Speaking Of Reliability: Friends Discussing Reliability Engineering Topics | Warranty | Plant Maintenance

Accelerated testing is great in that you can compress a lot of 'real-life' use in a short amount of test time. But if you want to use this accelerated test data to learn about reliability in 'real-life' conditions, then you need to really know what you are doing. Keen to learn more? Listen to this podcast!

Reliability engineering is full of 'deterministic' and 'probabilistic' models ... and combinations of each. Do you know what these words mean? Do you want to know how they can help you make better reliability engineering decisions? Listen to this podcast!

We are often faced with scenarios where we need to do training. It might be that time of the year. It might be a business need. But before you go hunting for failure, ask yourself 'why' you are doing it. 'What' you are trying to achieve.

Standards and Regulations Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the role and relationship of meeting standards and making a reliable product. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss how passing standard test requirements doesn’t mean you have made a reliable product. Topics include: Standards are very critical to have useful interfaces such as IEEE […]

Dealing with Failures that Destroy Abstract 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. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss different situations and conditions where the products […]

Maintenance FMEAs Abstract Carl and Fred discussing the application of FMEAs in support of asset maintenance. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the subject of FMEAs and Maintenance; and difference between FMEAs done in support of product development (Design FMEAs) and FMEAs done in support of maintenance or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) […]

What Price Reliability? Abstract Carl and Fred discussing the reliability of the Texas electric grid debacle, and what can be learned from a reliability point of view. Lessons learned from this problem can be applied to other industries. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the cost of reliability in the electric grid. […]

Becoming a reliability engineering consultant can be a really rewarding career. It may be for you. It may not. If you have any questions, please listen to this podcast.

Setting reliability requirements for your system can be really challenging. But it is still something you need to come up with for your own organization's unique needs. This podcast can't give you the answer, but it might be able to help you work out where you need to get to an answer that works for you.

Ready to Teach Reliability Abstract Philip and Fred discussing the general need to be able to teach reliability all the time. Key Points Join Philip and Fred as they discuss teaching reliability at all levels from the short explanations, to presentations, and via courses. Topics include: Be prepared so the learning experience works for the […]