Reduction of Oil Contamination on Hard Disk Drive Parts using Automatic Hydrocarbon Washing Machine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.1.2011.10.0010Keywords:
Hard disk drive part; proportion of defectives; oil contamination; Taguchi method; response surface analysis.Abstract
This paper discusses the use of the Taguchi method and response surface analysis to minimize the proportion of defectives by oil contamination on one product of hard disk drive parts by using an automatic hydrocarbon washing machine. The experiments are conducted by using the Taguchi method and the matrices of washing conditions include nine parameters. The effect on the proportion of defectives by oil contamination is evaluated and determined. A second-order model is developed based on the parameters of the automatic hydrocarbon washing machine and the proportion of defectives of oil contamination determined by using the response surface method. The experimental results show that the parameters are significant. The developed model can be used effectively to predict the response.
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