How to Talk About MTBF
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Chris and Fred discuss the pointlessness of the MTBF. This comes from a listener who reached out to complain about how lots of industries enforce the MTBF … but why?
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SOR 802 How to Talk About MTBF
MM S5:E05 Sunny Han
Sunny Han
Over the past several years, decades even, we have seen countless exciting advancements in technology across asset-intensive industries. While exciting, these changes have raised questions about how the future will look for maintenance, operations, and reliability teams within these industries. Will we see even bigger sweeps of innovation? Will the jobs of manufacturing professionals change? On this week’s episode of Maintenance Mavericks, UpKeep Founder and CEO Ryan Chan is joined by Sunny Han, Founder and CEO of Fulcrum, to discuss what the next 5 to 30 years might look like for our industries. Tune in and listen today!
RiM 16: Bathtub Curve Misconceptions with Dane
Bathtub Curve Misconceptions with Dane
In this episode, I had a great discussion with Dane Boers from Modla about the misconceptions about the bathtub curve and the 6 failure patterns. The bathtub curve has been at the foundation of nearly every Reliability course and is the first introduction for any new Reliability Engineer, however, the underlying assumptions are never discussed. Dane and I speak about these assumptions and how they are misrepresented.
If you have any questions on Reliability, feel free to reach out to me through LinkedIn or to Dane, and let me know if you have any questions and if there is a particular topic you’d like to learn about.
QDD 079 Ways to Partner with Test Engineers
Ways to Partner with Test Engineers
We have test results but realize that testing didn’t go as planned.
What can we do to help prevent this scenario?
We talk about ways to partner with test engineers and test technicians and the importance of still maintaining their independence.
SOR 801 Deferred Maintenance in the News
Deferred Maintenance in the News
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Chris and Fred discuss about what happens when we ‘defer’ maintenance … or do it later … or perhaps never. When is it OK to do this?
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SOR 800 What Could Go Wrong
What Could Go Wrong
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Chris and Fred discuss ‘what can go wrong’ in scenarios where it is almost impossible to even comprehend might happen … like when something is really old! ᐅ Play Episode
RM 105: Conformal Coating Material Selection Best Practices
Conformal Coating Material Selection Best Practices
Today, we’re diving into conformal coating best practices. With the explosion of IOT, the electrification of vehicles, and the miniaturization of circuit assemblies and associated components, many of which are operating in harsh environments, the need for conformal coating has never been greater.
Coating your assemblies? Where does one start? What material should one choose? Should it be applied in-house or through a contract-coating house? What are the best practices in materials selection, application, inspection, and thickness? So many questions!
To answer these and other questions, I invited a conformal coating expert to speak with me and hopefully shed some light on this subject.
My guest today is David Greenman.
David began his career in the conformal coating business working at Concoat, first distributing Humiseal products and eventually manufacturing them under license for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. After 25 years of distributing, then manufacturing Humiseal products under license, Chase Corp, which owns Humiseal purchased Concoat where David serves as Director of Humiseal UK, Europe, and India where he is responsible for Corporate Responsibility as well as supporting HumiSeal sales and technical teams.
Earlier in David’s career, he qualified as a Radio, TV/Electronics Engineer and became a member of The Society of Radio and Electronics Technicians that was eventually absorbed into The Institution of Engineering and Technology, of which he is still a member.
QDD 078 What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?
What do We do with FMEA Early in Design Concept?
I’ve mentioned in previous episodes that it’s best to do FMEA early in the design concept phases of development.
Well, if we do FMEA early, then what can with do with it?
We explore a bit how to study any risk analyses (system risks, FMEA, hazard analysis) to help design-out problems, set-up design inputs, and help us figure out test methods. We also talk a bit about why a team is a necessary part of risk analyses.
Focus on Failure Mechanisms
Focus on Failure Mechanisms
podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg
In my opinion, as I do not know if this is true or not, every product or system failure has a cause. Causes are not exactly the same as what we call ‘failure mechanisms’, yet they are related in many cases. One more term to consider is ‘failure mode’, which refers to the symptoms or results of a failure. [Read more…]
SOR 799 Changing Company Career Advice
Changing Company Career Advice
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Carl and Fred discussing advice for experienced engineers who are looking to change jobs or companies.
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SOR 798 Inside Company Career Advice
Inside Company Career Advice
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Carl and Fred talking about their experiences in their own careers and advices for others in developing and taking advantage of career opportunities within a company.
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RiM 15: Six Sigma and Reliability II
Six Sigma and Reliability II
In this episode, I continued my conversation with Sandeep Jadhav from where we left off in our previous podcast together. We took a deeper dive into concepts of Six Sigma such as 1.5 Sigma Shift, Design for Six Sigma, and the impact of IoT 4.0 on how we approach Six Sigma principles. If you want to learn more about Six Sigma you can get in touch with Sandeep through LinkedIn.
QDD 077 A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions
A Severity Scale based on Quality Dimensions
We can develop a severity rating scale based on us: our company, our customer, our product… And we can relate the categories that we use to the quality dimensions that matter to us.
We talk about the 7 principal quality dimensions of goods and services, the 5 principal dimensions of quality in customer service, and how we might customize our severity scale based on these dimensions.
SOR 797 Data and Automation of Analysis
Data and Automation of Analysis
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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of current buzzwords in the field of reliability, the use of software data Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) and how many reliability professionals jump to software automation to analyze reliability issues.
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RM Special Episode: A Sneak Peak at the SMTAI Technical Conference with the Technical Committee
A Sneak Peak at the SMTAI Technical Conference with the Technical Committee
Surface Mount Technology International 2022 is quickly approaching. My guests today are SMTA President Dr. Martin Anselm, a Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Technical Committee members Julie Silk of Keysight Technologies and Raiyo Aspandiar of Intel. Together, my guests review the technical conference tracks as well as special events taking place at the Expo.
Surface Mount Technology International
Conference: October 31st- November 3rd
Exposition: November 2nd-3rd
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
*Co-located with MD&M Minneapolis
For more detailed information on SMTAI, visit:
https://smta.org/mpage/smtai/
