Reliability Matters

A podcast by Mike Konrad - Tuesdays

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171 Episodes

  1. Episode 10 - An Interview with Dr. David Bernard - All About X-Ray Inspection

    Published: 4/2/2019
  2. Episode 9 - An Interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman about Cleaning Challenges, Chemicals, Components, and Cleanliness Testing

    Published: 3/25/2019
  3. Episode 8 - Cleaning Roundtable

    Published: 3/19/2019
  4. Episode 7 - A Conversation with ITM Consulting's Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall

    Published: 3/12/2019
  5. Episode 6 - An Interview with Collins Aerospace's Doug Pauls

    Published: 3/5/2019
  6. Episode 5 - An Interview with Dr. Craig Hillman - Design for Reliability

    Published: 2/26/2019
  7. Episode 4: Improving Reliability of Circuit Assemblies in Harsh Environments

    Published: 2/12/2019
  8. Episode 3 - An Interview with Johns Hopkins' APL Engineer, Wendy Casker

    Published: 2/7/2019
  9. Episode 2- When Failure Happens - An interview with Failure Analysis Investigators

    Published: 12/18/2018
  10. Episode 1 - An Interview with SMT Guru Bob Willis

    Published: 12/12/2018
  11. Reliability Matters Episode 0

    Published: 11/11/2018

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Reliability Matters is a podcast on the subject of reliability of circuit assemblies. Reliability "best practices" and success stories are discussed. This podcast features interviews with experts in the electronic assembly industry.All electronic production segments which effect product reliability are on the table. This includes contamination, coating, cleanliness assessment, inspection, building for harsh environments, reflow, printing, failure analysis, board fabrication, and much more.Your Host:Mike Konrad began his career in the electronic assembly equipment industry in 1985. Mike founded Aqueous Technologies in 1992 in response to the Montreal Protocol and the resulting international treaty banning most popular cleaning/defluxing solvents. Mike is an internationally known speaker on the subject of increasing reliability through contamination removal and cleanliness quantification techniques and procedures. Mike was awarded “Distinguish Speaker Status” with SMTA in 2018 and received the “Rich Freiberger Best of Conference Award” in 2019.Mike is a member of the SMTA Global Board of Directors where he is Vice President of Communications. Mike is also Vice President of Technical Programs for the Los Angeles / Orange County SMTA Chapter.Visit the Reliability Matters Podcast Website:https://www.reliabilitymatterspodcast.com