Reliability Nightmares! Titan Sub Disaster & Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbines
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In this episode... Sofeast's CEO Renaud and Andrew Amirnovin, reliability expert and our head of New Product Development, explore two high-profile product reliability nightmares that have been in the news recently: the destruction of the Oceangate Titan submersible that catastrophically imploded near the wreck of the Titanic and the reliability failures of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbines that suffered from vibration landing them with a $ 2 billion price tag to fix and denting their stock prices    Show Sections 00:00 - Greetings and introducing today's topic. 02:23 - 1. The destruction of the Titan submersible visiting the wreck of the Titanic. 22:14 - Do strict standards actually stifle innovation and make it hard for new companies to enter a market? 27:46 - 2. Vibrating Siemens Gamesa wind turbines. 34:52 - Comparing possible testing solutions for the Titan sub and the wind turbines. 39:52 - Summary: What it takes to manufacture and keep manufacturing a reliable product.   Related content... The Oceangate Titan submersible The Siemens Gamesa wind turbines Get help from Sofeast to do Reliability Engineering & Testing (in a China lab) - we provide reliability engineering services including reliability testing on component and PCB levels as well as the product level on various types of consumer products. Some of these tests include drop, vibration, temperature and humidity and package testing. We can customize the right tests for your product. How Reliability Testing Is Critical To Obtaining Great Mass-Produced Products The Design for Reliability Process for Launching Reliable Products   Get in touch with us Connect with us on LinkedIn Send us a tweet @sofeast Prefer Facebook? Check us out on FB Contact us via Sofeast's contact page Subscribe to our YouTube channel   Subscribe to the podcast  There are more episodes to come, so remember to subscribe! You can do so in your favorite podcast apps here and don't forget to give us a 5-star rating, please: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts TuneIn Amazon Podcasts Deezer iHeartRADIO PlayerFM Listen Notes Podcast Addict Podchaser
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