DocumentCode :
2971881
Title :
A taguchi method for safety design of artificial marble products
Author :
Wang, Wen-Pai ; Chang, Chung-Shang ; Lee, Yu-Hsiu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., Nat. Chin-Yi Univ. of Technol., Taichung, Taiwan
fYear :
2009
fDate :
8-11 Dec. 2009
Firstpage :
463
Lastpage :
467
Abstract :
Artificial marble products usually include sinks and kitchen equipments. Frequent accidents of consumer injuries caused by fallen sinks have been reported. This study aims to enhance the safety of marble sink by taking into the consideration of not increasing the cost of production and materials, and by applying the parameter design of Taguchi Method in selecting six controllable factors: defoaming time, resin ratio, hardener amount, oven time, oven temperature and amount of transparent glue. Eventually by formulating the optimal combination of production parameters, and by adjusting the raw materials and process, human injuries resulted from broken sink shreds may be avoided. All confirmation experiments conducted by parameter level fall within the confidence interval, indicating the parameter design of this study can actually attain the ultimate goal of product safety by effectively enhancing product quality without increasing any related costs.
Keywords :
Taguchi methods; domestic safety; product design; reliability; Taguchi method; artificial marble products; broken sink shreds; defoaming time; hardener amount; human injuries; kitchen equipments; marble sink; oven temperature; oven time; product quality; product safety; resin ratio; safety design; transparent glue; Accidents; Costs; Design methodology; Injuries; Ovens; Product safety; Production; Raw materials; Resins; Temperature control; Artificial marble; Taguchi Method; orthogonal arrays; parameter design;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4869-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4870-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373307
Filename :
5373307
Link To Document :
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