10 Reasons to do FMEAs

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Everyone knows why we do reliability, and reliability things like FMEAs. Customer experience. Organization reputation. Reduced warranty claims 10 years from now. But these are boring reasons that really don’t motivate me to take FMEAs seriously now. Why should I invest so much time into an activity that benefits the ‘company’ or the ‘customer’ in the future but won’t make an immediate difference when my boss will give me a ‘gold star’ on my next performance appraisal? Right? Wrong! [Read more…]

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MD 154 Maintenance Task Analysis & Much More with Lucas Marino

Every organization is trying to put together better and better work instructions. What is the best way to accomplish this? Who do you engage? Who should be doing the analysis?

In this week’s episode of Maintenance Disrupted, Steven Dobie talks with Lucas Marino from East Partnership about maintenance task analysis. As usual, the topic was strayed from and Steve & Lucas started discussing KPIs, worker engagement, and much much more.

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Lucas Marino – https://www.eastpartnership.org/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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RM 066: A Conservation with Dr. Ron Lasky and His Students Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan

A Conservation with Dr. Ron Lasky and His Students Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan

Dr. Ron Lasky (Professor at Dartmouth College) and three of his students talk about the papers they wrote which were presented at SMTA’s Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium in Hawaii in 2020 as well as a new paper to be presented at the same conference in 2022.

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258 – Remove Wasted Time and Frustration from the Maintenance with Zachary Yost

Remove Wasted Time and Frustration from the Maintenance with Zachary Yost

Let’s welcome Zachary Yost who is an integration lead at CNS. Our main topic will be the removal of wastage in the maintenance work process.

Zachary will give us insight on:

What were the goals in trying to streamline the work process?
How did you come up with the solutions to these inefficiencies?
How does the planning process compare prior to the changes and after?

… and so much more!

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SOR 647 Deterministic versus Probabilistic

Deterministic versus Probabilistic

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Chris and Fred discuss what it means to be ‘deterministic’ versus ‘probabilistic’ … and what that means for reliability engineering. Know what these words mean and want to learn more? Don’t know what these words mean and want to understand how they could help reliability engineering? Listen to this podcast.
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SOR 646 The Hunt for Reliability Training

The Hunt for Reliability Training

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Chris and Fred discuss how you go about ‘hunting’ reliability training. And we do mean ‘hunt.’
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TMC S3:E1 Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith

We’re back, and excited to announce our rebrand as “The Maintenance Community Podcast”! We’re kicking off our newest season with Ricky Smith, Expert in Residence at UpKeep. In this episode, Ricky and Ryan discuss how to properly train new maintenance technicians, and how managers can set them up for success. [Read more…]

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QDD 001 How to Choose the Right Improvement Model

You have a design you want to make better. Or you’re working within a designing framework that you think needs to be updated. Quality folks use and promote some standard problem solving and continuous improvement methods, and you’ll want to get started with the right one, or reference the right acronym when getting buy-in for your project.

You may have heard of PDCA, PDSA, and DMAIC. You vaguely know these represent improvement processes, but don’t really know what their differences are. When should you use which one, and for what? [Read more…]

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MD 153 IoT Enabled Connected Breather with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case

Unlike any breather on the market, The Des-Case Connected Breather has eliminated the subjectivity of color-changing desiccant media, allowing you to know the exact moment your breather is fully spent and should be replaced. Sensors inside the breather provides a precise digital reading of remaining breather life, saturation direction and breather temperature so the breather is never replaced too early or left on an unprotected asset.

In this week’s episode on the Technology Innovation series of Maintenance Disrupted, Blair Fraser talks with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case about a very important but often overlooked aspect of rotating equipment life by ensuring your lubricants are protected from harmful moisture and particulates with breathers. But can these seemingly simple devices become smarter? Yes, with the addition of key moisture, temperature, and battery sensors you can maximize the life of the breather and gain insights into your equipment health that was previously, not available.

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Roy Giorgio – https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-giorgio-9ba16b101/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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

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257 – Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg

Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg

Welcome Fred to today’s episode. Our topic will be the misconceptions surrounding reliability. What is reliability?

The English dictionary defines reliability as the characteristic of trustworthiness or being able to adhere to a schedule and deliver as needed.

On the other hand, reliability in engineering encompasses functionality, probability of success, duration of continued delivery of that success, and work environment.

Fred will give us insight on:

What is implementing reliability?
What is the disconnect between all these activities (tools) and decision making?
So does it require understanding the data and engaging the people?

… and so much more!

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SOR 645 Standards and Regulations

Standards and Regulations

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Kirk and Fred discussing the role and relationship of meeting standards and making a reliable product.
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SOR 644 Dealing with Failures that Destroy

Dealing with Failures that Destroy

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Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of understanding the root cause of failures for products that are hard to retrieve from the field or have other reasons that make failure analysis almost impossible.
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How to Plan an ALT

podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg

The more you understand the failure mechanisms, the easier it is to design an accelerated life test (ALT). Yet, we often do not have all the information we would like to draft an ALT. So, what do we do then?
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MD 152 Starting A Maintenance Program with Ronan O’Sullivan

Starting a maintenance program from scratch is no easy task. Our guest this week, Ronan O’Sullivan, has been with his plant from brownfield to operation. Tune in and hear about Ronan’s journey and what he has learned along the way.

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Ronan O’Sullivan – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronan-o-sullivan-25726a37/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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RM 065: Part 2 of our Conversation with Tim O’Neill and Fred Dimock on Oven Profiling

Part 2 of our Conversation with Tim O’Neill and Fred Dimock on Oven Profiling

Welcome to episode 65 of the Reliability Matters podcast. This is part 2 of our conservation with Aim Solder’s Tim O’Neill and BTU’s Fred Dimock. On this episode, we’ll dive into oven profiling best practices.

Timothy O’Neill is the Technical Marketing Manager for AIM Solder. Operating out of AIM’s U.S. Headquarters, Tim is responsible for developing and optimizing product and technical information, collaborating with complimentary suppliers and equipment manufacturers and ensuring AIM’s products exceed expectations and meet market requirements.
Tim is also a technical writer and presenter for industry trade publications and events. He has co-authored several papers on PCB assembly subjects.

Tim is also an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Specialist.

Fred Dimock is the Manager of Process Technology at BTU International and recently started a consulting business, FCD-Global services.

Fred holds an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design from Wentworth in Boston and a Bachelors Degree in Ceramic Engineering from the State University of New York.

Fred has authored numerous articles on lead free solder, process control, and the operation of continuous furnaces. His papers have been published in English, Chinese, and German.

He has taught numerous SMTA solder reflow classes and participated in the 5-45 Subcommittee for the development of IPC-7801 Reflow Oven Process Control Standard.
Additionally, he wrote the chapter on solder reflow for the Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification by Dr Lasky and Jim Hall.

He received Distinguished Speaker status at SMTA Guadalajara Mexico and is a key presenter for the SMTA Jump Start program for new engineers.

Tim O’Neill may be contacted here:
toneill@aimsolder.com

Fred Dimock may be contacted here:
fdimock@btu.com

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