When to Use RGA

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Reliability Growth Analysis in reliability programs.
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When to Use DOE

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Design of Experiments in a reliability program.
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When to Use FTA

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Fault Tree Analysis as part of a reliability program.
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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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How Are Warranty Accruals Set?

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Andre and Fred discussing the art and science of setting warranty accruals.
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How to Best Use a Simple System Reliability Model

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Andre and Fred discussing the use of system reliability models.
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The Information You Need to Set Meaningful Reliability Goals

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Andre and Fred discussing reliability goals.
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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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The Reliability Equation – The Robust Design

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Carl and Fred discussing the “Reliability Equation.”
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Philosophical Underpinning for Reliability Planning

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Carl and Fred discussing the underlying philosophy of reliability planning.
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Dealing with Field Data

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Carl and Fred discussing use of field data in reliability programs.
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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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