Author/Authors :
Pandey، Richa نويسنده Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India , , Pattanaik، L. N. نويسنده Department of Production Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India , , Kumar، S. نويسنده Department of Mechanical Engineering, GLA University, Mathura, India ,
Abstract :
In this paper, a comparison is presented between two prime methods of producing prosthetic sockets by using the fuzzy linguistic hedges approach on the qualitative feedback of Indian prosthetic users. Recent trends indicate that the Indian manufacturers have tried to adopt the newer technologies like reverse engineering (RE) approach to achieve the desired goals. However, the satisfaction of the user is of utmost importance for the unique and customized products for rehabilitation. In order to analyze the effectiveness of the manufacturing approaches, user case studies are taken, based on the linguistic feedbacks, and a comparative study is conducted. Thirteen users from four different manufacturing units are taken for study and sockets made by conventional as well as RE are experimented. Fuzzy membership functions are constructed using the linguistic hedges based on the user feedbacks. An analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to arrive at a decision to select the manufacturing process for user satisfaction and manufacturing excellence.
