Production quality control and scientific inspection of American style cabinets and bathroom cabinets
June 9, 2024 12:43·
In the process of customized cabinet quality management, the main factors that cause uneven product quality include design, personnel, machinery, materials, methods, and environmental factors. This article focuses on the quality management of customized cabinets from four aspects: research and development design, on-site measurement, equipment stability, and process methods.
01 Research and Development Design and Cabinet Quality
The entire system operation of the new product is closely linked from requirement input to development project approval to final product output, and the information transmission requirements are very precise, with no errors allowed in the connection. As the quality management department for the entire company’s products and services, we are fully involved in ensuring the smooth development of new products and ensuring that newly launched products meet customer needs.
In the process of product development, the quality management department needs to test, inspect, and preserve the materials used in product development, and is responsible for establishing archives and managing the preservation of samples.
Before launching a product, it is usually necessary to conduct relevant order and production tests to evaluate the smoothness of the product production process and the accuracy of data. Determine whether the product will be launched based on the evaluation results.
After the product is launched, pay attention to receiving customer feedback, use quality management methods to analyze customer feedback issues, monitor product quality based on monthly change and supplement order data, and continuously improve.
02 On site measurement and cabinet quality
There may be several quality issues caused by on-site measurements:
① Designers lack knowledge training on specialized products, have unclear attributes of enterprise product lines, and design products that do not meet customer needs; ② When dealing with kitchen corner design, inaccurate measurement of the kitchen structure resulted in installation failure and rework delays.
③ Unfamiliarity with software applications, incorrect input of information during use, resulting in cabinet products produced based on data not meeting the requirements of the kitchen site; ④ The on-site measurement technicians lack a strong sense of responsibility, resulting in distorted measurement data.
In response to quality management issues related to measurement errors, customized cabinet enterprises should establish a training department to provide training to designers, including product knowledge, kitchen measurement, and design software application. Qualified candidates should be certified for their positions; The quality management department regularly checks the training effectiveness through order complaint feedback information and reports the actual training situation to the design training department.
03 Equipment performance and cabinet quality
Preparation before mass industrial production. The production personnel confirm the drawings and process requirements of the test board, and confirm that the operator, equipment, processing materials, work instructions, and production environment meet the production requirements. After completing the test board, the homework personnel confirm that the results meet the requirements of the test board and fill in the test board record.
A test board is an effective measure for pre control, early detection of problems, and prevention of industrial batch accidents. Through the test board, systematic errors such as severe wear of fixtures or installation positioning errors, decreased accuracy of measuring instruments, misreading of drawings, feeding or formula errors can be detected, and corrective or improvement measures can be taken to prevent batch non-conforming products from occurring. The first piece test board has the function of prevention, supervision, and recording feedback opinions.
04 Methods for improving cabinet quality
04-1 Appearance Color Control Method
The consistency of product appearance color is one of the basic requirements of customers for the product, which puts higher requirements on the quality management method of material appearance color consistency for the quality management department of customized cabinets.
In the same set of customized cabinets, the materials used for standard and customized parts come from different time periods, and there is a quality hazard of inconsistent appearance colors in this time difference. There are several main situations: there are differences in the appearance and color consistency of melamine impregnated film paper in the same batch; There are differences in the color consistency of paint and finished products between different batches.
Comparison of Appearance Consistency of Paint Products
Comparison of Appearance Consistency of Melamine Impregnated Paper
To better control the color consistency of the appearance of melamine impregnated paper, it can be divided into three steps: confirming and updating the printing base paper, establishing and updating the standard template, and comparing the color difference of new batch of base paper samples to ensure the color consistency requirements. The paint purchased between batches, the paint prepared before spraying, and the surface of the paint that is prone to aging and yellowing can all cause the difference of appearance color consistency.
04-2 Hardware Sorting System
In the customized production mode, the quantity and shape of various hardware components configured for each order are different. Traditional manual sorting involves counting each category according to paper documents, resulting in a high error rate and low efficiency among operators.
Traditional manual sorting
The accuracy of customized cabinet hardware components is a key control factor in improving the quality of customized cabinets. By optimizing the process, applying data informatization and equipment automation devices, and using a hardware sorting system for sorting, we ensure the accuracy, efficiency, low cost, and meeting customer needs of hardware sorting.
Hardware sorting system
The quality management of customized cabinets is an innovative quality management approach that takes design as the source and equipment stability and applicable process methods as the means. It can effectively eliminate quality hazards such as post management and lack of process supervision management. The innovative quality technology management method that takes design as the source and controls equipment stability and improves process methods will promote the quality of customized cabinets to a higher level, bringing better product quality and services to society.
