1-Day Course on “Process Optimization using Taguchi Methods”

by

Dr. Prakash R. Apte

Registration and Inaugural Function: 8:30 am – 9.00 am

Morning : 9:00 am – 1:00 pm 

(1) OVERVIEW OF TAGUCHI METHODS(1 Hr 30 min)

Coffee-break10:30 to 11:00 am

Morning : 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

(2) PRINCIPLES OF QUALITY ENGINEERING or ROBUST DESIGN (30 min)

(3) TAGUCHI’S QUADRATIC LOSS FUNCTION and SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS (45 min)

(4) MATRIX EXPERIMENT using ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS, FACTOR EFFECTS and ANOVA (45 min)

Lunch-Break 1:00 to 2:00 pm

Afternoon : 2:00 – 3:30 pm

(5) 8-STEPS IN ROBUST DESIGN - A CASE STUDY (45 min)

(6) TAGUCHI METHOD for STATICPROBLEMS – A CASESTUDY:(45 min) 

  Improving quality of Spark Erosion or EDM m/c 

Coffee-Break 3:30 to 4:00 pm

Afternoon : 4:00 – 4:45 pm

(7) TAGUCHI METHOD for DYNAMIC PROBLEMS – A CASE STUDY :(45 min)

  Improving quality of N/C machines

CONCLUDING SESSION :

Afternoon : 4:45 – 5:30 pm

(8)TOOLS and TECHNIQUES FOR TAGUCHI METHOD :

§Taguchi’s two-step method for Reducing Variance 

§Exploit nonlinearity for reduction in output variance

§Identify noise factors for the processes : build-in ROBUSTNESS

§Identify control factors for the processes : improve additivity

(9)STRATEGIES WITH ROBUST DESIGN

§Robust Design, Tolerance Design and ISO-9000 certification.

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End at 5:30 pm 

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