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Track 1 Session 9
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Thursday June 19, 2008
Recipe for Successful Reliability Tools
"Take the obvious, add a cupful of
brains, a generous pinch of imagination and a bucketful of courage
and daring; stir well and bring to a boil." This is all that is
required to develop successful reliability tools. Too often, we
reside in the comfort of our existing reliability toolbox, which can
obstruct the obvious, dull the brain and stifle the imagination.
This presentation will show innovative new reliability tools
developed by modifying existing reliability tools, modifying tools
from other disciplines and applying existing tools in other ways.
For example, by understanding the physics behind a Highly
Accelerated Life Test (HALT), we have developed a modified HALT that
identifies the modes we have to fix before they fail. This results
in reduced testing time. We have also modified a project-management
tool and applied it during the design stage to predict the
probability of tolerance stack-up that can result in an
interference-fit in an assembly. The presentation will also show
examples of the identification of mechanical problems using acoustic
tools normally used to do sound audits on equipment.
Key Words: HALT, New
Reliability Tools, Tolerance Stack-Up, Acoustic Tools, Recipe for
Successful Reliability Tools, Maximize Value, Reliability Toolbox
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