Accendo Reliability Webinar Series

What is Reliability? podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson Everyone knows what reliability is. And that's the problem. We have used the term reliability' in normal, everyday speech since we were children. So that means we have decades of preconceived ideas about what reliability is (and is not). But that means there are lots of different ideas about what reliability is. Some people think this thing called the MTBF' is a measure of reliability (it isn't). And neither is the failure rate.' Neither are things called the L10' and B10' lives. So if you want to find out what reliability actually is (no equations) this webinar is for you! This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 22 July 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page. Additional content that may be of interest The Definition of Reliability and Quality episode< What definition of failure is used to measure Reliability? episode Two Ways to Think and Talk about Reliability article Reliability Engineering It's all about Models! article Aspects of Good Reliability Goals and Requirements episode Establishing Reliability Goals Consider both your customer and business expectations to create meaningful goals to guide your team's reliability decisions. See More Fundamentals of Reliability Performance Monitoring An introduction to setting up and using reliability performance monitoring. Be sure to connect the metric to the decision you need to make. See More Fundamentals of Environmental and Use Conditions A basic discussion about the importance of environmental and use conditions for every reliability related decision See More Fundamentals of Reliability Goals Let's explore the elements that make up a reliability goal. Plus, the range of inputs you can use to define each element. See More Fundamentals of System Effectiveness See More What’s Wrong with Using ‘FITs’? See More Fundamentals of Allocation See More Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring See More What is Reliability? See More The post What is Reliability? appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

Fundamentals of Success Testing podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg Product life testing is expensive. Thus, many seek ways to minimize the cost. Two common methods is to use the fewest samples that may lead to a meaningful result, and using acceleration methods to shorten test times. Designing a test based on the pass/fail (binomial distribution) approach provides a path to using very few samples, providing a clear pass/fail result, and is relatively risky. Let's examine the success testing approach, the assumptions, benefits and faults. Plus, what other options you may have available to get the information concerning expected product/component life. Knowing the details of success testing enables you to use it when it's appropriate and when to avoid its use. This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 8 July 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.   Related content: What is Wrong With Success Testing? article Determine Success Testing Sample Size article Sample Size success testing article Extended Bogey Testing article Success Testing Formula Derivation article Reliability and Tolerance Analysis Tolerance specification communicates the allowance for part variation. Variation happens, and when it is within what we expect, great. See More Creating Meaningful Reliability Predictions Early and often during product development, the team needs to know the expected and meaningful reliability prediction of the current design. See More Reliability Integration into the Product Development Process One of the challenges for reliability engineering in product development is reliability integration into the product development process. See More Process Capability, Tolerance, and Reliability How a focus on variability with process control, process capability and tolerances helps to improve reliability. See More Fundamentals of Stress-Strength Analysis How a focus on variability with process control, process capability and tolerances helps to improve reliability. See More Fundamentals of Human Factors If a person is not able to interact with your product, with or without the manual, they may consider your product a failure. See More Using Available Weather Data How to find and analyze temperature readings over a 10 year period, create histogram and determine how many hours below freezing may exist. See More Fundamentals of Tolerance Analysis There are three approaches to set tolerance limits. Each has ramifications for the eventual manufacturability and reliability performance. See More Practical Use of Stress-Strength Models to Develop Specifications Warranty returns are a great start for setting targets for new products. But how do you translate that to specific numbers to design to? See More Fundamentals of Design for Reliability DFR is more than a set of tools or activities, let's explore the building of a reliability culture that support reliability thinking See More Fault Tolerance Fault tolerant design principles are the best approach to reliability. Or not. It depends on your design challenges. See More Helping Products Survive Transportation Besides building your product inside your customer's facility, your product requires transportation to move your product. See More What is Reliability Growth? This webinar introduces you to the topic of reliability growth (both qualitative and quantitative) along with key concepts See More Design for Reliability – Stressors I will discuss the identification of conditions that cause materials to degrade. Understanding stressors is good for design for reliability See More Fundamentals of Derating See More The post Fundamentals of Success Testing appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

What is Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)? podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson Well it's all in the name isn't it. Or is it? Do you know what the difference is between Highly Accelerated Life Testing or Accelerated Life Testing? Do you know what an acceleration factor' is? Do you know what a failure mechanism' is? If the answer is no this webinar will help. Or perhaps you want to estimate the reliability of something that is supposed to last a long time, but don't have a lot of time to test. Then this webinar can help. Or perhaps all this is good but you’re scared of complicated equations. Again this webinar can help! This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 24 June 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page. Additional content that may be of interest Time Compression Accelerated Life Testing article Accelerated Life Testing article Results-Driven Decisions, Faster: Accelerated Stress Testing as a Reliability Life Test episode Book Review: Accelerated Testing article Test Design for Component Life article Select the Right Accelerated Life Test Approach Let's explore how to select the right ALT approach. Getting meaningful results on time is important, as is minimizing testing costs. See More How to Create an ALT Plan How to Create an ALT Plan: Discussion about the basic element necessary to create an accelerated life test (ALT) plan See More Fundamentals of ALT A description of why and how to accomplish ALT, accelerated life testing, to support better decision making in your organization. See More Three Approaches to Accelerated Life Testing In my experience, ALT has three basic approaches: Test to pass, test to failure, and degradation testing. Each fits a specific situation. See More Acceleration Factors with Examples Acceleration factors translate one stress level to another, which is rather useful for accelerated life test interpretation. See More How to Plan an ALT Let's explore the many elements that become inputs to creating a plan for your next accelerated life test. See More What is Accelerated Life Testing or ALT? This webinar will introduce you to Accelerated Life Testing or ALT to help you and your organization make reliability testing a reality. See More An Accelerated Life Testing Q&A We're received a few questions related to accelerated life testing. Let's get together and address your questions related to ALT. See More How to Learn ALT This event will focus on how I learned accelerated life testing (ALT) and advice for you in today's world to learn ALT. See More Alternatives to a Long ALT See More What is Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)? See More The post What is Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)? appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

Engineering Framework to Assess Equipment Reliability of Air Fin Coolers in Process Plant Industries podcast episode with guest speaker Dheerajkumar Narang Air fin coolers are one of the most important assets in process plant facilities for ensuring continued operational excellence and production rate of the process plant. There are numerous remaining life assessment (RLA) and reliability engineering (RE) methodologies available for performing condition assessment of the air fin coolers. Most methodologies concentrate on the mechanical integrity (MI) aspects of air fin coolers such as the header box and fin tubes life assessment using recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP) to primarily address the loss of containment (process fluid) scenarios. There is rarely a comprehensive methodology or framework that also covers the dynamic parts such as fin blades, electrical motor, gear box and propeller (fan) in assessing remaining life of the air fin coolers. This article will outline a thorough reliability engineering or remaining life assessment framework (holistic methodology) that will cover both the mechanical integrity (header box and fin tubes) and reliability aspects (fin blades, electrical motor, gear box and propeller) aspects enabling the asset integrity (reliability & maintenance) engineering personnel to generate a technical, coherent, and auditable reliability report for the air fin coolers. This technical webinar is based on a poster session that was originally presented at the 2024 AiCHE Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety, New Orleans, LA. This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 10 June 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page. Additional content that may be of interest SOR 1018 Calculate Equipment Reliability episode To Achieve Your Equipment Reliability Goals, Begin at the Beginning article Using Failure Analysis to Improve Equipment Reliability article Improve Critical Equipment Reliability and Reduce Maintenance Costs article How Asset Maintenance Strategy Selection Affects Defect Elimination, Failure Prevention and Equipment Reliability Finding Value with Reliability Tasks This webinar discusses the importance of estimated value and helps you discover and state the value of common reliability activities. See More Life Cycle Cost Analysis for a Reliability Engineer Life cycle cost: Let's explore estimating the total lifecycle costs for a complex system from the point of view of a reliability engineer. See More Predicting the Value of a Reliability Goal in Your Organization When setting a reliability goal, considere the value that reliability goal may provide. Let's explore three ways you can estimate the value. See More Fundamentals of Cost of Poor Reliability A discussion of the wide range of the impact of the cost of poor reliability on engineers, organizations, customers, and society. See More Fundamentals of the Cost of Unreliability When a product or system fails there is a consequence. Often there is a loss of value. A warranty replacement costs money. See More The Reliability Value Map. It is a thing. A value map is an organized chart that helps you track down every possible good' thing that reliability can do for you. See More Reliability Making Money You need to work out how many spare parts, so put some numbers in a computer and use the that result. Right? See More Reliability Making Money 2 Case Study Let's explore a Weibull plot and enjoy reliability making money. In this episode, we look at an actual Weibull plot for an actual example See More How to Make a Decision This webinar takes you through the key steps of decision-making particularly relating to reliability engineering. See More 9 Ways Reliability is Green Engineering Visit a scrap yard to witness the impact of getting a new car'. Let's explore the many ways creating a reliable product is beneficial. See More 10 Reasons to Do Reliability Besides discussing what is involved in reliability, let's explore a short list of reasons to use reliability thinking with your team. See More SPC Sample Size Impact on SPC In this webinar, we explore the impact that chart selection and sample size have on chart sensitivity (the ability to detect changes). See More Reliability and Statistical Process Control Let's explore some cases where effectively using statistical process control will enhance your product's reliability performance. See More Understanding and Controlling Process Variation Let's discuss process variation and how to measure, monitor, and control processes to minimize the differences from one part to the next. See More 10 Keys for Maximizing the Benefits of Your SPC Program Progressive manufacturers use control charts to listen to their processes to detect and rectify potentially harmful changes. See More How do I link Process Capability Indices to Number (PPM) Defects? if you need to learn a bit more about manufacturing and how we measure quality in general? Join us for this webinar. See More What is Statistical Process Control or SPC? You may have heard of Statistical Process Control, 6-sigma, Shewhart, the Japanese Economic Miracle, X̅ R Charts or perhaps none of them. See More What is Process Capability Analysis (PCA)? A process is considered capable' if it creates products that, with production natural variation, are still within what good' looks like. See More Fundamentals of Control Charts Statistical control charting (SPC) is a method for monitoring and determining whether a process is in control or stable. See More Fundamentals of Process Capability Let's explore the steps necessary to obtain valid and valuable process capability ratios. Then, let's examine how to use this information. See More Successful Career in Reliability Engineering This discussion explores the seven key traits talented, professional, networked, positive, valuable, studiousness, and mentoring ability. See More Getting Started with Reliability Engineering Reliability Engineering is a daunting field. The technical breadth of skills spans material science to statistics. See More How to Prepare for the ASQ CRE Exam Let's discuss the exam and certification in general, then how to prepare for the exam and exam day strategy for this timed test. See More Does a Certification Make You a Professional Reliability Engineer? Certifications based on your reliability engineering knowledge does not make you a professional. It is the applies knowledge that does. See More How to Build Your Influence as a Reliability Engineer Build your influence: This webinar explores how we, as reliability professionals, can improve our ability to influence. See More A Review of the 2018 ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge With the changes to topics, it attempts to reflect what reliability engineers do daily. Let's take a close look and discuss what it means. See More Improve Your Reliability Teaching Skills As a reliability professional you will be asked to teach. Let's explore becoming an amazing teacher and improve your effectiveness. See More How is Reliability Engineering Changing? What's coming to reliability engineering in 2020 and beyond? Let's explore a few trends and their implications. See More Why Reliability Engineering Is Important When you examine what we do, it is important to our fellow engineers, our organization, our customers, and society. See More How to Learn Reliability Engineering Let's take a look at a few ways to really learn what you need to know along your journey to become a reliability engineer. See More « ‹ › » page 1 / 7 The post Engineering Framework to Assess Equipment Reliability appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

Explore the pitfalls of the Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) metric, revealing how larger MTBFs can still lead to more failures. Discover the unpredictable reliability of mechanical components like ball bearings, influenced by microscopic factors. Dive into the failure patterns of small satellites, shedding light on the challenges of infant mortality and how statistics can mislead interpretations. The discussion critiques traditional reliability metrics, advocating for a shift towards data-driven assessment methods that enhance product reliability.

Fred Schenkelberg, a reliability expert and consultant at Accendo Reliability, dives into the critical practice of derating in electronic design. He discusses how derating enhances product reliability by ensuring components can handle unexpected stresses. The conversation highlights methods to effectively implement derating, the impact of vibration in high-frequency systems like 5G, and contrasts derating strategies in electrical versus mechanical engineering. Schenkelberg stresses the importance of engineering judgment and thorough documentation to prevent failures.

Discover the magic of Weibull probability plotting, a crucial tool in reliability and quality engineering. Learn how it transforms failure data into straight lines that reveal powerful insights. The discussion covers the implications of line slopes and locations for maintenance optimization and quality control. Find out why mastering this method allows engineers to avoid complex equations while enhancing reliability strategies. Tune in for an engaging exploration of data analysis in engineering!

Rob Allen, an expert in product and process excellence, shares insights on aligning customer needs with product requirements. He discusses the critical role of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in identifying essential quality metrics. The conversation then shifts to utilizing Design for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to enhance product reliability. Allen emphasizes team collaboration and communication as key factors in successful design, showcasing how adjusting features based on customer feedback can lead to innovative, market-leading products.

What are ‘Cut Sets’? podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson Reliability engineers are often taught about cut sets.' But we rarely use them. Many reliability engineers don't know what they are. But they are also in lots of textbooks as if they are really important. So what are they? The good news is that they are pretty simple to understand. The bad news is that they can be difficult to find. Mercifully, they are mainly used by computers who do the hard work of calculating system reliability for us. So knowing what cut sets' are can be really informative even if you don't use them every day. This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 25 March 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page. Additional content that may be of interest Reliability Block Diagram Fundamentals article Understanding Reliability Block Diagrams article Series System article Parallel Systems article k out of n article   Reliability Apportionment and How to Do It Reliability apportionment is a power tool to enable your team to make decisions while fully considering the reliability impact. See More Fundamentals of RBD Reliability Block Diagrams are a useful and simple tool to encourage reliability discussions and improved decisions. See More Fundamentals of Physics of Failure Let's consider physics of failure (PoF) models, how to use them, plus how to create them, as a central element of your reliability program. See More Fundamentals of Monte Carlo Analysis The Monte Carlo method is a relatively simple process that permits you to create models that include the naturally occurring variability. See More 3 Ways to Do Reliability Allocation Having a reliability target for your product is great. But how does that help all the little design teams? Use subgroup targets. See More Reliability Life Models Failure is a random process. Which means we can't predict with absolute certainty when something will fail. Enter 'reliability life models.' See More What is a ‘Fault Tree’? Join us for this webinar to learn more about how fault trees can help you ... regardless of what you are trying to achieve. See More Why Redundant Systems Aren’t Always Redundant Redundancy has continually proven to not always be redundant. Let's explore a few reasons this occurs. And, how to judge your system. See More Reliability of a K out of N' System There are K out of N' systems that need K' components out of a total of N' components to work for the system to work. See More What are ‘Cut Sets’? See More The post What are ‘Cut Sets’? appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg Following along the idea stated by Lord Kelvin, when you can measure what your are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it , we have organizations measuring reliability performance. Not that measuring something is managing it, those are two different activies. Yet, using various metrics that we track on a regular basis does provide some useful information if done well. Let's explore a few ways that I've seen reliability metric monitoring. Let's also examine a simple process to establish, maintain, and end metrics. Measuring something has an expense, so it must also provide value. If the value is not there, or it's not useful for making decisions, then either improve the metric system or end the metric. This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 11 March 2025. Download RSS To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page. Related content: SOR 810 Metrics and Games episode Real Life Metrics with Rick Clonan episode Learning from Metrics with Dan Miller episode Are You Leading Your Metrics or Are Your Metrics Leading You? episode When Metrics Drive Behavior article Establishing Reliability Goals Consider both your customer and business expectations to create meaningful goals to guide your team's reliability decisions. See More Fundamentals of Reliability Performance Monitoring An introduction to setting up and using reliability performance monitoring. Be sure to connect the metric to the decision you need to make. See More Fundamentals of Environmental and Use Conditions A basic discussion about the importance of environmental and use conditions for every reliability related decision See More Fundamentals of Reliability Goals Let's explore the elements that make up a reliability goal. Plus, the range of inputs you can use to define each element. See More Fundamentals of System Effectiveness See More What’s Wrong with Using ‘FITs’? See More Fundamentals of Allocation See More Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring See More What is Reliability? See More The post Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring appeared first on Accendo Reliability.