Robust Engineering Assists Product Complaints Practice / Industry: Robust Engineering Challenge Development of a vision based method for classifying occupants in the passenger seat of automobiles. The federal government placed requirements on when passenger side air bags can deploy, requiring the system to be able to detect and classify occupants. Although the company had an existing method of classification, they were trying to explore new technologies that would increase the Robustness of the classification. ASI Solution After our initial assessment, it was decided that the company needed robust engineering to improve the process. ASI Consulting Group executed a pattern recognition system called MTS. Achieved Benefit The team completed the study of the current and proposed technology and [...]

Robust Engineering Facilitates Firm's Entry Into Virgin Market Practice / Industry: Robust Engineering Challenge The firm's marketing division has identified that the market for compressors for water coolers and mini refrigerators was increasing. The company was eager to capture this new market. Presently it did not have any models for this segment of the market. ASI Solution The firm decided to come out with a design comparable with the best in the world, which at the same time would be cost-efficient. The company benchmarked itself with the leading compressor manufacturers. Seven design variants were selected and each varied at two levels. Robust Engineering methodology was used. Achieved Benefit Robust Engineering helped the company to incorporate the [...]

Robust Engineering Practice: Robust Engineering Challenge A company wanted to develop a new fuel delivery system to satisfy hot fuel handling requirement. In order to reduce pollution, the company needed to develop a new system which delivered precise fuel flow for combustion so that they could eliminate unused hot fuel returning back to the fuel tank. A team of engineers was assigned to accomplish this in three years. Two years into the assignment, they could not meet the requirement. ASI Solution The best solution was to introduce the company to our Robust Engineering methodology. ASI Consulting Group originated the concept of robust optimization strategies. After two months of work, the company they had a design that [...]