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On 23/01/2018 13:33, jmfbahciv wrote:
> AndyW wrote:
>> On 22/01/2018 23:56, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>> In 1956 McGraw Hill published a book, "Reliability Factors for
>>> Ground Electronic Equipment".  It may be downloaded from:
>>> http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/Atwood/Henney%201956%20Reliabilty%20Factors%
> 20in%20Ground%20Electronic%20Equipment.pdf
>>>
>>> It seems to be an excellent book with a lot of good ideas on how
>>> to design electronic circuits for maximum reliability and
>>> effectiveness (as of 1956).  Interesting reading.
>>>
>>> I was wondering, although obviously microprocessors have replaced
>>> vacuum tubes and components today are different than 60 years ago,
>>> what techies think of this book.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> (public replies, please).
>>
>> This is my particular area of expertise, my physics degree is geared
>> toward material physics and the physics of failure and I started working
>> on equipment reliability as a student in the 1980s running a 'shake and
>> bake' oven to reveal early-life failures in test equipment with Marconi
>> (Marconi CheckMATE system) before moving into design for reliability.
> 
> Was that kind of work fun?  How much waiting was involved?  (or could
> you start something up and then leave to do something else?)

The student work was basically a human robot, lots of waiting for the 
ovens and shock and vibrations tables to finish then a flurry of 
activity and form filling. But it was honest work and paid for my 
studies and the wait time allowed me to do a lot of reading which 
probably boosted my final scores.

Design for reliability was basically operating as an advisor to the 
chief engineer on refining designs as pert of the design process. Basic 
engineering.

Andy