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by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Name That Failure | Part 3
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Can you identify and name this fracture pattern? How can you tell it is that fracture pattern? Where are the origin(s) of the failure on the fractured surface? How can you tell where the origin(s) are?
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Why Reliability Professionals Can Frustrate the Hell Out Of Others!
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Why Reliability Professionals Can Frustrate the Hell Out Of Others! I guess I am writing this just as a reality/sanity check to see if it’s just me, or do my peers in the Reliability profession have the same problems I do, communicating with non-Reliability professionals? If anyone has been in the Reliability game for a long period of time (I
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Is There a Direct Correlation Between Reliability & Safety?
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Is There a Direct Correlation Between Reliability & Safety? “Assumption 1: Safety is increased by increasing system or component reliability. If components or systems do not fail, then accidents will not occur. (p. 7) This assumption is one of the most pervasive in engineering and other fields. The problem is that it is not true. Safety is a system property, not
by Bob Latino
Updated: February 11, 2022What is ‘Reliability Engineering’?
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What is ‘Reliability Engineering’? I have been very involved recently with ongoing LI discussions with respected and noted experts in the Safety community, revolving around the perceptions those in Safety have of Reliability, and vice-versa. In Safety today, there are ‘new’ approaches emerging being lead by noted Safety researchers like Sidney Dekker, Erik Hollnagel and Todd Conklin. Such ‘new’ approaches