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

Principle 1 Achieving or Calculating Reliability Abstract Carl and Fred discussing the question: Is it more important to calculate reliability or to achieve reliability? Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the first of three important principles that summarize the reliability philosophy of successful companies: “Knowing how to calculate reliability is important, but knowing [...]

Dealing with the Occurrence of Failure Abstract Chris and Fred discussing how different organizations deal with failures. Failures are a ‘bad’ thing in that a system doesn’t do what you hoped it would. But what about failures that occur during the design or production process? This is different. If you have scope to improve your [...]

The Recent Soyuz Rocket Failure and What We Can Learn Abstract Chris and Fred discussing the recent Russian Soyuz rocket failure. With the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet, the Soyuz rocket and spacecraft are now the only viable way to launch humans into space. The 1960s Soyuz rocket propels the 1960s Soyuz spacecraft into [...]

Keeping Failure Knowledge Alive Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the difficulty of keeping the failure data and details of past failures of products in order to make more reliable products. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss lessons learned from past field failures. Topics include: Re-learning of the causes of past component failures [...]

How to Best Learn from Previous Products Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the problem of getting failure data from predecessor products for many companies. Without detailed useful and verified failure data, it is difficult to improve reliability Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Topics include: Suppliers common failure analysis results such as [...]

Reliability and Industrial Designers Abstract Carl and Fred discussing design requirements and how they influence reliability decisions. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the impact of design constraints on reliability considerations. Topics include: What is meant by industrial design requirements? How do design requirements act as constraints, and impact reliability? Managing competing requirements [...]

Considering Interfaces in Reliability Work Abstract Carl and Fred discuss the various types of interfaces in electrical and mechanical systems and how they should be included in reliability analyses. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the importance of interfaces in analyzing and achieving reliability objectives. Topics include: What are interfaces? What are the different types [...]

The Double Edged Sword of Industry Standards Abstract Adam and Fred discussing how industry standards can help and hurt new product development Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss how industry standards can help and hurt new product development Topics include: Do we over apply standards just to save time. it’s an easy way [...]

Manufacturer Accountability 65 Years Later Abstract Adam and Fred discussing an exotic experience Adam had in a 65 year old plane. Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss an exotic experience Adam had flying a 65 year old plane. Flying a completely restored 1953 Air Force plane brings up many questions about design wear-out [...]

Maintenance Data Integration with Kevin Clark Abstract Kevin Clark and Fred discussing a new set of devices and services to provide real-time vibration and temperature data for your factory’s assets. Key Points Join Kevin and Fred as they discuss the ability to attach a small portable device to an industrial motor, for example, that wirelessly [...]