calibration frequencies need to be risk-based and why we need to talk about calibration at our facilities.
My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking. I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th. Then I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn. If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com
Check out CalOpex – www.calopex.com
Follow John Cummins on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpcummins/
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/
Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/
DTK Rob Kalwarowsky Engineer
DTK Rob Kalwarowsky Engineer
Tim Rodgers interviews Rob about maintenance management system.
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SOR 412 Are Regulators Good For Reliability
Are Regulators Good For Reliability
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Chris and Fred discuss the role regulators play in many industries. Are we better off because of them? In many cases … yes. But perhaps regulators are also getting in the way of us doing things better. And at what point does their ‘net harm’ exceed their ‘net good’? Can regulators do a better job, and perhaps create an alternative to archaic checklists and compliance audits? We think yes. If this topic interests you, listen to this podcast!
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PR 009 The Day in the Life of a Planner
The Day in the Life of a Planner
What does a day in the life of a planner look like? Join us in our discussion as to what our ideas are for a planner.
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