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by Bob Latino

Updated: January 5, 2022

Tips for Examining Shafts: Prepping for a Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Reading Time: 7 minutes Tips for Examining Shafts: Prepping for a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Note to Series Readers. To those following this Series, I will apologize for the front-end
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by Bob Latino

Updated: November 16, 2023

Recognizing Basic Gear Fatigue Failure Patterns

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are Fatigue Failure Patterns? In our prior blog on Fatigue we discussed the various cyclical loading applications. Let’s review them again with this graphic. Basic Characteristics
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by Bob Latino

Updated: November 16, 2023

A Mechanic’s Story: The Human & System’s Contribution

Reading Time: 7 minutes Shallow Cause Analysis vs. Root Cause Analysis In this original post, A Mechanic’s Story: Basic Component Fatigue, we took a detailed journey through the physical side
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by Bob Latino

Updated: January 5, 2022

The Pro’s and Con’s of Using Pre-Existing Logic in Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Reading Time: 13 minutes The Pro’s and Con’s of Using Pre-Existing Logic in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) By Robert J. Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc. Abstract: There has been an
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by Bob Latino

Updated: January 5, 2022

Why Can’t Learning Teams (LT) & RCA Teams be Friends?

Reading Time: 7 minutes Why Can’t Learning Teams (LT) and RCA Teams be Friends?   A Little History About How I Came Across Learning Teams. A little over three
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by Bob Latino

Updated: November 17, 2023

Accepting We Could Be Part of the Problem

Reading Time: 6 minutes Abstract: No matter where we work, we will experience failures or ‘undesirable outcomes’ of some kind. As long as we work with other humans, this will indeed
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