Foundry quality control aspects and prospects to reduce scrap rework and rejection in metal casting manufacturing industries

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 39-43

  Vijayaram, T R ^a   Sulaiman, S ^a   Hamouda, A M S ^a   Ahmad, M H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Captive foundries; Control charts; Quality assurance; Quality circle; Quality control; Statistical quality control (SQC); Total quality control (TQC)

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; METALLURGY; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAPTIVE FOUNDRIES; CONTROL CHARTS; QUALITY CIRCLE; STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL (SQC); TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL (TQC);

METAL CASTING;

EID: 33746816606     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2005.09.027     Document Type: Article

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