Accendo Weekly Update #373
With 46 different article series on a wide range of topics.
From the eight steps to create a X-bar and R chart to four risk mitigation techniques, the contributing authors has shared thier knowledge with you.
For the authors - thanks for sharing your work here. If reading an article and have a question or comment - please login to the site to enable the comment form. Every week we do receive questions for clarification, additional comments to expand the topic, and even some notes on spelling errors. All good stuff.
There is no charge to contribute articles, there is no charge to enjoy what has been shared. The idea is the authors find an audience, and the audience finds great content. By sharing via Accendo Reliability the site has a steady stream of new content and engagement - which helps others to find the content when they need it. Somewhat a virtuous cycle - pretty cool, eh?
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The reliability engineering podcast network
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Greg and Fred discuss the tradeoffs in reshoring.?Many companies are considering bringing design and manufacturing back to the US or host country.
Greg and Fred discuss why people have a hard time adjusting and pivoting in times of uncertainty, much like what we all experience today.
We talk about using reliability allocation to help us choose reliability goals for modules of our product design. And we talk about its limitations.
Ryan Chan and Joey Cantrell, General Manager of Operations at Constellium, discuss how the shop floor has changed over the last three years.
This episode is an introduction to the Metal Conversations podcast. Michael Pfeifer from Industrial Metallurgists, LLC introduces himself and gives a brief description of what the podcast series will be about.
On this episode, there are no guests, and no specific topics. I would like to use this opportunity to thank my guests, our syndication partners, and, of course, my audience.
Recorded 22 November 2022 / Chris Jackson
Redundancy has continually proven to not always be redundant. Whether it be the Fukushima nuclear power plant or United Airlines Flight 232, additional components or subsystems that are supposed to take over when others have failed don’t always work. Why is that? There are quite a few reasons … many of which we already know about. But time and time again, otherwise smart people choose to ignore what we know about how to REALLY make things redundant in order to save costs, save thinking, or otherwise confuse efforts with outcomes. In this webinar, we will look at how redundancy is described in textbooks … and how it can go wrong in the real world.
Recorded 13 December 2022 / Michael Pfeifer
Components and joints will stop functioning as required if their materials degrade too much. This is a problem if it leads to a reduction or loss of product performance before the end of a product’s expected life.
During this event, I will discuss the identification of the conditions that can cause materials to degrade.
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Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes
Join the discussion at the next live event
Scheduled for January 10, 2023, at 9?am?US Pacific time.
Speaker:?Fred Schenkelberg
We have plenty of options to learn reliability engineering—books, magazines, newsletters, conferences, seminars, etc. We have options. Depending on what you want to know, some options are better than others. Likewise, some options are better than others, depending on what you want to share.
Formal learning in school is just the beginning of our education. To thrive in your career, you really should continue to learn. Given all the options available, how does one choose which to focus on?
Let’s explore the range of options available, pros and cons, and a simple strategy to make professional development a routine part of your ongoing education.
Scheduled for January 24, 2023, at 8?am?US Pacific time.
Speaker:?Chris Jackson
Sounds simple … right? We simply test faster! Great! But what does this get us? Many organizations are faced with a dilemma when it comes to testing to MEASURE reliability. If we test an amazing new product in ‘at use’ conditions, it might take many years before it will fail. This is time we simply don’t have when it comes to product development. So how do we test faster? One of the more obvious answers is to increase the stress. Turn the temperature up. Increase the vibration. Use more voltage. But how do we get this right? How can we know that (for example) one week of accelerated testing is equivalent to 10 years of actual use? This webinar will help introduce you to the idea of Accelerated Life Testing or ALT to help you and your organization make reliability testing a reality.
Reliability Engineering essays and tutorials
Short essays and tutorials for your weekly professional reading. Did you know there are over 2,600 articles published to date? Comment or ask questions thus joining the discussion. If you have an idea for an article or would like to contribute articles,?let's talk.
OSHA inspected 42 refineries between June 2007 – February 2009. Below is a summary of violations for 30 refineries. A bit of history.
The average penalty for each violation is $ 5,650.
The average penalty per refinery is $ 98,300.
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There are numerous papers and documents on the internet regarding a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The question is how do you create one for a new project. This paper explains how.
PLANNING
Initial project planning is accomplished during the proposal phase. The request for proposal (RFP), statement of work (SOW), specification, terms and conditions...??[Read more…]??
Many people believe Proactive Maintenance is the ultimate physical asset management strategy—but there is one better strategy. To get world class reliability at the least cost there must be no maintenance.?Only a “wellness”?paradigm can achieve that result.??...[Read more…]
In a season 2 episode of AMC’s acclaimed TV show “Better Call Saul”, its lead character Jimmy McGill asks his assistant Omar to “take a letter” as he dictates a handful of disjointed phrases to tender his resignation from his lucrative position at the Davis & Main law firm1. During a pause between Jimmy’s thoughts, Omar blankly states, “I just didn’t realize how unhappy you were here.”??...[Read more…]?
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2 年Merry Christmas Fred Schenkelberg! ????