ANALYSIS OF TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROL OF INFANT MORTALITY IN PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT.

Abstract

The report presents the results of a study of production 'burn-in' processes currently employed in the industry to reduce 'infant mortality' failures in electronics equipment and missiles prior to government acceptance for delivery to the fleet. Objectives of the study included the evolution of recommended Naval Ordnance Systems Command policy and instructional guidelines relative to the use of burn-in and other production 'debugging' processes in ordnance electronic and missile system procurements. The study concluded that burn-in processes are manufacturing R+QA tools and recommends that NAVORD control the infant mortality failures by including in production contracts quantitative reliability specifications and product acceptance criteria based on reliability test results. The possibility of individual or lot rejection on submission to Government acceptance tests because of infant mortality failures will provide the incentive for manufacturers to implement those R+QA processes, including burn-in, which are most cost effective in reducing the rejection risk. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0824665

Entities

People

  • Floyd L. Kline

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Acquisition
  • Contracts
  • Debugging
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Motivation
  • Munitions
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Rejection
  • Reliability
  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics