Quality Improvement of Medical Wire Manufacturing Process Academic Article

abstract

• Medical wires are used in cardiovascular devices. Therefore, the wire drawing process is extremely critical in terms of creating high-quality products. However, with the possibility of hundreds of different process levels, implementing experimental design and analysis in the wire drawing process is very challenging. This article presents a case study of a Six Sigma-based quality improvement framework for a wire drawing process at a U.S.-based medical wire manufacturing company. Our results show a major improvement in the predictability of the model with significant increase in R2 value. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Nepal, Bimal

published proceedings

• QUALITY ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• Nepal, B., Mohanty, S., & Kay, L.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Nepal, Bimal||Mohanty, Sankalp||Kay, Lawrence

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Quality Engineering  Journal

keywords

• Biomedical
• Case Study
• Six Sigma Quality Improvement
• Wire Drawing Process

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/08982112.2012.758282

start page

• 151

end page

• 163

volume

• 25

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F08982112.2012.758282

user-defined tag

• 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure