Shane Turcott Author

Tim interviews Shane about his new book, “Decoding Mechanical Failure”, how physical evidence from a failed part can suggest specific kinds of failures, and situations where the data might point in one direction but the physical evidence point in a different direction.

Shane Turcott is a metallurgical engineer and a Canadian Professional Engineer specializing in laboratory-based failure analysis. His work provides physical evidence and support to reliability engineers conducting RCA investigation throughout the refining, mining and energy industries. He's worked for various companies including Dofasco, Bodycote and Liburdi Turbine Services.

In 2009 Shane founded Steel Image, an engineering company specializing in failure analysis and on-site material evaluations supporting reliability. He's the past Ontario Chair of the American Society of Materials and current architect for the ASM World Class online series at asmontario.org. 

Shane is the author of Decoding Mechanical Failures. The Definitive Guide to Interpreting Fractures, which is likely the first introductory book explaining how to examine fracture surfaces.

In this episode, Tim and Shane discuss:

• Shane’s new book, “Decoding Mechanical Failure”
• How the physical evidence from a failed part suggests specific kinds of failures.
• Could people be making mistakes about root cause because they're neglecting the physical evidence?
• Why using the failed part as an indicator of the root cause isn’t being used.

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Shane is the author of the book Decoding Mechanical Failures.

When a metal component fails, its fracture surface is the greatest source of information as to why it failed – it just needs to be decoded. This book introduces fractography and how to decode the fracture features of mechanical failures. It demonstrates how to visually diagnose and interpret ductile, brittle and fatigue failures using numerous examples. It then explains how each diagnosis is used to direct the investigation towards the root cause of failure. There are two additional chapters on advanced fatigue of rotating shafts and static fastener failures. Intended for anyone dealing with equipment failures including reliability, maintenance, inspectors and mechanical engineers.

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Doug Lehr Business Leader

Tim interviews Doug about new product development, risk mitigation or avoidance vs. the cost of an uncertain future event, and successful FMEAs.

Doug Lehr is the Founder and Principal of Integris Technology Services LLC. He has over 41 years of experience in the development of downhole tools for oil and gas wells and has built a track record of success in technical management, innovation, and industry leadership. 

In this episode, Tim and Doug discuss:

• Advice Doug would give to reliability engineers who participate in new product development.
• When the cost of failure can be very high, how does that change the way you look at reliability testing and risk planning?
• How can reliability engineers become more business-savvy?
• What would you recommend to ensure FMEAs are successful?

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Bob Latino Author

Tim interviews Bob about EasyRCA, Reliability and Safety.

Robert Latino is the CEO of Reliability Center, which is a 46 year old reliability consulting firm specializing in improving equipment, process, and human reliability. Bob is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer and practitioner of best practices in the field of reliability engineering with a specialty in root cause analysis. 

In this episode, Tim and Bob discuss:

• What is Bob’s new EasyRCA software solution.
• Bob’s blog article titled, “Defining Root Cause Analysis”.
• Reliability vs Safety.
• How we can design systems that reduce the dependency on individuals doing the right thing all the time.

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Ray Harkins Business Leader

Tim interviews Ray about professional development, which is the focus of The Manufacturing Academy.

Ray Harkins is a senior manufacturing professional with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, quality management, and business analytics. He's written extensively for national trade publications, and he founded The Manufacturing Academy where he's taught over 11,000 students on the topics of quality engineering, business finance, and career management.

In this episode, Tim and Ray discuss:

• What is The Manufacturing Academy and how it got started
• The evolution of continuing education for manufacturing professionals
• An overview of courses offered by The Manufacturing Academy
• The coupon, just for listeners of Dare to Know for the Root Cause Analysis and the 8D Corrective Action Process course. Use coupon DARETOKNOW to receive the course price of $16.99. Note this is a limited time offer and once the coupon expires you will receive the best available price at that time.

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John Ayers Author

Tim interviews John about project risk management, which is the topic of John’s new book by the same title.

John Ayers is a consultant and the author of Project Risk Management: How to Avoid Failure, which is part of the CERM Academy Series on Enterprise Risk Management.

John earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University. He has extensive experience working in both commercial and defense companies. He has managed numerous large high-tech development programs valued at more than $100M.

John has held a number of positions over his career, including Director of Programs, Director of Operations, and Engineering Manager. He has experience with design, manufacturing, test, integration, contracts, project management, risk management, and quality control. He has extensive domestic and international subcontract management experience.

John is a certified six sigma specialist, a member of PMI, and he's certified to level 2 in earned value management.

 

In this episode, Tim and Andy discuss:

• What is risk based problems solving and how it is different then other methods
• Expanding the scope of reliability engineers to include project management and subcontractors.
• How project risk affects product reliability

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Tom Moriarty Author

Tim interviews Tom, they discuss the topic of productive leadership with respect to organizational reliability.

Tom Moriarty is president of Alidade Maintenance Engineering and Reliability, Inc. (Alidade MER). Founded in 2004, its mission is to help others lead full and satisfying lives through physical asset management and productive leadership principles.

Tom became a member of the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals in 2002 and is currently the Government Relations Committee Chairman, a Florida Chapter Board Member, the Florida Central East District Director and a CMRP since 2003.  He has various credentials in RCM, Root Cause Analysis and predictive maintenance technologies. In 2018 he became an Approved Provider of Productive Leadership System training.

Since 2008, Tom has been the author of a monthly column on leadership in Plant Services Magazine. In November 2019 his book The Productive Leadership System; Maximizing Organizational Reliability was published and it's available through Amazon and Industrial Press.

 

In this episode, Tim and Andy discuss:

• The difference between organization and product reliability
• The importance of productive leadership
• A few tips on being a productive leader

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Bob Latino Consultant

Tim interviews Bob Latino, they discuss the difference between safety and reliability, zero metrics, and RCA.

Robert Latino is the CEO of Reliability Center, which is a 46 year old reliability consulting firm specializing in improving equipment, process, and human reliability. Bob is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer and practitioner of best practices in the field of reliability engineering with a specialty in root cause analysis. 

In this episode, Tim and Andy discuss:

• Why we shouldn’t assume a direct correlation between safety and reliability
• The controversy over “zero metrics”
• Do learning teams make RCA obsolete

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Show Notes

To learn more about the training programs at the Reliability Center, go to www.reliability.com.

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Andrew Russell Scholar

Tim interviews Andrew Russell, a bit of the history of science and technology, and the upcoming Maintainers III conference.

Andrew Russell is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica and Albany New York. He is a historian of technology who has published a number of books and articles on the history of the Internet, the history of standards development in the US and Europe, and the tensions and synergies between innovation and maintenance. He earned his Ph.D. from the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University.

In this episode, Tim and Andy discuss:

• The history of science and technology
• The balance between innovation and maintenance
• Details about the Maintainers III conference

Recorded September 2019.

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Show Notes

The Maintainers III conference will be held in Washington DC on October 6 – 9. For more information about the conference, go to http://themaintainers.org/miii

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Jim McLinn, Consultant

Tim interviews Jim McLinn, a consultant, about his background and the upcoming Reliability, Maintenance & Managing Risk Conference.

Jim McLinn is a reliability consultant at Rel-Tech in Phoenix. Jim has MS in Solid State Physics from the University of Minnesota and has worked in the semiconductor and biomedical industries. He has broad experience working to help companies become more competitive. During his career his responsibilities included reliability predictions, leading FMEA teams, running ALT and HALT tests and working with international subsidiaries.

Jim has served on the ASQ Reliability Division board and the IEEE Reliability Society ADCOM. He has published three monographs with ASQ; Weibull Analysis, Mechanical Reliability and Accelerated Life Test. Jim has taught a variety of classes and spoken at many reliability conferences around the world. He's the program chair for ASQ's Reliability, Maintenance & Managing Risk Conference later this year, where he'll be hosting a course on accelerated testing.

In this episode, Tim and Jim discuss:

• As upcoming chair, Jim discusses the program details
• Changes, themes, and issues that are attracting more interest
• Who will be attending

Recorded June 2019.

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Show Notes

The RMMR conference will be held in San Antonio on October 15 and 16. For more information about the conference, go to www.asqrd.org/RMMR

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DTK Mike Konrad Business Leader

Tim Rodgers interviews Mike about circuit board cleaning systems.

Mike Konrad is an industry expert on the removal of contamination from circuit assemblies. He's been part of the electronic assembly cleaning industry for the past 33 years. Mike designed several automated cleaning and cleanliness testing machines, he's published scores of technical articles on the subject of cleaning and cleanliness assessment, and he's been a member of editorial boards for several industry publications.

Mike served on the US Navy's EMPF manufacturer's committee and is a featured speaker at industry events and technical workshops worldwide. Mike was honored with Distinguished Speaker status from the Surface Mount Technology Association in 2017.

Mike has also served as a court-appointed expert witness in civil litigation matters concerning post-reflow cleanliness assessment and contamination related failure mechanisms. He's the founder of Aqueous Technologies, a manufacturer of automated cleaning and cleanliness testing systems designed for the electronic assembly industry and has served as the CEO/CTO since 1992. Mike is also the host of the Reliability Matters podcast available on iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker.com and reliability.fm.

In this episode, Mike and Tim discuss:

• A little history of circuit card cleaning
• Failures that may occur due to improper board cleaning
• A discussion on the balance of cost and cleanliness
• and, more

Recorded May 2019.

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Show Notes

Learn more about Aqueous Technologies.

Check out Mike’s podcast, Reliability Matters

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Lucy Freedman Author

Tim Rodgers interviews Lucy concerning her book, Smart Work: The Syntax Guide to Influence concerning improving our ability to communicate well.

Lucy Freedman is a leadership educator and author of the book Smart Work: The Syntax Guide to Influence. She identified the fact that many technical professionals and leaders are brilliant in their field but challenged when it comes to translating their expertise so that executives make better-informed decisions. She developed the Syntax for Change as a way to make sense out of human communication, and applies it wherever communication gaps threaten productivity and reliability, which is everywhere.

With a BA and Master’s from Harvard, Lucy began her professional life teaching English to 15 year olds, and then went on to teach leadership to adults in companies such as HP, Intel, Agilent, Oracle, EDS, and Tokyo Electron.

In this episode, Lucy and Tim discuss:

• A few common communication problems
• The importance of human communication to reliability
• A few ideas to improve your influence in the workplace

Recorded May 2019.

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Here’s the book mentioned that explains and helps you master the concepts Lucy discussed.

Smart Work (2nd Edition): The SYNTAX Guide to Influence

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