Performing HALT: Highly Accelerated Life Test (240)

Chapter Outline

Chapter 7 - Performing HALT: Highly Accelerated Life Test (Accelerated Testing: ESS, HALT and HASS)

  • When to Use HALT
  • HALT considerations
    • How Many Samples?
    • Margins
  • How to run the tests
    • The test series
    • Single environments
    • Combining environments wisely
    • Sensor Placement
    • Fixturing
  • Tests and Profiles
    • Cold Only
    • Heat Only
    • Cycling
    • Vibration
    • Combined Test
    • “Super HALT”
  • Failure types for each test above
    • What to do on Failure
  • Samples
    • HALT with not enough samples
    • Safest Practice
    • Why Reuse is Dangerous
  • Data analysis
  • Non-Electronic/Visual Monitoring
  • Test reports

Video Outline

Performing Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) part 1

Performing Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) part 2