Accendo Weekly Update #475 December 8, 2024
Top 100+ Reliability Engineering Resouces
Top 10 lists for 12 categories
While the number of search results for the term 'reliability' has declined, there still are many places on the web associated with reliability. Today, the results showed 709 million results down from January 2023 of 748 million.
The Resouces page provides you with lists of blogs, books, consultants, degree programs, and more. If one of your favorite resources is missing, let us know. If you are having trouble finding exactly what you need to solve a program or learn, again, let us know.
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Announcements & Reminders
I was recently asked how much money the Accendo Reliability site makes. While we do make some money selling courses, it's really not all that much. Maybe $20,000 to $30,000 in a good year, which helps to cover the cost of hosting and maintaining the site.
The real value of Accendo Reliability is the benefits it brings you, the readers/visitors, the contributors, and society at large as we each learn and apply the knowledge shared. Efficient testing, failure avoidance, lower field failure rates, etc. etc... we each make a difference that makes a difference.
If you're willing to share an example of how Accendo Reliability helped you make a difference, we may be able to extrapolate the impact the site has made (and will continue to make...).
Stay safe, stay flexible, and stay resilient.
Cheers,
Fred
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Reliability.FM
The Reliability Engineering podcast network
Podcasts continue to gain listeners, so thanks for letting others know. Let us know what you'd like to talk about. Now, with over 3,321,847 downloads. Thanks for listening! Tell a friend about the network.
SOR 1023 What Counts
Carl and Fred discuss a listener question about what type of field or test issues to count when assessing or estimating reliability in a project. [Listen here...]
SOR 1024 MTBF and an Indicator
Chris and Fred discuss the MTBF … and how it (perhaps!) can be used in some reliability engineering applications … sometimes! [Listen here...]
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QDD 157 How Engineers Changed Thanksgiving
Have you ever stopped to consider the engineering marvels that make festive meals like Thanksgiving possible? Engineering has played a crucial role in ensuring we can enjoy fresh-tasting vegetables and perfectly preserved foods all year round. [Listen here...]
RM157: What's On Your Workbench? Critical Steps to Avoid Contamination PCA's During the Rework Process
On today’s episode, we’ll be exploring the critical steps to avoid contamination on circuit assemblies during the rework process with our expert guest, Gayle Towell. [Listen here...]
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Fundamentals of Early Field Results
Recorded 12 November 2024 / Fred Schenkelberg
At least one group called this the ‘Delta Phase.’ It is the period shortly after launching a product and provides a unique opportunity to reduce future field failures and improve customer satisfaction dramatically. The idea is to aggressively identify and resolve any field issues identified by your customers.
Let’s explore the concept of a delta phase and how to implement it in your organization. Plus, let’s examine a few situations that make significant short and long-term reductions in the field failure rate. [Listen here...]
What's Wrong with Using FITs?
Recorded 22 October 2024 / Chris Jackson
Every industry has its own way of characterizing reliability metrics. For example, the ball bearing industry uses the metric ‘B_10’ to represent the time by which they expect 10 % of all ball bearings of a specific type to fail. Electronic component manufacturers use the term ‘Failures in Time’ of ‘FITs’ to describe the reliability of their products. But what is a FIT? And how can you use it to measure reliability? Did you know that many electronic manufacturers advertise ‘FIT values’ that imply a mean time to failure of over 1000 years? If you are involved in electronic component reliability, this webinar recording is for you! [Listen here...]
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Reliability?Live Events
Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes
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Fundamentals of Ongoing Reliability Testing
Scheduled for December 10, 2024, at 9 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Fred Schenkelberg
Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT) is a class of product testing that aims to identify potential field reliability issues after product launch and before customers experience failures. Typically, done using a rotation of samples directly from production and using expected use conditions/stresses, the testing balances many factors to be of value.
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ORT works well to monitor an ongoing production process subject to variation. If that variation impacts reliable performance, then a well-designed and implemented ORT should identify the issue.
Let’s explore the range of considerations when designing an ORT to optimize the ORT’s ability to identify field problems efficiently. We will also discuss the various tradeoffs that impact sample size, the use of accelerating stresses, and more.
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Reliability Articles
Reliability Engineering essays and tutorials
Short essays and tutorials for your weekly professional reading. Did you know there are over 3,500 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
Three Reasons Reliability Professionals Should Not Care about the Decision
Reliability professionals are trusted advisors. Being a trusted advisor to a person making the biggest career decision is an enormous job—as is making a good, big decision. Where most advisors lose the “trust” in “trusted advisor” is when they mix the roles of “advisor” with “decision maker.” ? ...[Read more…] ??
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Test to Catch Supplier Defects
Using highly accelerated stress screening to identify supplier defects before the product is shipped saves time and money. ? ?
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Why Simple Experimentation Typically Fails
(and Why?Design of Experiments?is so Superior)
?In my 30-year career as an Industrial Statistics consultant, I have frequently been told by clients that they have performed Design of Experiments (DOEs), to try and resolve design or manufacturing issues. ? ...[Read more…]
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Tale of Project Reporting: Feast or Famine
This is a story about project reporting, and its importance to project management.? No matter how many or how few reports there are, it’s the report that provides the information that managers need to make decisions.? It’s also not about the glut or the dearth though, it’s about the quality of the content and timing of delivery that can make all the difference between right or wrong decisions, and a project’s overall outcome. ? ?...[Read more…]
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The Maintenance 10 Commandments behind All Maintenance Success
Remember, in Maintenance…
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Acceptance Sampling Plans for Quality Control (Part-1)
Dear friends, I am happy to share our first video on Quality Control Acceptance Sampling Plans! In this video, I have explained some basic concepts and terminology of sampling plans. I have also illustrated use of Microsoft Excel to construct Operating Characteristic Curve and AOQ Curve of a sampling plan It is not possible to inspect 100% parts received from suppliers. ? ...[Watch here…]
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SPC Q&A Part 3
In this third and final installment in this series, I continue my review of questions I’ve received from students of my online course titled, “Statistical Process Control (SPC) Using Microsoft Excel.
?The length of the course is just under 11 hours, and covers a wide range of topics under four major chapters: Pareto Analysis, Control Charting, Process Capability Analysis, and Linear Regression. ? ...[Read more…]
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3 Tips for Taking Control of a Reactive Situation
In this session, we will delve into essential strategies for gaining clarity in the midst of reactive maintenance challenges. ...[Watch here…]
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RCM Today: More Important Than Ever
Today we’re tackling the big question: “Is Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) obsolete?” With principles that are over 50 years old, some may wonder if RCM is still relevant. The answer is a resounding YES. In fact, RCM is more crucial now than ever.
Join me as I take you from my hotel room in Cartagena to a beautiful outdoor setting to explore how RCM principles still apply today, even with all our advanced technology. ? ...[Watch here…]
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Key Teaching Principle # 11: Prepare, Prepare, Prepare!
Like any task in life, it is essential that instructors prepare well for each course being taught.
What is Preparation? The definition of “prepare” is “to work out the details of; to plan in advance” Preparation to teach a course means performing all the tasks, before training begins, that are necessary for success. The following are some of the tasks related to effective course preparation. ? ...[Read more…]
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?If you would like to contribute an article or series of articles on reliability, maintenance, or related topics, let's talk. The intent is to have many voices writing here. If you're interested in publishing your work via Accendo Reliability, let's talk. [email protected]
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2 个月Thanks, Fred. Keep up the good work. Happy Holidays 2024.