Simultaneous Engineering of Quality Through Integrated Modeling
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Mechanical Design
- Vol. 120 (2) , 210-220
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2826961
Abstract
Simultaneous engineering has become the means to ensure quality through incorporation of manufacturing. This proves difficult without quantitative support tools. We present here a modeling-based approach to simultaneously design a product and its production process. We demonstrate an approach of examining sensitivities of output to all inputs of a system, from product design specifications, process variables, and material specifications. We further develop mathematics of estimating the effects of in-line process control changes to improve quality. We demonstrate a method to choose noise sources to measure and process variables to control in-line based upon these measurements, and estimate the error reduction that such process control changes will provide. The tool allows simultaneous engineering of the product and process to improve quality.Keywords
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