2-Day Course on “Innovation and Optimization using TRIZ and Taguchi Methods”

(For Research Scholars)

by

Dr. Prakash R. Apte

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

DAY 1 :TRIZ LECTURES 

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Morning : 9:00 am – 1:00 pm 

(1)OVERVIEW OF TRIZ-INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING(1 hr 30 min)

Tea-break10:30 to 11:00 am

Morning : 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

(2)(a) TECHNICAL CONTRADICTIONS :(45 min)

Elimination using Inventive Principles and Contradiction Matrix 

(b) PHYSICAL CONTRADICTIONS : (30 min)

Elimination using Separation Principles

(3)S-FIELD MODEL and 76-STANDARD SOLUTIONS(45 min)

Lunch-Break 1:00 to 2:00 pm

Afternoon : 2:00 – 3:30 pm

(4)EVOLUTION OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS : (45 min)

8-Trends of evolution, S-curves, Technology Forecasting

(5)ARIZ – ALGORITHM FOR INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING (45 min)

Zones of Conflict, Intensify Conflict and Utilize resources

Coffee-Break 3:30 to 4:00 pm

Afternoon : 4:00 – 5:30 pm

(6)CASE-STUDIES :

a.Solar Cooling System(30 min)

b.Heat-Pipes (ideal heat conductor) (30 min)

(7)TRIZ TECHNIQUES FOR REMOVING PSYCHOLOGICAL INERTIA : (45 min)

End of Day-1 at 5:30 pm



DAY 2 : TAGUCHI LECTURES

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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)TRIZ + TAGUCHI METHODS IN RESEARCH : (45 min)

(a)Systematic Innovation : Identify several innovative solutions

(b)Identify control/noise factors for the processes

(c)Select and Optimize one or two processes (for BEST-IN-THE-WORLD results) 

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End of Day-2 at 5:30 pm 

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