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Chris and Fred discuss what happened during the ‘2017 Atlanta Airport Blackout’ where power was lost for 11 hours, hundreds of flights had to be diverted, passengers needed to be housed in hotels, and lots of other costly things. Surely this was due to some sort of unforeseeable event bordering on the ‘supernatural?’ Nope. Not even a little bit.
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Supplier selection involves many considerations from several different perspectives, such as design engineering, quality engineering, sourcing, finance, and shipping and logistics.
In this episode, Michael discusses supplier selection considerations based on the materials engineering perspective, with a focus on metal stock and metal components.
To learn more about supplier selection from the materials engineering perspective, check out this video and article.
If you want to learn more about Defect Elimination, you can reach out to Philip on LinkedIn.
Navigating the common roadblocks of team consensus on severity ratings during FMEA or hazard analysis can be challenging. But with the right strategies, your team can capture uncertainty and avoid the pitfall of too many conservative estimates that skew prioritization. Learn how a probability mass function can revolutionize your risk assessment, ensuring a smoother, more accurate process for all stakeholders involved.
One way to create a robust product or system is to consider all the stresses and design to withstand those stresses. We often do not know all the stresses, magnitudes, and ranges of variation. We know that many materials degrade with time, yet we do not know precisely how much or how fast. We also do not know what new stresses may arise or how stresses will change over time.
This episode discusses the appeal of the product, the quality problems experienced by customers, and what improvements could have been made to prevent the quality problems.
Today, we delve into an increasingly critical aspect of technology and electronics manufacturing – the pursuit of environmentally responsible electronics manufacturing. Our industry has witnessed many environmental revolutions.
The elimination of popular cleaning solvents brought on by the Montreal protocol in 1989, soon followed by strict VOC regulations pertaining to cleaning chemicals.
The switch from lead-based solders to lead free alloys, led by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive, known as RoHS implemented within the EU in 2003 and adopted nearly worldwide, regulations regarding the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) resulting in many countries mandating regulations and programs for the safe recycling and disposal of electronic products, and more.
These regulations and others have inspired some companies to seek eco-friendly alternatives to traditional Printed Circuit Board (PCB) fabrication.
The combination of numerous environmental regulations has resulted in many companies’ implementation of sustainability programs.
As our world becomes more connected, the demand for electronic devices continues to rise, and with it, the importance of mitigating the environmental impact of their production.
On this episode of The Reliability Matters Podcast, I’ll speak with Mark Edwards.
Mark wrote an article entitled “Environmentally Responsible Alternatives to Traditional PCB Fabrication”, which of course, spurred my interest.
Mark works as a Strategic Account Manager within MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, on the global Business Development team for Circuitry Solutions. Mark has been involved in electronics manufacturing since the late 1980’s and brings a passion for process automation, circuit assembly, solders/fluxes, adhesives, coatings and PCB fabrication – all with a focus on repeatability and reliability.
Mark holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and began his career at a defense electronics company in Dallas, Texas (that was later acquired by Raytheon).
Mark has uncovered trends and synthesized customer needs for electronic hardware in the telecommunications, defense, automotive, industrial controls segments in the Americas, and now globally, in his newest role.
Join me as we explore new materials and methodologies, and innovations that are shaping the electronic assembly industry towards a more eco-conscious future.
Mark’s Contact Information
Mark Edwards
marks.edwards@macdermidalpha.com
https://www.macdermidalpha.com/circuitry-solutions
Dianna and Fred discuss the challenges as a customer when calling for customer support.
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Dianna and Fred discuss the challenges in asking others reliability questions and getting questions answered.
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In this presentation, Greg Hutchins will explain how to Get Unstuck: Do Good. Be Happy – based on the Working It book (4.9/5.0 stars on Amazon). Today’s Linkedin review: “A wonderful book by a great author. A must recommend for those who are looking to enhance their skills in the VUCA world.” Ankur Tyagi
Greg and Fred discuss how institutions can and should adapt, but often don’t. The result is that even most Fortune 500 companies have a 10 year half life.
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Greg and Fred discuss how bias is a part of all of us. Our challenge is that bias impacts our decision making from simple rules of thumb to complex decisions.
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To learn more about the component design process, check out this video and these articles on material selection, materials selection and design requirements, and designing optimized components.
In this episode, I spoke with David and we chatted about the parallels across the commercial aviation and defense maritime industry. David shared his experience of what it was like working for an airline and what lessons can be adopted across the defense sector. We talk about the general population’s expectations and how the Airline Industry has been at the forefront of delivering world-class maintenance.
If you have a question for David, you can contact him via Linkedin.
We often use the term ‘system reliability modelling’ to describe any scenario where we need to somehow convert what we know about component reliability into system reliability in order to make a decision. Some of us might have heard of ‘series systems’ that have no redundant components, meaning that the system fails when any component fails. Then there are ‘parallel systems’ where the system fails when the last component fails. But then there are ‘K out of N’ systems that need ‘K’ components out of a total of ‘N’ components to work for the system to work. Do you know when ‘K out of N’ system reliability looks like series system reliability? … or parallel system reliability? … or perhaps you don’t know what series or parallel system reliability looks like? Then this webinar is for you.
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