HALT has no veracity for MTBF; but use of the process can effect MTBF calculations where the standard is other than MH217.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:42 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: MTBF calculation HALT method versus MIL HDBK 217 method Dear Experts, Is it possible to do accelerated life testing and calculate MTBF through that? Are there any labs offering this service? What will be correlation between MIL HDBK 217 method of MTBF calculation and HALT method? Which one will be reliable and reasonable? Sincerely SCM Microsystems (India) Pvt. Ltd. K. Balasubramanian - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>

