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DTK Jon Elerath Consultant

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Jon Elerath, Consultant, Elerath Reliability Consulting

Fred Schenkelberg interview Jon about his career and consulting.


[Note: This is a bonus episode recorded at RAMS 2016 in Tucson, AZ. Fred invited thought leaders to join him for a quick interview, thus please pardon the sounds of the conference in the background.]

Just like many other Reliability consultants, Jon has a breadth of experiences in the use of reliability techniques, such as FMEA, predictions and reliability testing.

Unlike most others, he has several strengths that are not as common.

  • System Modeling
    • Reliability without repair
    • Reliability with repair
    • Availability
    • Model analysis
      • Reliability block diagrams
      • Markov models
      • Sequential Monte Carlo simulations
      • Fault trees
      • Field data analysis
        • Develop the data collection process
        • Data with non-constant failure rates

          • Jon uses statistical fundamentals for all my work but always provides a practical application as simply as possible. He understands the basis for modeling and knows why one type of model is better than another for a specific case.

          In his role as manager, he has created many reliability program plans; in his role as an individual contributor, he has created component/assembly reliability test plans.

          While steeped in reliability theory, he is very hands-on.

          He personally developed a reliability laboratory for testing plasm-etch subsystems and components; assembled a data storage system for Ongoing Reliability Tests (ORT) with over 1600 HDDs; and has attached accelerometers to solar trackers during a light snow in China.

          In this episode, Jon discusses:

          • The story and value of obtaining his Ph.D.
          • How a corrosion course in college still works for him today
          • RAID with drives is not just for reliability performance
          • and, more

            • Recorded January 2016 at RAMS in Tucson, AZ.

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