Anatoly Agulyansky
You did a great job. I like your Root Cause Analysis you completed with Cause and Effect Chain and with 5+Whys. Thank you.
The vacuum furnace is used for sintering parts made of metal powder. To keep the shape of the parts, a binder is used. The main problem is that the vacuum furnace becomes dirty and needs a very long cleaning. Regular washing was not successful. We investigated the process and found that washing should be dedicated to the conversion of the material into a form that results in the formation of gases having low temperature of the condensation