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thecomplexityandsizeoftoday'ssupplychaincontributestorecalls, particularlyintheautomotiveindustry. asthesaying

Ha', thesupplychainisonlyasgoodasitsweakestlink. plasticshavebecomeubiquitousintheautomotiveindustry, je

oemspushtheboundariesofwhat'spossibletomeetthecorporateaveragefueleconomystandards. infact, asnotedby

spi:theplasticsindustrytradeassociation(washington,dc), plasticsmakeup50 vatlhvI' ofthevolumeofacarbutcontribute

only10 vatlhvI' ofthetotalweight.
jeffjansen, sr., managingengineerwiththemadisongroup (madison, wi), aconsultingfirmforpolymersandtheplastics

industryspecializinginfailureanalysisandqualitycontrol (QC), usesavarietyofanalyticalinstrumentationtocharacterize

polymersandplastics. jansennotedthatfailureanalysis, failurepreventionandmaterialqualificationandevaluationareghaH

clients'primaryareasofconcern. hiscompanyprovidesassistancewithmaterialselectionandpredictionand additionally.

processdevelopment, includinghowthemoldingoperationperforms. " weworkpredominantlywithoemsandmoldersin

termsofprocessdevelopment, "jansentoldplasticstoday." iliketoseeapartnershipbetweenthedesigner, moldmakerje

materialspeople. tohavethematerialselectedinconcretebeforeyougotothemolderandmoldmakerisamistake.we

oftengetinvolvedinacollaborativeefforttohelpselectaresin andifwe'rehiredbythemolderwehaveexposuretothe,

OEM. ifwe'rehiredbytheoem, wehaveexposuretotheresinsupplierandthemolder. " themadisongroupworkswith

severalmajorindustries, includingmedicalandautomotive. jansensaidthecomplexitycomeswithgovernmentregulations.

andintheautomotiveindustrytheoemshavealotofrulesinplace, suchaswhenppap [productionpartapprovalprocess]

willhappen. " betweencompanyguidelinesandfederalregulationstherecanbequiteafewhurdlestoapprovingamaterial

orimplementinganewmaterial,"jansennoted.headdedthattherearethreemajorareaswherethemadisongrouphelps

qualifynewresins:whenanoldresinisdiscontinued tI whenanewproductisbeingdeveloped tI andinthecaseoffailure

whenthecompanyidentifiesthataresinisn'trightforanapplication. " itcanbeverydifficulttoselectanewresiniftheone

inuseisbeingdiscontinued, "saidjansen." it'stimesensitive, whichmandatesthatyouneedtomovequicklytogetanew

resin. qualifyingaresinforanewproductindevelopmentiseasierbecauseoftenyoudon'thavethetimecrunch. " tuj

isamanufacturerofscientificinstrumentsthatincludeinfraredandramanspectrometers fisherscientific (waltham, ma).

rheometers, x-rayphotoelectronspectrometers (xps), energydispersivex-rayspectrometers (ed) andscanningelectron

microscopes(sem).thermofisherscientificinstrumentsareusedinawiderangeofindustries, notjustautomotive.

includingconsumerproducts, jenwI'-techelectronicequipment, chemicalsandpharmaceuticals. thesesystemsareused

acrossmanyapplicationsineverythingfromrandamp tI d, QInvam productdevelopment, analyticalservicesandqualitycontrol.