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01/27/04 20:47
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#63438 - RE: Burn in procedures
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Is there any tangible benefit in doing the burn in at room temperatures ?

I that'd be virtually pointless.
The aim of burn-in is to accelerate the infant mortalities (see Erik's "bathtub curve") so that they die during the burn-in, rather than after they've reached a customer. The acceleration is achieved by running at elevated temperature - hence burn-in. Thus "room-temperature burn-in" is an oxymoron.

whenever we complete a unit it is left on power with a code that loops through the typical cycle.

That's called Functional Test - nothing to do with Burn-In.

This has at times showed up faults like insufficient heatsinks; unduly heating ICs / transformers due to some problem ; noise related issues when the unit crashes due to insufficient filter arrangements.

As Erik said, they're not faults, they're a Design Flaws

Apart from above is it true that when fresh components are left powered they kind of bed-in

No.
You are confusing Burn-In with Running-In.
As already described, the purpose of Burn-In is to accelerate the failure of flawed parts;
The purpose of Running-In is to allow parts to bed-in, by giving them a period of gentle operation - quite the opposite of Burn-In! This is applied to mechanical moving parts - I can't think of any application for electronic components?

I would be happy to hear from the experts if there are any guidelines for proper burn-in.

There is a vast body of literature on all aspects of Reliability, Failure Modes, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, etc, etc, etc
I suggest you seek out the appropriate professional body in your territory.

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Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
      Quality Control?            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Burn in procedures - Erik            01/01/70 00:00      
         Poor components            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Burn in procedures - Andy            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE: Burn in procedures            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Burn in procedures - Kai            01/01/70 00:00      

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