On the tow truck again
12-02-2011, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob_Mac
False statement. My background - Electronics Engineer. Parts can fail at any time irregardless of age.
Background. Integrated circuit manufacturing. BSEE MSEE. Worked as reliability engineer for 3years also. Statement is correct that the probability of failure is highest in the beginning and then decreases to a low steady state until wear out which is typically 10+ years. For high reliability applications we do a burn in to weed out the early failures
12-02-2011, 06:25 PM
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Background. Welding engineer. Welds fail, people die. Hahahaha.