Come evitare che ricorda di componenti in plastica

Thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls, particularlyintheautomotiveindustry. Asthesaying

va, thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink. Plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry, come

OEMspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeettheCorporateAverageFuelEconomystandards. Infatti, asnotedby

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

only10% ofthetotalweight.
JeffJansen, Sr., ManagingEngineerwiththeMadisonGroup (Madison, WI), aconsultingfirmforpolymersandtheplastics

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (QC), usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics. Jansennotedthatfailureanalysis, failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationaresuo

clients'primaryareasofconcern. Inoltre, hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand

processdevelopment, includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms." WeworkpredominantlywithOEMsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment, "JansentoldPlasticsToday." Iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner, moldmakere

materialspeople. Tohavethematerialselectedinconcretebeforeyougotothemolderandmoldmakerisamistake.We

oftengetinvolvedinacollaborativeefforttohelpselectaresin, andifwe'rehiredbythemolderwehaveexposuretothe

OEM. Ifwe'rehiredbytheOEM, wehaveexposuretotheresinsupplierandthemolder." TheMadisonGroupworkswith

severalmajorindustries, includingmedicalandautomotive. Jansensaidthecomplexitycomeswithgovernmentregulations,

andintheautomotiveindustrytheOEMshavealotofrulesinplace, suchaswhenPPAP [productionpartapprovalprocess]

willhappen." Betweencompanyguidelinesandfederalregulationstherecanbequiteafewhurdlestoapprovingamaterial

orimplementinganewmaterial,"Jansennoted.HeaddedthattherearethreemajorareaswheretheMadisonGrouphelps

qualifynewresins:Whenanoldresinisdiscontinued; whenanewproductisbeingdeveloped; andinthecaseoffailure

whenthecompanyidentifiesthataresinisn'trightforanapplication." Itcanbeverydifficulttoselectanewresiniftheone

inuseisbeingdiscontinued, "saidJansen." It'stimesensitive, whichmandatesthatyouneedtomovequicklytogetanew

resina. Qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch." Thermo

IsamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandRamanspectrometers FisherScientific (Waltham, MA),

Reometri, X-rayphotoelectronspectrometers (XPS), andscanningelectron energydispersivex-rayspectrometers (EDS)

Microscopes(SEM).ThermoFisherScientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries, notjustautomotive,

includingconsumerproducts, alto-techelectronicequipment, chemicalsandpharmaceuticals. Thesesystemsareused

da altra partemanyapplicationsineverythingfromRandamp; D, productdevelopment, analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol.