RRP 133 Does Confidence and Precision Matter in Remote Vibration Monitoring? Interview with Nanoprecise

In this week’s episode of Technology Disrupted, a Rob’s Reliability Project Podcast, Blair welcomes Sunil Vedula and Graham Kawulka of NanoPrecise Corp, and Dean Stephens of Benchmark Reliability Services to talk about the value of precision and confidence when it comes to wireless vibration condition monitoring. NanoPrecise hardware and software is challenging the value of both precision and confidence in one solution.

You can connect with our Guest here:

Sunil Vedula –linkedin.com/in/sunil-vedula-844a0917

Graham Kawulka –linkedin.com/in/graham-kawulka-0b851122

Dean Stephens –linkedin.com/in/dean-stephens-mmp-cmrp-crl-a7144813

If your company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Rob’s Reliability Project. If you’d like to discuss advertising on my content, please email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out my website robsreliability.com and sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content. If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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238 – Marketing with Ashley Larrimore

Marketing with Ashley Larrimore

We’re excited to be joined by Ashley, a marketing expert at Eruditio. She has been there for 2 years and handles all the marketing e.g., emails, products, websites, conferences, etc. Overall, she has amassed a wealthy 8 years of experience in marketing.

She’ll be our guide on discussing the common themes around marketing including:

Marketing and its importance
How you can get started
Measuring the effectiveness of your marketing strategy
Some of the common hurdles and possible solutions

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SOR 605 Planning Ahead Guidance

Planning Ahead Guidance

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James and Fred discussing how to go about preparing and planning for the coming year.
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SOR 604 How We Prepare Future Reliability Engineers

How We Prepare Future Reliability Engineers

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Philip and Fred discussing the importance of mentoring and reliability guidance.
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Reliability Analysis … now what? Part 4

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

This is the fourth in our webinar series, ‘Reliability Analysis … now what?’ We have examined how to turn data points (like the different failure points of devices under test) into something simple, useful, and sometimes beautiful! This is something that commercial software can’t do. [Read more…]

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RRP 132 Front Line Engagement with Dylan Day

In this week’s episode of Over The Line, a Rob’s Reliability Project Podcast, Steve welcomes Dylan Day to talk about front line engagement. In this podcast we talk about getting front line workers more engaged, how to retain them, and how to get the best technicans to join your team. This episode is well worth the listen.

You can connect with our Guest here:

Dylan Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-day-22265890/

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/

Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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RM 056: A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning Experts

A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning Experts

Episode 56: A Conversation about Solder Voiding with Solder Materials, Stencil, and Cleaning Experts

Voiding is the cause of multiple failure mechanisms. I spoke with solder material expert Tim O’Neill of Aim Solder, stencil manufacturer Prakash Gango of StenTech, and cleaning materials manufacturer Kalyan Nukala of Zestron about how solder voiding leads to product failures and methods to reduce voiding.

My guests may be reached here:
Tim O’Neill
Aim Solder
toneill@aimsolder.com
www.aimsolder.com

Prakash Gango
StenTech
prakash@stentech.com
www.stentech.com

Kalyan Nukala
Kalyan.Nukala@zestronusa.com
www.zestron.com

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237 – Bringing Ultrasound to iIoT with Blair Fraser

Bringing Ultrasound to iIoT with Blair Fraser

We’re glad to have Blair Fraser, the Global Director for IIoT Solutions at UE Systems. He’s been our guest on topics like Artificial Intelligence, IIoT, and other areas relating to tech and maintenance and reliability. Blair previously worked at Quartic and Lakeside Process Controls, getting involved in the tech side of reliability. His earlier career influences got him involved in maintaining assets on the plant floor. Blair will be giving us more insight on bringing ultrasound in the iIoT space.

Blair Fraser of Quartic.ai shares some important insights as well as:

How do we bring Ultrasound to IIoT?
How is Ultrasound being brought into IIoT?
Is Ultrasound qualitative or quantitative?

…and so much more!

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SOR 603 Critical Few in Risk Management

Critical Few in Risk Management

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Philip and Fred discuss Risk management – internet challenges during COVID and how we analyse integrated systems that challenge traditional methods.
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SOR 602 Is a Test to Pass Useful?

Is a Test to Pass Useful?

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Kirk and Fred discussing the desire of everyone to “Pass the Tests”, which in reliability testing may not provide the best information on a products potential reliability.
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MIM S2:E20 Bryan Bieschke

An Interview with Bryan Bieschke

In this week’s episode of Masterminds in Maintenance, we are excited to have Bryan Bieschke, Director of Maintenance and Reliability of T. Parker Host!

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RRP 131 Learnings from Three Years of Implementing Artificial Intelligence with Vinodh Rodrigues & Xiaozhou Wang

In this week’s episode of Technology Disruption, a Rob’s Reliability Project Podcast, Blair welcomes Vinodh Rodrigues and Xiaozhou Wang from Quartic.ai to discuss what they have learned after three years of implementing AI for maintenance and reliability use cases. If you are currently implementing AI or curious about how to go about it, this podcast is well worth your time!

You can connect with our Guests here:

Vinodh Rodrigues – https://www.linkedin.com/in/vjrodrigues/

Xiaozhou Wang – https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaozhou-wang-2aa1735a/

For more information on Quartic.ai – www.quartic.ai

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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236 – Machinery Installation: Planning with Roman Megela

Machinery Installation: Planning with Roman Megela

It’s a pleasure to have Roman Megela from Easy-Laser join us on this deep dive into Machinery Installation. He’s worked with rotating equipment for over 20 years, particularly in service, installation, assembly, and commissioning for gas compression, glass production, and stainless steel. So far, we’ve looked into how strategy and integrity fall into the Machinery Installation process. We’ll now get a look into the role Planning plays in Machinery Installation.

Roman will give us insights on:

What is Planning?
Are there technical specifications for planning?
How does Planning impact installation?

… and so much more!

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SOR 601 Checkbox Activities

Checkbox Activities

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Kirk and Fred discussing those reliability procedures such as cookbook predictions that are “check the box” activities and do not add value and may be misleading
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