Mission Profile Fundamental Considerations
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Adam and Fred discussing the need to understand actual customer use, even before they start using the product.
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SOR 256 Mission Profile Fundamental Considerations
DTK Kellie Schneider Scholar
Kellie Schneider, Scholar
Fred interviews Kellie Schneider a RAMS tutorial committee member and assistant professor about her background and ongoing work with the RAMS conference.
SOR 255 How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions?
How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the many causes and contributors to products failing after purchase. How do we know which factors are the largest contributor to causing failures?
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A Review of the 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge
A Review of the 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge
The new CRE body of knowledge goes into effect in January 2018. With the additions, deletions, and changes to topics, it attempts to reflect what reliability engineering does daily. Let’s closely examine the new 2018 BOK and what it means. [Read more…]
74 – Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 2
Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 2
When it comes to condition-based monitoring, no matter how hard you try, you can never have 100% failure protection. At some point and on some level—even at the smallest levels—something is going to go wrong and your assets are going to fail. The best choice is to always plan for those sudden failures to minimize their damage in the end. The only way to ensure that is to have a very good detection strategy in place. Ultrasound helps greatly in achieving this milestone by helping you monitor the health of your entire facilities, giving you a much better proactive approach.
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SOR 254 Why do Reliability Engineers Still Use 217?
Why do Reliability Engineers Still Use 217?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the continued use of Reliability prediction and the very outdated government reference document, MIL HDBK 217.
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SOR 253 How Important is Passion in Achieving Reliability?
How Important is Passion in Achieving Reliability?
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of passion in everything you do. Tapping into your personal passions when presenting or communicating connects with people and helps get your message across.
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73 – Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 1
Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 1
When it comes to condition-based monitoring, no matter how hard you try, you can never have 100% failure protection. At some point and on some level—even at the smallest levels—something is going to go wrong and your assets are going to fail. The best choice is to always plan for those sudden failures to minimize their damage in the end. The only way to ensure that is to have a very good detection strategy in place. Ultrasound helps greatly in achieving this milestone by helping you monitor the health of your entire facilities, giving you a much better proactive approach.
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SOR 252 Unleashing Your Reliability Creativity
Unleashing Your Reliability Creativity
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Carl and Fred discuss the important subject of creativity, and how the creative process can energize reliablity improvments.
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DTK Dennis Craggs Consultant
Dennis Craggs, Consultant
Tim interviews Dennis Craggs a consultant about his background and ongoing work concerning big data analytics.
SOR 251 The Evolution of Uptime Metrics
The Evolution of Uptime Metrics
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James and Fred discussing the background and beginnings of today’s metrics.
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72 – Asset Integrity Management Systems with Ali Bashir
Asset Integrity Management Systems with Ali Bashir
Whenever we talk about asset management, asset integrity is the first thing that pops up in your mind. Asset integrity is the ability of an asset to perform effectively and efficiently depending upon the environment to meet the bottom-line of an organization. This also includes and depends on the integrity of the systems, processes, and people that show the nature of that organization. Your asset management strategy should be fit for purpose and needs to be developed considering the requirements of the organization along with the risks that are involved if it fails. This is where the Asset Integrity Management Systems come in action.
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SOR 250 How to Measure Uptime Properly
How to Measure Uptime Properly
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James and Fred discussing the various ways to properly and improperly measure plant uptime.
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SOR 249 Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability
Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability
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Andre and Fred discussing the when and why you may want to use this powerful tool.
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71 – Issues with Lubrication Programs with David Pedden
Issues with Lubrication Programs with David Pedden
It is not possible to keep your equipment operating at efficiency and for high productivity if you are not lubricating the machines properly. That is why it is so vital to use the right lubricant to avoid any breakdowns or other failures in your systems. You have to always keep an eye for the contamination because it alone can cause severe damage. When you apply the lubricants poorly, there are a hundred things that go wrong with the handling of the machines and in a result causes problems for your storage strategy.
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