Taguchi method was known as an off-line quality control methodology to be used in many industries. Until now, most applications only focus on optimizing a single-response in a static system. Furthermore, due to the increasing complexity of the product design, more than one quality characteristic must be considered simultaneously to improve the production quality. Therefore, there are several st...

This paper proposes an efficient approach for optimizing the multiple quality characteristics (QCHs) in manufacturing applications on the Taguchi method using the super efficiency technique in data envelopment analysis (DEA). Each experiment in Taguchi’s orthogonal array (OA) is treated as a decision making unit (DMU) with multiple QCHs set as inputs or outputs. DMU’s efficiency is evaluated th...

Optimum energy consumption and prevention of energy losses are important issues in various fields including agricultural engineering. Mower is one of the agricultural machineries that can waste too much energy if does not function properly. In this study, the performance of a single disc rotary mower was studied and optimized by measurement of cutting quality of the stem cross section (cutting ...

This research outlines the Taguchi optimization methodology, which is applied to optimize cutting parameters in drilling of glass fiber reinforced composite (GFRC) material. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to study the effect of process parameters on machining process. This procedure eliminates the need for repeated experiments, time and conserves the material by the conventional procedure...

Laser cutting of metal matrix composite, having extensive applications in aerospace and automobile industries, is important from the eminence of cut point of view. Keeping this in view, a fusion approach of Taguchi method (TM) and principal component analysis (PCA) has been functional for multi-objective optimization (MOO) of pulsed Nd: YAG laser beam cutting (LBC) of Al7075/SiCp metal matrix c...

This study contains experimental investigation and analysis of different joint design and parameters affecting welding distortion observed in gtaw process. Distortion is a major problem and it has different types. The extent of distortion depends on some important parameters related to welding. The important parameters chosen for given study are welding current, thickness, gas flow rate and joi...

background: xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (xcc), the causative agent of bacterial citrus canker, has affected citriculture worldwide. varieties of means have been used to minimize its devastating effects, but no attention has been given to bacteriocins.objectives: here and for the first time, we report the isolation and characterization of two novel bacteriocins.materials and methods: secretom...

The optimized cutting parameters are very important to control the required surface quality. In the present study, Taguchi method is used to find the optimal cutting parameters for surface roughness (Ra) in turning. The L-18 orthogonal array, the signal-to-noise ratio & analysis of variance are employed to study the performance characteristics in turning operations of AISI-410 steel bars using ...

Calibrations to existing cost of doing business in space indicate that to establish human presence on the Moon and Mars with the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) will require resources, felt by many, to be more than the national budget can afford. In order for SEI to succeed, we must actually design and build space systems at lower cost this time, even with tremendous increases in quality and...

in this work, boehmite sol was prepared by a previously applied and validated method; hydrolysis of aluminum chloride hexa-hydrate. in order to obtain precise results, the effect of ph after adding precipitating agent, aging time, peptizing temperature and ultrasonic vibration time on the crystallite size of final precipitate were investigated in a narrow range. the preparation conditions appli...