In-Process Quality Assurance for Precision Joining: Principles and Guidelines

摘要

Lean manufacturing and its associated principles of continuous improvement andquality inherent to processes have had a significant impact on manufacturing operations over the past two decades. However, thoughts on quality in joining have not progressed as far as other manufacturing disciplines. The present work outlines principles that can be used to largely obviate post-process inspection and achieve inprocess quality assurance. Methods are outlined for brazing, diffusion bonding, inertia welding, and fusion welding.