Library of Recorded Qualmark Webinars

Category: 2010 Webinars

Qualmark's Ask the Experts
Thales Aerospace Division - a global leader in supplying electronic avionic equipment, subsystems and systems for flight control, navigation, communication and surveillance for commercial and military aircrafts – has introduced the use of Highly Accelerated Tests (HAT) in order to reach product maturity more quickly. Thales has successfully met this goal with accelerated reliability testing:

• During development phase to discover product weaknesses
• During production, as a replacement of classical ESS (Environmental Stress Screening) to effectively eliminate early failures (infant defects)

An overview of the application of Highly Accelerated Tests during design and production phases will be explained. Associated results and common human errors made during HAT testing are revealed.

Category: 2009 Webinars

Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

This webinar provides best practices and strategies for companies that are in the early stages of planning HASS implementation. It includes guidelines for pre-HASS HALT work, information on key facilities considerations for multiple chambers, and a step by step project plan for HASS implementation. It also outlines the role that Qualmark’s Professional Services team can play in ensuring a successful HASS launch.

Qualmark - Ask the Experts Series (Special French Edition)
Thales Division Aérospace – leader dans la fourniture d'équipements électroniques, sous systèmes et systèmes pour applications civiles et militaires – a introduit l'utilisation des Essais Aggravés (HAT) dans le but d'aboutir plus rapidement à la Maturité des produits. Thales a atteint son but par la mise en oeuvre des Essais Aggravés :
  • Durant la phase développement des produits pour découvrir les faiblesse
  • Durant la production, en remplacement du déverminage pour éliminer efficacement les défauts de jeunesse
Le principe de l'application des Essais Aggravés dans les phases de développement et de Production sera présenté. Résultats obtenus et erreurs les plus fréquemment commises seront révélées.
Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

The goal of an Accelerated Testing program is to make cost effective improvements in the field reliability of the hardware being tested by selective use of stresses beyond the design limit stress of the product. Dr. Ed Kyser shows you how to evaluate the ROI of your HALT/HASS program.

Design for Excellence
Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

Design for Excellence (DfX) is based upon the premise that getting product design right the first time is far less expensive than finding failure during use. This webinar will summarize how utilizing DfX concepts will not only reduce research and development costs, but will also decrease time to market, and allow companies to confidently issue warranty coverage.

Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

Creating an effective vibration fixture for HALT is critical to test success. However, it can be a counter intuitive task for a designer that is not familiar with HALT goals and the unique vibration system used in HALT chambers. This webinar provides a basic working knowledge of how to design an effective HALT vibration fixture. Qualmark's Senior Applications Engineer, Neill Doertenbach, reviews the HALT test method and why fixture characteristics must be designed to accommodate the output of the table and HALT test goals.

Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

Over the last decade the use of surface mount PCBs in all types of electronic assemblies has increased dramatically. The different responses of surface mount vs. through hole boards to both vibration and thermal stresses have changed the ratios and types of failures under the different stresses used in HALT as this change has taken place. HALT results across a wide variety of products conducted at Qualmark labs in the mid-1990's and in our new study show that current technology devices are more likely to require a HALT unique stress, such as a combined vibration and thermal or rapid thermal ramp stress, to drive out a failure mode. Comparisons include the fraction of failures found under each stress, the types of failures found, the operating and destruct limits of the products, as well as the industries that use HALT and the types of products that are tested. These results, as well as the causes of some of the interesting and significant differences between the failure data from the two time periods are discussed.

Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

The goal of an Accelerated Testing program is to make cost effective improvements in the field reliability of the hardware being tested by selective use of stresses beyond the design limit stress of the product. Dr. Ed Kyser shows you how to evaluate the ROI of your HALT/HASS program.

Qualmark Corporation

From Qualmark's Ask the Experts Series

The development and propagation of HALT throughout the electronics industry has provided engineering teams a powerful tool to assess robustness early in the design process. However, to take full advantage of HALT testing, failure analysis is necessary to identify root cause. Without root cause analysis, the investment in HALT testing is not being maximized. This presentation will review the HALT root-cause analysis and provide insightful case studies on how to make sure you and your teams close the loop on design improvement.

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