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RM 098: A Conversation with AIM Solder’s Jen Fijalkowski About Advances in Solder Pastes

RM 098: A Conversation with AIM Solder’s Jen Fijalkowski About Advances in Solder Pastes

A Conversation with AIM Solder’s Jen Fijalkowski About Advances in Solder Pastes

Jen Fijalkowski works for Aim Solder. Jen obtained her B.S. from the University of Rhode Island in Chemical Engineering and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Prior to her role as a Technical Marketing Engineer, she interned as a SMT Process Engineer, where she analyzed various reports regarding solder paste printing and co-authored “Comparison of Aperture Designs, Solder Pastes, Nanocoatings and Print/Inspection Systems”, published in Circuits Assembly Magazine. 

Jen also produces a video blog titled “Line Down” where she discusses common questions about solder paste best practices and how to avoid solder paste induced line-down situations.

I spoke with Jen about solder paste best practices as well as some of the latest advances in solder pastes such as low temperature, low voiding, and high reliability solder pastes.

Jen Fijalkowski may be contacted here:
jfijalkowski@aimsolder.com
https://aimsolder.com

Technical Article:
https://tinyurl.com/3xt2cejf

Line Down Video Series:
https://www.facebook.com/AIMSolderMaterials/videos/?ref=page_internal

 

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TLC 032 Leadership Connection Interview with John Reeve

TLC 032 Leadership Connection Interview with John Reeve

Leadership Connection Interview with John Reeve

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader John Reeve in Episode 32 of this series.

Mr. John Reeve is a CMMS Champion. With 21,000 followers on LinkedIn, he regularly shares knowledge on many topics, especially in asset management. Being the 2nd consultant hired by the company that invented Maximo, he spent the first 10 years consulting in project management consulting followed by 20 years on asset management with emphasis on Maximo software. During this time, he was issued a US Patent for maintenance scheduling “order of fire”, CR/CMML qualification from ReliabilityWeb, and, became the author of two books.

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MM S4:E030 Rhys Davies

MM S4:E030 Rhys Davies

Rhys Davies

Multi-capital value reporting frameworks give Asset Managers an opportunity to align their discipline and thinking with wider sustainability and ESG factors. This is to deliver true sustainability over and above solely net-zero thinking.

In this episode of the Maintenance Mavericks Podcast, we have Rhys Davies on the show. Rhys is a Global Consulting Leader for Asset Management & Operations at Atkins. And, he is also the Chair of the ISO Committee that develops the ISO 55000 standards for asset management.

Rhys shares his passion for helping organizations better understand what “value” means for Asset Managers and their stakeholders. And, more importantly, what it means for the decisions they make in investing in the support of their asset base.

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QDD 062 How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

QDD 062 How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

How Does Reliability Engineering Affect (Not Just Assess) Design?

Reliability Engineering isn’t just about assessments. It’s about providing information to make decisions. How does reliability engineering affect design?

We answer all the questions from the classical Kipling Method:

  • What kind of design inputs can we expect from a Reliability Engineering working relationship?
  • Why is their point of view important?
  • When should we get them involved in the product development cycle?
  • Who can we generally look to for a reliability engineering viewpoint?
  • How can we get them involved?
  • Where do we find out more information?

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SOR 766 What Matters in a Demonstration Test

SOR 766 What Matters in a Demonstration Test

What Matters in a Demonstration Test?

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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about how which failures to count in demonstration testing. Specifically, what about maintenance induced failures, supply chain failures and other types of failures, not typically part of the product design.
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QDD 061 How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

QDD 061 How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

How to use FMEA for Complaint Investigation

FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is a tool we can use to help us investigate complaints from the field. The FMEA is a matrix of the collective team knowledge about the risks of this product, so it’s a valuable source in our investigation about what’s going on in the field.

We talk through how to go about using FMEA for complaint investigation and what we can do with the information.

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RiM 11: Six Sigma and Reliability

RiM 11: Six Sigma and Reliability

Six Sigma and Reliability

In this episode, I speak with Sandeep (Sunny) Jadhav about Six Sigma and its importance to Reliability. Sandeep provides some great examples of how he has helped his units understand concepts of Six Sigma such as Hypothesis testing, p-value, Statistical Process Control, and the like. He is on a mission to educate people on the benefits of Six Sigma and shares his perspective and expertise on the matter.

If you would like to learn more about Six Sigma and how to get started on your journey of implementing Six Sigma, you can contact him via LinkedIn.

 

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Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

podcast episode with speaker Greg Hutchins

Disruption has been one of the major news items in 2022. Disruption results in risk. You can see ‘risk’ in almost every video, magazine, and blog. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Supply chain disruption. Climate change. New business models. Reshoring. Inflation. Price of gasoline. Can you imagine $10/gallon gasoline?

Greg will answer the following:

What is risk-based, problem-solving, and decision-making in reliability engineering and quality?

What are risk PDCA, taxonomies, risk assessment, risk management, etc?

What are the two critical risk management frameworks for problem-solving and decision-making?

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RM 097: Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

RM 097: Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

In this episode I speak with four experts about best practices for purchasing X ray equipment.

There are numerous manufacturers of X ray equipment each with multiple models with varying capabilities. Which type of X ray equipment is right for your application? What are the price ranges? What are the specific capabilities? What questions should I ask when speaking with manufacturers of X ray equipment? How do I define my needs? 

These and other questions will are answered by our expert panel.

Our expert panel includes:
Keith Bryant of Keith Bryant Consultancy. Keith has more than 30 years in the electronics industry and has worked for and with X ray equipment manufacturers.
Keith may be contacted here:
keith@smta.org

Dr. David Bernard of David Bernard Consultancy. Dr. Bernard has more than 20 years of experience in the X ray industry and has worked for and with X ray equipment manufacturers.
Dr. Bernard may be contacted here:
dbc@bernard.abel.co.uk

David Kruidhof is the Sales Manager for Creative Electron, a manufacturer of X ray equipment.
David may be contacted here:
dkruidhof@creativeelectron.com

Robert Boguski is the President of Datest, an analytical laboratory specializing in failure analysis. Robert is a user of X-ray equipment.
Robert may be contact here:
rboguski@datest.com

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