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Trial Run Template-Rev130912
Trial Run Template-Rev130912
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PROJECTNAME:
PROJECTNO.:
DATE:
PROJECTLEAD:
PROJECTMEMBERS:
HYPOTHESIS:
OBSERVATIONS:
MATERIALCONSUMED:
VARIABLESTESTED:
TrialRunReportEXAMPLE
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PROJECTNAME:(adddescription) NewCarbonBasedMaterialinMoldingProcess
PROJECTNO.:(addifavailable) Project2013001
DATE:(month/date/year) August22,2013
PROJECTLEAD:(addnameofprojectleader) TomSmith
PROJECTMEMBERS:(addallpersonnelinvolvedwiththetrialrun) TerryJones,TonyJones,Thomas
Jones
HYPOTHESIS:(addwhatthetrialwastrying
tofindout) Canwedevelopasetofrun
parameterstomoldthenewcarbonbased
materialsusingourexistingprocess?
VARIABLESTESTED:(addthevariablesbeing
monitored,adjusted,tested,etcduringthetrial)
Temperatureprofile(variedduration+temperature
ratio),amountofmaterialused,ambienthumidity,
moldshapes,injectionspeed
OBSERVATIONS:(addwhatwasnoticedduringthetrial,successes+failures,whetherthehypothesis
wascorrect,incorrect,orinconclusive)
Trialsusedlowermouthguardmoldset#12045.Testedattemperatureprofilefromoriginal
carbonmaterial,butprototypematerialhadincompletefill(atmolars).Materialflowdifferent
thanexpected,tendedtogetcaughtinareasoftightturnsorsmallerpartgeometry.Dimensions
outbyatleast10%tonominal.Shattertestswereexcellent.
Trialsforlargermouthguardmoldset#13045hadsimilarfailuresandmoreknitlines,moreflash.
Materialflowwasmorepredictable,buthadpoorfillatrandomlocations.Resultsimprovedwith
lessmaterial.Shattertestswereexcellent.
Materialappearsunsuitableforcomplexgeometricshapes,failedtodevelopeffective
temperatureprofilesandrunparameters.Failedtocontrolcriticalvariables,moretrials@larger
quantitiesrequired.
MATERIALCONSUMED:(addsummaryoftherawmaterialsthatwererenderedvaluelessafterthe
trialwascompleted) Ran100+prototypesofbothmouthguard.Required120kgmaterials,[2]sets
ofprototypetips.Tipsscrapped,materialsenttoregrind.