Accelerated Reliability Solutions, LLC.
In-House Seminars, Training, and Consulting on Rapid Reliability Development of Electronics and Electromechanical Systems  through  Accelerated Stress Testing Methods


The best way to introduce the new approach of HALT and HASS to your company is through an in-house seminar. All key individual design and test engineers can gain a common understanding of Accelerated Stress Boundary and Limit Test methods and many of the typical questions regarding this process can be answered. A key factor in successful implementation is the participation of management in understanding and supporting these cost saving test processes. Additionally, there is a significant cost savings in eliminating the travel expenses and absence from the workplace that off-site seminars require.

 

An Example of Boundary and Limit Testing and Accelerated Stress Testing material to be presented at on-site Seminars:

Why and how to capitalize on the stress-strength of electronics to find latent defects faster, before your customers discovery them.  

Why and how stress limits can be relevant variable data for determining the ROI of  changes for increasing stress margins.

What other stresses can be used with thermal and vibration stimuli?

How thermal stress helps stimulate discovery of Software/Firmware operational reliability.

Learn different trade off's between different types of thermal and vibration test chambers and systems and combined environment systems.

When to use a single stimulus or combined stimuli.

How high a level of stress is high enough ?

What equipment and Personnel is needed ?

Boundary and Limit Testing: when in the design process do we use it ?

What data should we gather and how should we analyze it ?

Accelerated Stress Screens

Development and determination of appropriate stimuli levels

How can we insure we don't damage good products?

Auditing vs. 100 % Screening

 

The 2012 open webinar & seminar schedule produced and presented in conjunction with Hobbs Engineering is:

 

2-hour Webinar January 31 - "Using HALT Limit Comparison for Improving Operational Reliability"

Description:Reliability engineering historically has been focused on component wear-out or “absolute life” where a component or subsystem catastrophically fails. Operational reliability, that is, failures of operation that can be recovered from by power cycling may not have been typically a part of HALT. Even though HALT has been used by many companies to insure that their designs are robust and reliable, many of the same companies may have significant levels of warranty returns that when tested have no apparent problems. Many of these apparent failures can be due to lot-to-lot marginal signal integrity or variations in signal timing and propagation. This can lead to costly churn of apparently good parts replacing good parts.

This webinar provides a basic review of the misdirection of traditional electronics reliability theories and approaches. It will cover the difference in the HALT approach and present some new combinations of stress HALT for evaluations of operational or functional limits to make component and sub-system selection during design plus insure margins during HASS. This all leads to the rapid discovery of intermittent or marginal signal integrity and timings particularly in digital circuits. We show how the use of thermal stresses and limit comparisons result in more tolerance of lot-to-lot and second source parametrics variations during design and later to use for HASS during production.

 

2 Day Seminars -

February 9-10, Houston, Texas "Mastering HALT and HASS"

Description:

The seminar will cover the latest methods for finding weaknesses in products that cause field failures. First, emphasis is placed on stresses applied in the design phase (HALT) in order to force accelerated design maturity, obtaining robust design margins, and allowing earlier (mature) product introduction. The course also shows how HALT not only finds hardware weaknesses but also Software and Firmware operational reliability issues,

Second, emphasis is given to the use of the methods in the production phase (HASS) to ensure robust manufacturing processes at suppliers, at top level assembly, and everywhere in between: shipping, handling, and storage

Correct application of HALT and HASS results in cost savings and reliability improvements that are orders of magnitude better than those attained using traditional approaches.

Many leaders in reliability throughout the world are using these methods, but most do not publish their results to maintain their technological and financial lead!

The seminar closely follows content from the text HALT& HASS, Accelerated Reliability Engineering by Dr. Gregg K. Hobbs, the inventor of the methods. This is the original and most complete book on the subject, a copy of which is given to each seminar participant.

 

March 13-14, Orange County, California,

April 19-20, Cinncinnati, Ohio at Cinncinnati Sub Zero

May 17-18, Denver, Colorado

HALT and HASS + Workshop Class

The seminar will cover the latest methods for finding weaknesses in products that cause field failures. First, emphasis is placed on stresses applied in the design phase (HALT) in order to force accelerated design maturity, obtaining robust design margins, and allowing earlier (mature) product introduction.Second, emphasis is given to the use of the methods in the production phase (HASS) to ensure robust manufacturing processes at suppliers, at top level assembly, and everywhere in between: shipping, handling, and storage.Correct application of HALT and HASS results in cost savings and reliability improvements that are orders of magnitude better than those attained using traditional approaches.The Workshop allows hands-on use of a HALT chamber to efficiently find design flaws in a simple stereo amplifier product. This involves stressing the product to precipitate hidden flaws, followed by use of an optimum detection screen to completely identify even intermittent precipitated flaws.

For addition information or to register click here for the HOBBS ENGINEERING Seminars website

 

 

Similar or Custom Accelerated Reliability Solutions Seminars can be provided directly from Accelerated Reliability Solutions L.L.C.

Contact us at phone number 512-554-3111 for more information.