Title

Process Improvement for Material Breakdown

Authors

Kirshanthi Ganesa Moorthy, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Michael Patten, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Matthew Klug, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Steven Brousseau, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Shweta Chopra, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Jacek A. Koziel, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

4-19-2019

Disciplines

Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering | Industrial Technology

Course Number and Title

TSM 416: Technology Capstone

Department

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Major

Industrial Technology (Brousseau, Klug, Ganesa Moorthy, Patten)

Instructors

Shweta Chopra and Jacek A. Koziel

Problem Statement

• Cardinal Glass Industries is a management-owned S-Corporation. They develop residential glass for windows and doors. Cardinal Glass has around 6000 employees in 37 locations across the United States and two research centers located in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their goal is to design and fabricate the most advanced residential glass products in the industry.
• The problem that they are facing right now is maximizing the efficiency of cutting down foam blocks and sponge material. The foam blocks are used during the key-in process while the sponge material is used for wiping excess glue off the glass.

Recommended Citation

Ganesa Moorthy, Kirshanthi; Patten, Michael; Klug, Matthew; Brousseau, Steven; Chopra, Shweta; and Koziel, Jacek A., "Process Improvement for Material Breakdown" (2019). TSM 416 Technology Capstone Projects. 44.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/tsm416/44