Podcast Episode 12: Six-sigma and materials engineering

Podcast Episode 12: Six-sigma and materials engineering

In this episode I discuss 6-sigma, statistical process control, and the role of materials engineering in developing capable manufacturing processes.

Materials are used to fabricate components and join components together. And, we want manufacturing processes capable of producing components and assemblies without defects or problems, and whose materials have the desired properties. So, developing and maintaining a six-sigma manufacturing process depends heavily on materials engineering.

 

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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E., is President of Industrial Metallurgists and a metallurgical engineering consultant with more than 30 years of experience in product design, manufacturing, failure analysis, and metallurgy training. He helps clients worldwide solve design and manufacturing problems and is the author of Materials Enabled Designs.

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