Як запобігти згадує пластикових компонентів

Thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls, particularlyintheautomotiveindustry. Asthesaying

София, thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink. Plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry, як

OEMspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeettheCorporateAverageFuelEconomystandards. Infact, asnotedby

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

only10% ofthetotalweight.
JeffJansen, старший ManagingEngineerwiththeMadisonGroup (Медісон, WI), aconsultingfirmforpolymersandtheplastics

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (КК), usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics. Jansennotedthatfailureanalysis, failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationareйого

clients'primaryareasofconcern. Крім того, hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand

processdevelopment, includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms." WeworkpredominantlywithOEMsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment, "JansentoldPlasticsToday". Iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner, moldmakerі

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

смоли. Qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch." Термо

IsamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandRamanspectrometers FisherScientific (Waltham, MA),

rheometers Х rayphotoelectronspectrometers (XPS), andscanningelectron energydispersivex-rayspectrometers (ЕЦП)

microscopes(SEM).ThermoFisherScientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries, notjustautomotive,

includingconsumerproducts, висока techelectronicequipment, chemicalsandpharmaceuticals. Thesesystemsareused

черезmanyapplicationsineverythingfromRandamp; D, productdevelopment, analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol.