HALT and Safety

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discussing the relationship between reliability, the fundamental limits of technology, and safety.

Key Points

Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss possible risks to human life and how the highest priority in reliability is any failure that leads to safety risks.

Topics include:

• Making a product more robust helps improve reliability for variation in new customer use conditions that may not have been anticipated during the design stage.
• HALT can lead to discovery of safety issues, but should not be relied on to find all.
• The reliability of the gasoline pump automatic shutoff is a representative of a product that could be a severe safety problem if it fails, but  has been for reliable design for decades.

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

SOR 710 HALT and SafetyKirk Gray

share

• Social:
• Link:
• Embed:

Download Audio RSS

Show Notes

Please click on this link to access a relatively new analysis of traditional reliability prediction methods article from the US ARMY and CALCE titled  “Reliability Prediction – Continued Reliance on a Misleading Approach”

For more information on the newest discovery testing methodology here is a link to the book “Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust design of Electronics and Systems” written by Kirk Gray and John Paschkewitz.