Taguchi-based Six Sigma approach to optimize plasma cutting process: An industrial case study

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 760-769

  Chen, Joseph C ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Cox, Ronald A ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Process optimization; Quality; Six Sigma; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA ARC CUTTING; PLASMAS; PROCESS CONTROL; TAGUCHI METHODS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CUTTING MACHINES; EXPERIMENT DESIGNS; FEED RATES; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES; MEAN VALUES; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS; PARAMETER COMBINATIONS; PLASMA CUTTINGS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; SIX SIGMA; SIX SIGMA APPROACHES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAGUCHI; TAGUCHI PARAMETER DESIGNS; WORK PIECES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 62349093009     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-008-1526-1     Document Type: Article

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