Jak zabránit navrácení plastových komponentů

Thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls, particularlyintheautomotiveindustry. Asthesaying

epos, thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink. Plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry, jako

OEMspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeettheCorporateAverageFuelEconomystandards. Infact, asnotedby

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

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

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (QC), usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics. Jansennotedthatfailureanalysis, failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationarejeho

clients'primaryareasofconcern. Navíc hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand

processdevelopment, includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms." WeworkpredominantlywithOEMsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment, "JansentoldPlasticsToday." Iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner, moldmakera

materialspeople. Tohavethematerialselectedinconcretebeforeyougotothemolderandmoldmakerisamistake.We

oftengetinvolvedinacollaborativeefforttohelpselectaresin, andifwe'rehiredbythemolderwehaveexposuretothe

OEM. Ifwe'rehiredbytheOEM, wehaveexposuretotheresinsupplierandthemolder." TheMadisonGroupworkswith

severalmajorindustries, includingmedicalandautomotive. Jansensaidthecomplexitycomeswithgovernmentregulations,

andintheautomotiveindustrytheOEMshavealotofrulesinplace, suchaswhenPPAP [productionpartapprovalprocess]

se." Betweencompanyguidelinesandfederalregulationstherecanbequiteafewhurdlestoapprovingamaterial

orimplementinganewmaterial,"Jansennoted.HeaddedthattherearethreemajorareaswheretheMadisonGrouphelps

qualifynewresins:Whenanoldresinisdiscontinued; whenanewproductisbeingdeveloped; andinthecaseoffailure

whenthecompanyidentifiesthataresinisn'trightforanapplication." Itcanbeverydifficulttoselectanewresiniftheone

inuseisbeingdiscontinued, "saidJansen." It'stimesensitive, whichmandatesthatyouneedtomovequicklytogetanew

pryskyřice. Qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch." Termo

IsamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandRamanspectrometers FisherScientific (Waltham, MA)

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

microscopes(sem).ThermoFisherScientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries, notjustautomotive,

includingconsumerproducts, vysoké techelectronicequipment, chemicalsandpharmaceuticals. Thesesystemsareused

napříčmanyapplicationsineverythingfromRandamp; D, productdevelopment, analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol.