Particle contamination diagnostic capability improvement leads to increase in product yield.
THE CLIENT
One of the world's largest automotive parts and equipment manufacturers for the U.S. automobile industry.
THE CHALLENGE
MC2 was selected to help solve fuel injector contamination problems causing faulty engine operation, and to improve a very time consuming and labor intensive contamination analysis process adversely affecting timely timely corrective action.
MC2 ACTIVITY
An extensive Contamination Control Assessment of the fuel injector manufacturing and assembly process and related clean room operations, including contamination evaluation an analysis processes was conducted.
FINDINGS
Cleanroom operations and cleanliness protocols needed upgrading. The particle evaluation analysis process was very labor intensive, time consuming and highly subjective.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Cleanliness improvements according to assessment recommendations and the implementation of a new automated particle counting and analysis system introduced by MC2
RESULTS
Product cleanliness improvements reduced product defects and increased yield. This resulted in overall improvement in engine performance and reliability. Improvement to the particle counting and analysis system and process significantly reduced analysis time and labor and improved process efficiency. In addition the time to implement corrective action was reduced.
