Integration of Process Improvements (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: IntegrationofProcessImprovementsIPRO304ProjectPlantF10 Perry, Jon Gillmeister, Kyle Sullins, Mike Rana, Amar Hill, Robert Derdelakos, Alexander Gotanco, Francis A. Finkl & Sons Co. Steel Processing melting re-melting forging heat treating machining milling broken inserts stress accelerometers data acquisition data analysis software (diaDEM) significant shock power spectrum density (PSD) triaxial aceelerometer During the milling operations at an industrial steel producer like A. Finkl & Sons (Chicago, IL), a substantial amount of time and money is lost due to the fact that cutting inserts break and without warning. The goal of this project is to devise an effective means by which a cutting insert breakage event can be quickly and reliably detected, thereby minimizing damage to the steel and other cutting inserts, and also freeing technicians to attend multiple machines at a time. This increases the productivity of their operations, and it has the potential to save A. Finkl & Sons substantial costs per year in time lost in rework and prematurely broken cutting inserts. Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons Co. Deliverables 2010 2010-12 Project deliverable application/pdf islandora:13184 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1382 IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology en In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access