SOR 1222 Designing Reliable Plastic Components
Plastics provide exceptional design freedom, but ensuring their reliability requires understanding how materials behave under real operating...
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SOR 1221 Reliability KPIs
How can engineers measure reliability maturity throughout product development—and when should a project be stopped because its reliability i...
SOR 1220 Humanoid Robot Reliability Planning
Explore Humanoid Robot Reliability Planning to ensure consistent performance and identify potential failure mechanisms effectively.
SOR 1219 AI for HALT Planning
Explore how AI for HALT planning can enhance test procedures and identify subtle performance issues in product testing.
SOR 1218 AI and the 6-Steps Part 2
AI and the 6-Steps Part 2 Abstract Carl and Fred continue to discuss the use of AI in achieving high reliability. This podcast episode conti...
SOR 1217 AI and the 6-Steps Part 1
AI and the 6-Steps Part 1 Abstract Carl and Fred explore how AI can be integrated into the six-step reliability engineering process, emphasi...
SOR 1216 Why Material Selection Is a Reliability Decision
Material selection can determine whether a component performs reliably throughout its intended life. Mojan and Enrico compare experiences fr...
SOR 1215 When ‘Alert Fatigue’ is a Reliability Problem
More data should help engineers make better decisions. But what happens when every dashboard is flashing red? Chris and Mojan explore alert...
SOR 1214 How Reliable Must a Surgical Robot Be?
How reliable does a surgical robot need to be? Chris and Mojan use that question to explore a much broader reliability engineering problem....
SOR 1213 Are You Really Measuring Reliability?
Measuring reliability should help engineers make better decisions—not simply generate an impressive MTBF or another test report. Chris and F...
SOR 1212 Is it Reliable?
Is it Reliable? Abstract When a customer asks “Is it reliable?” they’re not asking about MTBF or lab test results. They...
SOR 1211 Measuring Reliability
Measuring Reliability Abstract “It’s impossible to measure.” “It’s too vague.” If you’ve heard the...
SOR 1210 When RCM Creates More Failures
Reliability-Centered Maintenance should do more than produce a list of preventive maintenance tasks. Chris and Carl examine how maintenance...
SOR 1209 Is Reliability Engineering Still a Good Career?
Is reliability engineering becoming less attractive as companies cut costs, demand faster development, and turn increasingly to AI? This epi...
SOR 1208 Return Logistics and Failures
Return Logistics and Failures Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the challenge of getting field failures back to the engineers who can do detail...
SOR 1207 Weibull is Useful
Weibull is Useful Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the long-running question of Weibull analysis and whether it’s useful. Key Points Joi...
SOR 1206 The GM Ignition Switch Failure
GM knew its ignition switch failed an internal torque specification before the affected vehicles entered production. Yet the switch was appr...
SOR 1205 Choosing the Right Reliability Metrics — Part 2
What does reliability mean when the customer thinks your product has failed even though it still technically works? And how should engineers...
SOR 1204 Choosing the Right Reliability Metrics — Part 1
Reliability metrics are supposed to help engineers make better decisions—but what happens when the metric itself points you in the wrong dir...
SOR 1203 Human Feedback vs AI Feedback
Can generative AI become a useful coach for engineers preparing presentations, podcasts, or other professional communication? Carl and Enric...