International Journal for Quality Research

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Authors: Ljubinka Radosavljevic

The machine - EKA 350 is designed for the activation of the serial or mixed connected electric detonating caps EK - 40 - 69 in explosive fillings at mining and demolition. For the analyzes of reliability it is important that the machine works in the three regimes of function: LOAD, FIRE and EMPTY. Modeling of reliability was executed for each of the mentioned regimes of the EKA 350 machine. In the machine are incorporated the components dedicated to the professional usage and satisfaction of the MIL standards. The machine is treated as it works in a single - stage mission which lasts 20 seconds.

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Authors: Semra Boran, Esra Hocalar

Taguchi Method and Regression Analysis have wide spread applications in statistical researches. It can be said that Taguchi Method is one of the most frequently used method especially in optimization problems. But applications of this method are not common in food industry . In this study, optimal operating parameters were determined for industrial size fluidized bed dryer by using Taguchi method. Then the effects of operating parameters on activity value (the quality chracteristic of this problem) were calculated by regression analysis. Finally, results of two methods were compared.To summarise, average activity value was found to be 660 for the 400 kg loading and average drying time 26 minutes by using the factors and levels taken from application of Taguchi Method. Whereas, in normal conditions (with 600 kg loading) average activity value was found to be 630 and drying time 28 minutes. Taguchi Method application caused 15 % rise in activity value.

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Authors: Borislava Jaksic

Every country candidate for European Union has to fulfill a number of criteria for the membership including political (democracy, human rights) and economic (functioning of market economy) as well as to adopt "Acquis communautaire" (the entire European legislation of about 11.000 acts). Preparation for membership to European Union is a process that requires very careful planning and organization. Serbia has to take all necessary steps in order to remove technical barriers to trade and gradually to achieve conformity with Community technical regulations and standards within the National Quality Plan.

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Authors: Dragutin A. Djukic, Leka G. Mandic, Vesna Sumanov, Svetlana Raketic

This paper is a synthesis of long-term investigations based on the effect of different (mineral and organic fertilisers, heavy metals, contaminated irrigation water, nitrification inhibitor and detergents) on the dynamics of soil fungi number. The investigations were performed at the Microbiology Department and trial fields of the Faculty of Agronomy in Cacak on smonitza and alluvium soils in field and greenhouse conditions. Maize, wheat, barley and red clover were used as test plants in these studies. The quantitative composition of the fungi in the soils investigated was determined by the Czapek selective agar dilution method. The study results show that the number of soil fungi was dependent on the type and rate of agrochemicals used, on the growing season and the soil zone the samples were taken from for the analysis. Lower nitrogen fertiliser rates (80 and 120 kg?ha-1) and organic fertilisers stimulated the development of soil fungi, unlike the rate of 150 kg?ha- 1. Heavy metals, mercury and cadmium in particular, as well as high rates of the N-serve nitrification inhibitor inhibited the development of this group of soil microorganisms. Generally, the adverse effect of contaminated irrigation water on the soil fungi was recorded in both soil types, and particularly in the smonitza under red clover. Low detergent (Meril) concentrations did not have any significant effect on this group of microorganisms. In this respect, it can be concluded that the soil fungi number dynamics can be used in monitoring soils polluted by different toxinogenic substances.

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Authors: Mirko Djapic

In the design process, the designer makes decisions under uncertainty, contradiction and ignorance conditions. Are these decisions correct and to what extent? How much do they influence customer's satisfaction? These are only some of the questions the designers face all time. These dilemmas appear more in early phases of the design process. The explicit objectives of this paper is improvement of design decision making process in such a way that in same time when designer made a decision he or she show result that decision on customer satisfaction. In order to solve above problems, the paper describes the method, which enables integrated use of the axiomatic approach to designing, and the Taguchi method of robust design. This approach implies the modelling of the development process as an evidence-reasoning network based on uncertain evidence described via belief functions of (Dempster - Shafer theory). The paper starts with base concept of belief functions and valuation based system or evidential reasoning system for representation and reasoning based on uncertainty. After that we introduce coefficient of relative decrease of uncertainty in design process and new graphical representation of system architecture - the evidence networks. On the end we presents a method for measuring customer satisfaction in the design process in uncertainty condition using evidence networks.