プラスチック部品のリコールを防ぐ方法

Thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls、particularlyintheautomotiveindustry。Asthesaying

なると、thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink。Plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry、として

OEMspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeettheCorporateAverageFuelEconomystandards。Infact は、asnotedby

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

10 匹 %ofthetotalweight。
JeffJansen、シニア、ManagingEngineerwiththeMadisonGroup (マディソン、WI)、aconsultingfirmforpolymersandtheplastics

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (QC)、usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics。Jansennotedthatfailureanalysis、failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationare彼

clients'primaryareasofconcern。さらに、hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand

processdevelopment には、includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms."WeworkpredominantlywithOEMsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment"JansentoldPlasticsToday"Iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner、moldmakerと

materialspeople。Tohavethematerialselectedinconcretebeforeyougotothemolderandmoldmakerisamistake.We

oftengetinvolvedinacollaborativeefforttohelpselectaresin、andifwe'rehiredbythemolderwehaveexposuretothe

OEM。Ifwe'rehiredbytheOEM には、wehaveexposuretotheresinsupplierandthemolder."TheMadisonGroupworkswith

severalmajorindustries、includingmedicalandautomotive。Jansensaidthecomplexitycomeswithgovernmentregulations、

andintheautomotiveindustrytheOEMshavealotofrulesinplace、suchaswhenPPAP [productionpartapprovalprocess]

なる。」Betweencompanyguidelinesandfederalregulationstherecanbequiteafewhurdlestoapprovingamaterial

orimplementinganewmaterial,"Jansennoted.HeaddedthattherearethreemajorareaswheretheMadisonGrouphelps

qualifynewresins:Whenanoldresinisdiscontinued; whenanewproductisbeingdeveloped; andinthecaseoffailure

whenthecompanyidentifiesthataresinisn'trightforanapplication."Itcanbeverydifficulttoselectanewresiniftheone

inuseisbeingdiscontinued"saidJansen"It'stimesensitive、whichmandatesthatyouneedtomovequicklytogetanew

樹脂です。Qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch."熱

FisherScientific (ウォルサム, MA) isamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandRamanspectrometers

レオメーター、X-rayphotoelectronspectrometers (XPS) energydispersivex-rayspectrometers (EDS) andscanningelectron

microscopes(SEM)。ThermoFisherScientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries、notjustautomotive、

includingconsumerproducts、高 techelectronicequipment、chemicalsandpharmaceuticals。Thesesystemsareused

間でmanyapplicationsineverythingfromRandamp; D、製品開発、analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol。