כיצד למנוע החזרות של רכיבי פלסטיק

Thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls, particularlyintheautomotiveindustry. Asthesaying

אומר, thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink. Plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry, כמו

OEMspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeettheCorporateAverageFuelEconomystandards. Infact, asnotedby

SPI:Theplasticsindustrytradeassociation(Washington,DC), plasticsmakeup50% ofthevolumeofacarbutcontribute

only10% ofthetotalweight.
האב JeffJansen, ManagingEngineerwiththeMadisonGroup (מדיסון, WI), aconsultingfirmforpolymersandtheplastics

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (קיו סי), usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics. Jansennotedthatfailureanalysis, failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationareשלו

clients'primaryareasofconcern. בנוסף, hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand

processdevelopment, includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms." WeworkpredominantlywithOEMsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment, "JansentoldPlasticsToday". Iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner, moldmakerו

materialspeople. Tohavethematerialselectedinconcretebeforeyougotothemolderandmoldmakerisamistake.We

oftengetinvolvedinacollaborativeefforttohelpselectaresin, andifwe'rehiredbythemolderwehaveexposuretothe

יצרן הציוד המקורי. Ifwe'rehiredbytheOEM, wehaveexposuretotheresinsupplierandthemolder." TheMadisonGroupworkswith

severalmajorindustries, includingmedicalandautomotive. Jansensaidthecomplexitycomeswithgovernmentregulations,

andintheautomotiveindustrytheOEMshavealotofrulesinplace, suchaswhenPPAP [productionpartapprovalprocess]

האקלים." Betweencompanyguidelinesandfederalregulationstherecanbequiteafewhurdlestoapprovingamaterial

orimplementinganewmaterial,"Jansennoted.HeaddedthattherearethreemajorareaswheretheMadisonGrouphelps

qualifynewresins:Whenanoldresinisdiscontinued; whenanewproductisbeingdeveloped; andinthecaseoffailure

whenthecompanyidentifiesthataresinisn'trightforanapplication." Itcanbeverydifficulttoselectanewresiniftheone

inuseisbeingdiscontinued, "saidJansen". It'stimesensitive, whichmandatesthatyouneedtomovequicklytogetanew

שרף. Qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch." תרמו

IsamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandRamanspectrometers FisherScientific (וולת'אם, MA),

rheometers, X-rayphotoelectronspectrometers (XPS), andscanningelectron energydispersivex-rayspectrometers (עורכים)

microscopes(SEM).ThermoFisherScientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries, notjustautomotive,

includingconsumerproducts, גבוהה-techelectronicequipment, chemicalsandpharmaceuticals... Thesesystemsareused

מעברmanyapplicationsineverythingfromRandamp; D, productdevelopment, analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol.