Abstract:
The objective of this research was to reduce time and defects from the injection molding process of plastic parts in the car seats due to main cause of this problem was the amount of defect that occurs during the injection set condition. This research started by studying in detail of the production process and selected the factors by Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and applied the Design of Experiments (DOE) approach to reduce the defects. It was found that the factors leading to short shot and void/bubble defects of Plastic Main Back LH were injection pressure, cavity temperature, and melt temperature. The results showed that the appropriate parameter settings of injection pressure is 105 kg/cm2, cavity temperature is 60 °C, and melt temperature is 230 °C. When the obtained factor levels were applied in the Plastic Main Back LH and RH production process, it was found that the amount of defects that occurred during the injection set condition of the Plastic Main Back LH and RH decreased significantly. The amount of short shot defect during the parameter setting was reduced from 25 to 6 pcs. The amount of void/bubble defect during the parameter setting was reduced from 18 to 3 pcs. The amount of parts that have short shot and void within the same part during the parameter setting was reduced from 16 to 3 pcs. and it was also found that the setup of the injection molding machine can also help reduce the operating time from 48.57 minutes to 17.60 minutes, which enabled the case study factory to produce 21 pcs/day, or 420 pcs/month. The percentage of defect during the actual production decreased from 1.41% to 1.16%