Reliability Technology: Principles and Practice of Failure Prevention in Electronic Systems

Norman Pascoe

Wiley, Mar 8, 2011 - Technology & Engineering - 416 pages

A unique book that describes the practical processes necessaryto achieve failure free equipment performance, for quality andreliability engineers, design, manufacturing process andenvironmental test engineers.

This book studies the essential requirements for successfulproduct life cycle management. It identifies key contributors tofailure in product life cycle management and particular emphasis isplaced upon the importance of thorough Manufacturing ProcessCapability reviews for both in-house and outsourced manufacturingstrategies. The readers? attention is also drawn to the manyhazards to which a new product is exposed from the commencement ofmanufacture through to end of life disposal.

• Revolutionary in focus, as it describes how to achieve failurefree performance rather than how to predict an acceptableperformance failure rate (reliability technology rather thanreliability engineering)
• Author has over 40 years experience in the field, and the textis based on classroom tested notes from the reliability technologycourse he taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),USA 
• Contains graphical interpretations of mathematical modelstogether with diagrams, tables of physical constants, case studiesand unique worked examples 

About the author

Mr. Norman Pascoe, MIT Consultant (retired), UK
The author has worked for forty three years in the fields of Environmental Testing , Quality and Reliability and Environmental Stress Screening. Since 1996 he has worked as a Reliability Technology consultant to some leading telecommunications and aerospace industries. Before becoming a consultant Norman served for five years as European Product Assurance adviser to Nortel Networks Limited.
Mr Pascoe has presented papers at seminars and conferences in North America, the UK and other European countries. He became a member of the Society of Environmental Engineers in December 1987 and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers in April 1998.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reliability Technology: Principles and Practice of Failure Prevention in Electronic Systems; Volume 6 of Quality and Reliability Engineering Series
• Author: Norman Pascoe
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2011
• ISBN: 0470980117, 9780470980118
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Electrical; Technology & Engineering / Quality Control