ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This acknowledges my sincere thanks to our project guide Prof. A. D. Patil who
helped me in selecting the project topic, understanding of the subject, whose valuable
guidance and continuous encouragement throughout this work made it possible to
complete this task well in advance.

I am extremely grateful to. Prof. S. V. Ingle, Head, Mechanical Engineering Department,

I also wish to express a deep sense of gratitude to Dr. V. P. Wani, Principal, MET’s
Institute of Engineering for providing all facilities and every help for smooth progress of
project work I am also thankful to other staff members of our esteemed college, MET’s
Institute of Engineering, Nasik for their special attention and suggestions.
 ABSTRACT

An FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) is a systematic method of

identifying and preventing product and process problems before they occur. FMEAs are
focused on preventing defects, enhancing safety and increasing customer satisfaction.
FMEAs are conducted in the product design or process development stages, although
conducting an FMEA on existing products and processes can also yield substantial
benefits. FMEA is precisely an analytical methodology used to ensure that potential
problems have been considered and addressed throughout the product and process
development cycle. It is essential to analyze the process before implementing and
operating the machine. In this work, the failure mode and effect analysis of Deburring
machine is done. Deburring process is done on several work pieces (nozzles) and the
potential failure and defects in the process are studied. These are categorized based on
FMEA, risk priority numbers are assigned to each one and by multiplying the ratings of
occurrence, severity and detection. Finally the most risky failure according to the RPM
numbers is found and the cause and effects along with the preventive measures are
tabulated. This work serves as a failure prevention guide for those who perform the
Deburring operation towards an effective production.

Keywords : Failure modes, RPN, Deburring machine, Risk assessment, Procurement

process.