Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(4), 909-915 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361040909

Application of design of experiments to welding process of food packaging

Jan Hron, Tomáš Macák
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Design of experiments is one of the many problem-solving quality tools that can be used for various investigations such as finding the significant factors in a process, the effect of each factor on the outcome, the variance in the process, troubleshooting the machine problems, screening the parameters, and modeling the processes. The objectives of the experiment in this study are two-fold. The first objective is to identify the parameters of food packaging welding, which influence the response strength of a weld. The second objective is to identify the process parameters that affect the variability in the weld strength. The results of the experiment have stimulated the engineering team within the company to extend the applications of DOE in other core processes for performance improvement and variability reduction activities.

Keywords: food packaging, welding process, 2k full factorial design, optimization, interaction in processes
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The paper was elaborated in the framework of solving project of GAČR P403/12/1950. We would like to express my gratitude to Ing. Marie Luzna, quality manager of the Alcan Packiging Skrivan Ltd. for enabling execution of the experiment.

Received: April 11, 2013; Published: July 13, 2013  Show citation

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Hron, J., & Macák, T. (2013). Application of design of experiments to welding process of food packaging. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(4), 909-915. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361040909
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