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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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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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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What Does Physics Have to Do with Reliability

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Carl and Fred discussing the physics of failure and how physics and chemistry impact reliability
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Our Top Reliability Tools and Goal Setting

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Carl and Fred discussing common reliability tools.
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The Difference Between Quality and Reliability

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Adam and Fred discussing the difference between Quality and Reliability.
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The Words We Use

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Adam and Fred discussing the words we use to communicate and define reliability.
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Reliability Maturity Tools Per Stage

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Adam and Fred discussing how “reliability maturity” of an organization can be evaluated.
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