Department
of Trades and Technology
COURSE NUMBER: PPT225 CREDIT
HOURS: 3
COURSE TITLE: Quality Aspects of Pulp & Paper Manufacture CLOCK
HOURS: 45
INSTRUCTOR: Monty Henderson OFFICE
HOURS: As posted.
OFFICE: Room 103,
E-MAIL ADDRESS: mhenderson@kvcc.me.edu
TEXTS:
Required:
Handouts from Total
Quality manual with permission from Carl Schreier, Bowater/Great Northern
Paper Company as well as other selected handout materials.
Wheeler,
Donald J. and David s. Chambers. Understanding
Statistical Process Control. 2nd Ed.,
Recommended:
Hahn, Lucille D. Testing
Guidebook, 1st Ed.,
PRE/CO-REQUISITES: PPT111
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This
course provides coverage of the quality aspects of the production of pulp and
paper products from the perspective of Total Quality Management,
including: concept of quality and
variation; common and special cause systems; tools for identifying special
causes; tools for systems analysis; quality improvement strategies; theory of
change management; ANSI/ISO/ASQC9001 Quality Systems; and Margaret Chase Smith
State Quality Award Requirements. Quality control and assurance requirements
for successful mill operations are also covered.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon
successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. define specific pulp and paper grade quality requirements in
terms of physical and optical properties.
2. describe the functional requirements of a modern quality
program.
3. discuss the significance of variation as it relates to
processes and quality.
4. discuss the two dimensions of quality.
5. discuss the linkage between process and product quality.
6. distinguish between common and special cause systems.
7. apply and interpret control charting techniques.
8. describe the difference between the improvement strategies
for common and special cause systems.
9. apply tools for systems analysis and improvement.
10. define the
application requirements for ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q9001 Quality systems.
11. define the
application requirements for the Margaret Chase Smith State Quality Award.
COURSE OUTLINE (Topical):
1. Overview
Of Course Contents. Quality As A Concept. History Of Quality Requirements In The Pulp And Paper Industry.
Total Quality And Practice Lecture & Discussion - SPC, Detection V.
Prevention System, Variation, Deming's 14 Points, 7 Deadly Diseases.
2. Data
Collection,
3. Operational
Definitions (Animal Cracker Exercise), Taguchi Loss Function