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Kirk Gray — Active Contributor

Author of Accelerated Reliability articles and Next Generation HALT and HASS, plus, co-host on Speaking of Reliability.


This author's archive lists contributions of articles and episodes.

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SOR 163 How many stresses should you add to your HALT

SOR 163 How many stresses should you add to your HALT

SOR 163 How many stresses should you add to your HALT

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Kirk and Fred discussing the adaptability of a HALT process and what stresses should be included in a HALT evaluation.
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SOR 162 Do we have to follow the HALT test plan?

SOR 162 Do we have to follow the HALT test plan?

Do we have to follow the HALT test plan?

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Kirk and Fred discussing the creation of a HALT plan and how to adapt HALT plans based on what is discovered during the HALT process.
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SOR 161 HALT Sample Size

SOR 161 HALT Sample Size

HALT Sample Size

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Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of getting samples to test during product development. Early prototypes of new products are typically scarce, expensive, and in high demand to many engineering teams to test. HALT testing requires pushing the product to operational limits and discovering what will fail which is scary for management and engineers that do not understand the value of information that is discovered with empirical limit tests.

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SOR 160 Validation and Verification

SOR 160 Validation and Verification

Validation and Verification

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Kirk and Fred discussing the differences between the terms process validation and verification during new product development

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SOR 159 Conferences: Your Professional Networking

SOR 159 Conferences: Your Professional Networking

Conferences: Your Professional Networking

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Kirk and Fred discussing the role technical conferences play in your professional development
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SOR 148 Introduction to Design Review Based on Failure Modes

SOR 148 Introduction to Design Review Based on Failure Modes

Introduction to Design Review Based on Failure Modes

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Kirk, guest John Paschkewitz, and Fred discussing how DRBFM (Design Review Based on Failure Modes) was developed and how it is similar to FMEA (Failure Modes and Effect Analysis).
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SOR 147 How HALT and Degradation ALT Work Together

SOR 147 How HALT and Degradation ALT Work Together

How HALT and Degradation ALT Work Together

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Kirk, guest John Paschkewitz, and Fred discussing the differences and similarities in mechanical HALT testing of motors and degradation testing for wear out modes. Kirk discusses the use of PHM (Prognostics and Health Management) to measure and provide RUL (Remaining Useful Life) estimates during its application.
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SOR 146 More on Mechanical System HALT

SOR 146 More on Mechanical System HALT

More on Mechanical System HALT

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Kirk, guest John Paschkewitz, and Fred discussing some of the differences from electronics HALT in applications on mechanical components of a system for reliability development.
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SOR 141 Difficult to Discover Failure Mechanism

SOR 141 Difficult to Discover Failure Mechanism

A Couple Approaches to Managing Lessons Learned

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discussing the difficulty in getting to root cause of a component failures. In many cases a component failure is not due to a intrinsic failure mechanism in the component, but instead is due to a circuit application issue such as rapid voltage spikes or transients. They also discuss the issues with Li-ion battery failures in Samsung and Boeing leading to costly recalls and failures.
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SOR 140 DLP TV reliability – what next?

DLP TV reliability – what next?

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Kirk and Fred discussing our nature to seek root causes even with home appliances.
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SOR 132 Mechanical System HALT Hints and Tips

SOR 132 Mechanical System HALT Hints and Tips

Mechanical System HALT Hints and Tips

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Kirk and Fred discussing the process of HALT on mechanical systems. Many times the simplest and most straightforward of accelerated testing is to increase the number of expected use cycles such as on a mechanical hinge. They discuss how a failure may come from degradation, such as a squeaking door hinge, before it actually has a functional failure.
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SOR 131 Pinball Machine Reliability

SOR 131 Pinball Machine Reliability

Pinball Machine Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discussing the history of our and other SOR podcasts on the Accendo Reliability Website and the improvements and additions since we did the first SOR podcast.

Fred also asks about Kirk’s new book and interest in the recent revival of pinball and the reliability issues that they have.
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SOR 130 General Trends with Reliability Conferences

SOR 130 General Trends with Reliability Conferences

General Trends with Reliability Conferences

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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s upcoming paper and presentation for the next IEEE ASTR Conference next month. They also discuss past and future of Reliability Engineering conferences including the ASTR conference and long running RAMS annual meeting.
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SOR 114 60% of Profits from Spares and Repairs

SOR 114 60% of Profits from Spares and Repairs

60% of Profits from Spares and Repairs

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Kirk and Fred discuss the situation when an organization has a business model that actively minimizes reliability.
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SOR 113 How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier

SOR 113 How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier

How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier

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Kirk and Fred discuss working with suppliers to obtain the desired reliability performance. It starts with how you specify reliability. It must include sufficient detail so your supplier understands your request.
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