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#353 – ON AGING: POUR GASOLINE ON THE FIRE – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Back in the early days of television, in the 1950s, popular television shows, such as ‘I Love Lucy’ were sponsored by products such as Sanka coffee and Lilt hair styling products. Lucy spoofed the sponsors with her famous Vitameatavegemin skit. That fictional product was uncannily similar to an actual product that was heavily advertised on many popular shows, named Geritol, which was an alcohol-based iron and B vitamin tonic. It sponsored TV shows that appealed to older viewers, such as The Lawrence Welk Show, What’s My Line?, and The Red Skelton Show. Continue reading →

#352 – 17 YEARS AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Happily, I had good medical insurance and received some of the best treatment available at that time. The fact that I am writing this article today is a testament to the success of that treatment. I am very thankful for the treatment I received, called brachytherapy. Continue reading →

#352 – RELIABILITY QUESTIONS AND DECISIONS BY FRED SCHENKELBERG

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As I’ve said before, ‘Reliability occurs at the point of decision’. When an engineer selects one material type versus another, or one component versus another, or a vendor over another, those are decisions. These decision directly impact the product’s reliability performance.

Implied within each decision is a question. For example, when deciding on a vendor to provide power supplies, the underlying question is ‘which vendor should we select in this situation?’ We make decisions to resolve questions concerning optimizations, comparisons, objectives, measurements, preventions, priorities, and resources. Continue reading →

#352 – SECONDARY EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS AND HOW TO PREVENT IT – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Asbestos can affect more than just the workers who are directly exposed to it – their loved ones and friends may be at risk, too.

Asbestos exposure doesn’t always end at work. Unfortunately, whenever an employee is at risk of exposure, so are their family and loved ones, unless the father or exposed parent takes precautions, before going home, that’s because of a phenomenon known as secondary asbestos exposure. starts with the presence of asbestos fibers in the workplace – the primary exposure. Continue reading →

#352 – HOW TO RELIABLY DESIGN FOR A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE – JOHN AYERS

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Reliability is designed into a product.  Poor reliability is long term, difficult and expensive to rectify because it is woven into the fabric of the product. That is why high reliability products require complete and accurate analyses, simulations, and models to be successful. High reliable components are essential as well. Single point failures are taboo but, in some cases, there is no way to avoid them. Continue reading →