Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company

Painting is an important process in the automotive assembly to give more attractive appearance to the vehicles and to provide the layer of protection against corrosion and weathering. The objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the factors affecting the quality of painting process at Com...

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Main Authors:	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed, Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Abdullah, Hanani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-436192017-11-22T01:23:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43619/ Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Abdullah, Hanani T Technology (General) Painting is an important process in the automotive assembly to give more attractive appearance to the vehicles and to provide the layer of protection against corrosion and weathering. The objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the factors affecting the quality of painting process at Company RST’s Paint Shop. The paint shop was unable to perform the painting process satisfactorily and deliver the painted vehicle bodies as per customer specifications. The study concentrated on the fiber defect detected at Top Coat Area as the major problem of paint deficiency. Using activities like Genba investigation, data collection, trials and data analysis, the root causes of the problem were identified. Six Sigma DMAIC approach was utilized in conducting the improvement activities. Through designed experiments conducted to determine the best parameter setting of the spray gun used in the painting process, it was found that 3.5 bars for air pressure and 450 ml/minutes for fluid delivery resulted in the lowest paint defect. The use of Six Sigma DMAIC approach had succeeded in helping the company to minimize paint fiber defect per unit (DPU) from 10 to less than 3 DPU. The results from the study have provided an insight on successful deployment of DMAIC through application of its various statistical tools and techniques, and as the systematic problem-solving framework on solving actual industrial issues such as automotive painting problem. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43619/1/AMR.1115.596.pdf Abd. Rahman, Mohamed and Mohiuddin, A. K. M. and Abdullah, Hanani (2015) Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 596-600. ISSN 1022-6680 http://www.ttp.net/978-3-03835-493-2/13.html 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.596
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description	Painting is an important process in the automotive assembly to give more attractive appearance to the vehicles and to provide the layer of protection against corrosion and weathering. The objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the factors affecting the quality of painting process at Company RST’s Paint Shop. The paint shop was unable to perform the painting process satisfactorily and deliver the painted vehicle bodies as per customer specifications. The study concentrated on the fiber defect detected at Top Coat Area as the major problem of paint deficiency. Using activities like Genba investigation, data collection, trials and data analysis, the root causes of the problem were identified. Six Sigma DMAIC approach was utilized in conducting the improvement activities. Through designed experiments conducted to determine the best parameter setting of the spray gun used in the painting process, it was found that 3.5 bars for air pressure and 450 ml/minutes for fluid delivery resulted in the lowest paint defect. The use of Six Sigma DMAIC approach had succeeded in helping the company to minimize paint fiber defect per unit (DPU) from 10 to less than 3 DPU. The results from the study have provided an insight on successful deployment of DMAIC through application of its various statistical tools and techniques, and as the systematic problem-solving framework on solving actual industrial issues such as automotive painting problem.
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author	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Abdullah, Hanani
author_facet	Abd. Rahman, Mohamed Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Abdullah, Hanani
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title	Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company
title_short	Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company
title_full	Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company
title_fullStr	Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company
title_full_unstemmed	Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company
title_sort	painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a malaysian vehicle assembly company
publisher	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
publishDate	2015
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Painting process improvement through six sigma approach in a Malaysian vehicle assembly company

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