What kind of test is a climatics test? Well the most common would be temperature testing, but a more complete list would look like this: High Temperature Low Temperature Temperature Shock Humidity – Condensing and non-condensing Altitude Temperature/Altitude Rapid Decompression/Explosive Decomp Combined Environments Solar Radiation – actinic and thermal effects Salt Fog Sand & Dust [...]

Hi – we look forward to questions about vibration and shock testing – everything is fair game: Test equipment Test specs Test parameters (selection OR measurement) Fixture design Data analysis Or just let us know that you have an interest. Steve Brenner, Consultant and V&S Blogmeister

New HALT and HASS Book

February 7, 2009 | 9 Comments

Harry McLean’s book “HALT, HASS, and HASA Explained: Accelerated Reliability Techniques” will be released in the next few weeks. You can pre-order at: HALT, HASS, and HASA Explained: Accelerated Reliability Techniques This is planned to be a 6 x 9 hard cover, priced at $39/members of ASQ and $65/list. In this author’s opinion, it is [...]

We will be hosting a free “Green Reliability” Seminar/Webinar on Friday May 8th from 9am-12pm at De Anza College in Cupertino California. It will also be available via webinar. Sponsors will also include De Anza CACT (Center for Applied Competitive Technologies) and IEEE. The focus of the seminar will be on different ways reliability is playing [...]