Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico: Recent submissions

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    • ACI-HERZOG Pretreatment Plant Effluent Surfactant Reduction 

      Cardona Girona, Joshua (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      ACI-HERZOG is the firm contracted to maintain and operate the Puerto Rico Tren Urbano system. As part of their duties, they are required to wash down train cars periodically. The water generated from the wash down process ...

    • The Impact of COVID-19 in the A/E/C Industry 

      Lopez Rivera, Jorge A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      The project establishes a guide that will aid the A/E/C industry in implementing organizational change during times of adversity, such as what is being experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to create a proactive ...

    • Impacto de la Terminación de las Superficies del Material Base Para la Adherencia en el Proceso de Sobremoldeo 

      De los Santos Rivera, Bia Pamela (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      El sobremoldeo consiste en el moldeo por inyección de una sustancia sobre otra. El propósito de estas tecnologías es producir componentes multifuncionales con una variedad de colores y/o materiales y unir las características ...

    • OneDay Toric Yield Improvement 

      Rivera Rios, Jonathan M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      This project was developed in CooperVision, Juana Diaz Site, specifically for the OneDay Toric product. It is focused on the Wet Process of the product life cycle. There was a gap between two manufacturing technologies ...

    • Productivity Increase by Means of Critical Process Automation for Edwards Lifesciences 

      Sarraff Pimentel, Rashi (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      Due to the boom in exports of medical devices, the effort to maintain product quality has increased, but productivity has remained unchanged. In the free zone industries, direct labor is one of the variation factors that ...

    • Acceptance Testing for Thermoplastic Injection Molds 

      Arias Geraldo, Pavel (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      The injection molding process is the most important of all plastics processing processes due to its variety of uses and applications. The primary element of an injection molding process is the mold itself. Molds are expensive ...

    • Registros de Calidad en la Industria de Dispositivos Médicos: Uso Electrónico o Manual/Papel 

      Arias, Nieves (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      ste reporte intenta comprobar planteamientos relacionados a ventajas del uso de los registros electrónicos versus los registros manuales/papel en empresas de dispositivos médicos, al identificar indicadores clave del negocio ...

    • Fallas de hermeticidad y electricidad del conector IS4 del lead o sonda electro-catéter Vigo para sistemas de marcapasos, desfibrilación y resincronización cardiaca. 

      Ogando, Jean Luis (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      El mercado de los dispositivos médicos genera ganancias de billones de dólares al año. Estas ganancias mueven a las empresas a seguir mejorando sus productos para ofrecer mejores productos a los pacientes y obtener una ...

    • Clasificación ABC del Inventario de Materias Primas 

      Peña Richardson, Javier E. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      La investigación se realizó en una empresa que elabora productos farmacéuticos, y surgió de la necesidad de clasificar el inventario de materias primas y aprovechar una expansión que se va a realizar, la cual afecta la ...

    • Incremento del proceso productivo, línea PMK1 en Edwards Lifesciences, Santo Domingo, R. D. Mediante las herramientas de Lean Manufacturing 

      Nieves, Erwin (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      El objetivo de este proyecto fue investigar el proceso productivo o "productividad" de la línea PMK1, de Edwards Lifesciences en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, para proponer mejoras apropiadas con un alto impacto del ...

    • Changeover Process Optimization for a Medical Device Manufacturer in Haina, Dominican Republic 

      Gutierrez, Claudia (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      The medical device industry has the critical mission of saving and sustaining lives of patients being affected by chronical diseases. To these companies, having more available time to produce will enable and facilitate ...

    • NPI Workgroups Management System 

      Rivera González, Joel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Organizations with virtual teams and its resources located in different geographical locations have a growing concern on the impact of turnaround time and work-life balance. As a result, the main challenges are the coverage ...

    • Application of Time Management to Minimize Costs when Analyzing Construction Variances 

      Chavarria Pujols, Jennifer M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Minimizing construction costs by reducing construction variances improves a company’s competitive advantage, especially in a complex market. Using data from a construction company in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan area, ...

    • SICD Manufacturing Scrap Yield Improvement 

      Mulero Rivera, Jean Franco (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Defects that occur during the manufacture of a product are consider a problem that affects the yield rate of all manufacturing lines around the world. The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (SICD) ...

    • Molding Scrap Reduction and Reutilization 

      Lugo Gomez, Herber J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      A company named ABB, whose operations in Puerto Rico focuses on molded cable installation products, experienced scrap generation during the subassembly processes. The scrap costs represented over $200K per year. The Plant ...

    • Improvement of Manufacturing Line Fill Rate 

      Gierbolini Velazquez, Hector R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Poor fill rates at manufacturing line for models 5038 and 4968 are problems that affected the cost metrics due to overtime and unsatisfaction of our patients around the world. The main cause of this problem is high lead ...

    • Scrap Reduction of Ventral Hernia Product in Foil Pouches for Manufacturing Line #7 

      Matos Torres, Hector L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Scrap generated in finished products is one of the top contributors that negatively impact the production goals and budget in most of the production industries. This paper shows a scrap reduction project conducted in a ...

    • Optimización del proceso de ensamblaje del Accesorio Z 

      López Correa, Grace (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      La Compañía A, B, C manufactura productos para tratar enfermedades del corazón. La finalidad de este proyecto fue reducir el tiempo de ciclo de dos procesos en dicha compañía para aumentar la cantidad de unidades que se ...

    • Mitigación de Erosión en Paseo Lineal en Puerta de Tierra 

      Martínez Cintrón, Fernando J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      La situación actual en el Paseo Lineal de Puerta de Tierra requiere una acción inmediata para mitigar la erosión costera. Bajo el renglón de análisis, se evaluaron varias alternativas y en busca de efectividad tanto ...

    • Medtronic Manufacturing Increase Capacity 

      Feliciano, Carlos Andres (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Medtronic is a Fortune 500 company that dedicates in designing and manufacturing of medical devices. The company created an insulin pump that serves the function of an artificial pancreas. To develop a duplicate of the ...