The project team applied SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) principles to achieve set-up time reduction on injection molding machines at Aearo Company in Southbridge, MA. The current process was first examined through videotapes and interviews. Then, a new process was designed by converting internal activities to external activities. Pilot tests suggested that set-up times could be reduced by 60%. Both short and long-term recommendations were provided to the company for further process improvements.

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Creator

• DeRoche, David Robert
• Kirloskar, Janaki
• Faulkner, Timothy Robert

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 02B016M

Advisor

• Zeng, Amy Z.

Year

• 2002

Sponsor

• Aearo Company

Date created

• 2002-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering
• Management Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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• In Copyright

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