Reliability Matters
A podcast by Mike Konrad - Tuesdays

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171 Episodes
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Episode 10 - An Interview with Dr. David Bernard - All About X-Ray Inspection
Published: 4/2/2019 -
Episode 9 - An Interview with Dr. Mike Bixenman about Cleaning Challenges, Chemicals, Components, and Cleanliness Testing
Published: 3/25/2019 -
Episode 8 - Cleaning Roundtable
Published: 3/19/2019 -
Episode 7 - A Conversation with ITM Consulting's Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall
Published: 3/12/2019 -
Episode 6 - An Interview with Collins Aerospace's Doug Pauls
Published: 3/5/2019 -
Episode 5 - An Interview with Dr. Craig Hillman - Design for Reliability
Published: 2/26/2019 -
Episode 4: Improving Reliability of Circuit Assemblies in Harsh Environments
Published: 2/12/2019 -
Episode 3 - An Interview with Johns Hopkins' APL Engineer, Wendy Casker
Published: 2/7/2019 -
Episode 2- When Failure Happens - An interview with Failure Analysis Investigators
Published: 12/18/2018 -
Episode 1 - An Interview with SMT Guru Bob Willis
Published: 12/12/2018 -
Reliability Matters Episode 0
Published: 11/11/2018
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