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Track 2 Tutorial 2
4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday June 15, 2006

Reliability from Product Design Inception to Product Retirement

This tutorial outlines a cohesive structure for reliability testing throughout a product's life cycle. In this structure, the design of each successive test is based on analysis, expert opinion, past data obtained from similar products in the field, and data from earlier tests. The appropriate location and use of 1) Over Stress Tests, 2) Design Reviews, 3) FMEAs, 4) Reliability System Analysis, 5) Accelerated Life Tests, 6) Real Time Life Tests, 7) Reliability Growth Tests, 8) Burn-In, 9) Environmental Stress Screens and 10) Statistical Process Control are discussed. Finally, field failures and the steps necessary to insure that the resulting engineering change orders yield improved reliability are covered.

Key Words: Reliability Testing, Product Life Cycle