Burn-In: An Engineering Approach to the Design and Analysis of Burn-In Procedures - Hardcover

Jensen, Finn; Petersen, Niels Erik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471102156 ISBN 13: 9780471102151

Publisher: Wiley, 1991

Synopsis

Introduces the benefits and techniques of performing burn-in on components, sub-assemblies, and complete systems. An engineering approach, this text emphasizes practical applications of reliability theory. Presents numerous real-life examples. Provides the fundamental information needed to design and analyze a meaningful and effective burn-in procedure.

About this title

About the Author

About the authors-- Finn Jensen is an independent consultant in reliability engineering. He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1962 and his Ph.D. in 1970 from the Technical University of Denmark. He has been concerned with practical reliability engineering and research since the early 1970s, forming his own company in 1973. As reliability adviser he has conducted numerous reliability short courses in industry and has published and presented papers at many national and international conferences. Niels Erik Petersen graduated from the Engineering Academy of Denmark in 1976 and specializes in electromechanical engineering. Mr Petersen worked extensively on reliability problems, especially burn-in techniques, before taking up his present position as Development Engineer within a Danish company specializing in heavy industrial machinery.

From the Back Cover

This book shows how to deal with the early failures that invariably plague product manufacturers whether the product be components or complete systems, electronic or mechanical devices. The text provides a basic understanding of why failure patterns appear as they do in real life and then shows how to cope with the problem on a sound engineering basis. Burn-in is used to eliminate early failures in components or systems and the book shows how to analyse and plan a burn-in procedure, balancing the needs of reliability and cost. The models that are presented are simple but they do nevertheless cover a large number of practical situations. The book is the outcome of a research project initiated at the Engineering Academy of Denmark and sponsored jointly by the Danish Council of Technology and a number of Danish manufacturing companies within the electronics and electromechanical industry. It is written primarily for the practising reliability engineer who needs to know about the techniques and benefits of performing burn-in on components, subassemblies, or complete systems. Contents

1. Introduction
2. A Model for the Basic Time-to-Failure Pattern of Components
3. The Bimodal Time-to-Failure Distribution of Systems
4. Analysis of Component and System Failure Patterns
5. Burn-in Procedures for Components or Systems without Repair
6. Burn-in Procedures for Systems with Repair
7. Acceleration of Burn-in Tests
8. Burn-in for Reliability and Economy
9. Planning and Controlling Production Burn-in of Systems

Bibliography Appendixes Index

1. Introduction
2. A Model for the Basic Time-to-Failure Pattern of Components
3. The Bimodal Time-to-Failure Distribution of Systems
4. Analysis of Component and System Failure Patterns
5. Burn-in Procedures for Components or Systems without Repair
6. Burn-in Procedures for Systems with Repair
7. Acceleration of Burn-in Tests
8. Burn-in for Reliability and Economy
9. Planning and Controlling Production Burn-in of Systems

Bibliography Appendixes Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0471102156
• ISBN 13: 9780471102151
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180