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DOE Application for Multiple Responses Aiming N&V Reduction in Electric Motors for Appliance Market (2021-US-EPO-931)

Danilo Toniato, Engineer, WEG
Andre Caron Zanezi, Engineer, WEG

 

Faced with a vast and competitive field, appliance manufacturers are constantly seeking for quality improvement, aiming to meet the needs of an increasingly demanding market. A reflection of this requirement can be observed in the progressively restricted specifications to the sound power level (NWS) emitted by the product. To meet and exceed customers' expectations, this work addresses the use of design of experiments (DOE) to analyze multiple electromechanical characteristics and its respective relation to motor noise across the frequency spectrum, specifically in washing machines. Using Graph Builder and DOE in JMP to better fit models to perform these analyses, it was possible to define the most significant factors for reducing noise without impacting motor manufacture costs.

 

 

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  Hello everyone.
  My name is Danilo Toniato. I'm a mechanical engineer and PhD student. And today, I will be presenting a work that was performed aiming improve the vibro-acoustic characteristics of [???] motors for the appliance line.
  it's undeniable that the market and the consumers are increasingly demanding with the products, especially when it comes to noise in their home appliances segment.
  After all, when we get home from an exhausting day at work, what do we usually want is to have a quiet peaceful night with our significant other.
  So main to exceed our customers expectations we [???] started to mitigate the noise generated by our electrical motors. Of course, our second objective is no product cost is increased and all this through a DOE analysis to help us. So, shall we begin?
  Originally we analyze the magnitude spectrograms of reference motors, and according to the user experiences during the operation, of these motors, in application. We listed the frequencies that are more critical, more uncomfortable for the users auditory sensation
  Also we establish our working ranges, which in this case were mainly concentrated in the 480hz region. We identify through the research literature, what is the main root cause and what are the main factors that could minimize such noise.
  In possession of this information a DOE, as you can see here,
  was developed so that we can quantify the influence of these variables. I'm sorry.
  And so that we can define and reduce levels at which our prospects can deliver a product which is good capability and gathering noise levels, without interfering with any other electrical mechanical characteristics.
  And maybe without burdening our final consumer.
  All together there were four continuous numerical factors in a block and [???] factors for our DOE.
  The results were very positive. And, we are able to achieve the noise and vibration levels desired. Actually, the factors proven to be significant but only are the frequencies of the interest as we expected.
  We achieve a reduction of approximately 60% in the vibration levels. As we can see here in the variability plot of the JMP, and here I have my.
  left of the screen, we can see by the analysis about the variance of doing the Fit Model of the JMP model that the only significant the factors we can choose for our DOE in the frequencies of the interests like 480hz.
  And is not relevant for any other purposes.
  And the reduction in noise levels proven to be even more [???] as we can see here.
  And even more significant when comparing we compare the surface plot here.
  This first graph is our initial results before the DOE analysis. And the second plot is the best condition we obtain achieve in the DOE. And the colored frequency line is the best condition the frequencies that even are critical for our consumers experience.
  In conclusion, we are able to understand which of these factors listed in the research literature were the most significant. Meaning, which combination of these factors and the respective levels
  would the meet the market needs optimizing our process, optimizing our product and minimizing our production costs.
  This automation that I was talking about was performed using the Profiler tool in the Fit Model model and subsequently was validated with the production of a larger scale batch.
  Now, in, then I would like to thank you for watching and our often hard work team and the sponsor they were essentials, to the conclusion of the work, thank you.
Janice LeBeau, JMP Okay, thank you so that concluded your presentation, then.
  Yes.
  Was.
Janice LeBeau, JMP very nice um.
  Were you just to do 10 minutes daniella.
  i'm sorry.
Janice LeBeau, JMP About 10 minutes right.
  Yes, 10 minutes if you stay massively time that was planned.
  I try to reach seven minutes.
  Okay.