Abstract— Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a technique to identify and prioritize potential failures of a process. This paper reports the description of FMEA methodology and its implementation in a foundry in reducing rejections of bushes. It is used as a tool to assure products quality and as a mean to improve operational performance of the process. The work was developed in an Indian foundry, in co-operation with part of the internal staff chosen as FMEA team members and was focused on the study of core making process. The problems identified in the various steps of core making process contributing for high rejection are studied and analyzed in terms of RPN to prioritize the attention for each of the problem. The monetary loss due to core rejection is considered as measure of risk.

Index Terms— Core, FMEA, Failure mode, Risk priority number

Cite: Piyush Kumar Pareek, Trupti V Nandikolmath, and Praveen Gowda, " FMEA Implementation in a Foundry in Bangalore to Improve Quality and Reliability," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 81-87, July 2012.