I'm not sure I would state that the amount of testing seems outrageous. Many of today's similar products undergo extremely rigorous testing on the assembly line. A modern television will undergo extensive testing. The difference is that modern testing is automated. We have board of nails testers that can verify an entire circuit board quickly. Robotic test stations can check buttons and user interface functions. Cameras and sensors can verify the video and audio outputs. It's possible that modern testing is even more comprehensive. The difference is the automation allows it to be done much more quickly and effectively. We don't need armies of people on the line to run these checks. There is also more testing pushed down to the suppliers. We expect our power supply vendors to run extensive testing before they ship their products to our factories. We may run spot checks, but we expect component testing to be decentralized.
Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation [email protected] The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. Testing - Yes, it looked like they were testing it to death, leaving only the good ones to ship. Obviously, there were enough good ones to give RCA a good reputation. I almost expected quality engineers to be present when the consumer unboxed the set. Locations - I was surprised how many facilities were involved with design & manufacturing. Tube testing - I liked the machine with cork bottle tops hitting the sides of tubes. I wonder if it was to test glass strength, or to check for microphonics (excessive microphonics.) Personal safety - I cringed when I saw the woman handling the open liquid nitrogen canister with her bare hands, or the assembly person picking up a CRT by its neck without gloves. My wife recognized the voice of the narrator (Henry 'Jam' Handy), and said must have done every documentary in that era. Pat On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Douglas Nix <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting look back at 1950's manufacturing, especially from a > Quality Assurance, Test and OHS perspective. No workers were using any > kind of obvious PPE except a few on the soldering lines. No hearing > protection, dust masks, safety glasses or other PPE that I could see. > Ergonomics sucked in most cases. From a QA standpoint, it looked to me > as if they were trying valiantly to test quality in, rather than build > it in. The outdoor open-area-test site was pretty interesting too. > These are normally inside inflatable structures now, so you can work > in crappy weather as well as good. Cool in any case. > > Thanks for sharing this, Dieter! > > Doug > > On 12-Jun-14, at 15:19, Paasche, Dieter > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Testing has changed over time,…. or not? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TF2DZ0E0Q4 > > > Dieter > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. 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