Improvement of 3P and 6R mechanical robots reliability and quality applying FMEA and QFD approaches

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-487

  Korayem, M H ^a   Iravani, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

FMEA; Performance; QFD; Quality; Reliability; Robot

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MODES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

EFFECT ANALYSIS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD);

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 40049083295     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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