Enhancing Part-to-Part Repeatability of Force-Sensing Resistors Using a Lean Six Sigma Approach.

ABSTRACT: Polymer nanocomposites have found wide acceptance in research applications as pressure sensors under the designation of force-sensing resistors (FSRs). However, given the random dispersion of conductive nanoparticles in the polymer matrix, the sensitivity of FSRs notably differs from one specimen to another; this condition has precluded the use of FSRs in industrial applications that require large part-to-part repeatability. Six Sigma methodology provides a standard framework to reduce the process variability regarding a critical variable. The Six Sigma core is the DMAIC cycle (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control). In this study, we have deployed the DMAIC cycle to reduce the process variability of sensor sensitivity, where sensitivity was defined by the rate of change in the ou

SUBMITTER: Garzon-Posada AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature