Implementación de un banco de pruebas para tratamientos superficiales y elaboración de un manual de calidad bajo la norma ISO/IEC 17025 en el laboratorio de Procesos Industriales de la Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial

Abstract

Superficial treatment test bench and quality-manual elaboration with ISO/IEC 17025 norm has been designed in the industrial- process laboratory of School of Industrial Engineering in order to carry out quality-control tests in metallic coating and to have a manual to know the qualification requirements in the Ecuadorian Accreditation Organism (OAE). A qualitive analysis of the main laboratory needs was carried out for the test bench equipment implementation in order to evaluate the physical coating properties. This first process determined the best equipment to be used in the laboratory. That is why, thickness gauges, sticking and hardness which were adapted to an specific unit to make easy operation and handling in the industrial-process laboratory were acquired. Test in different kinds of coating such as brass plating, niquel-plated, coppering and chrome plating were carried out by using this equipment getting quantitative measures of the physical properties and improving the practical-technical level of the laboratory was widen in benefit of the students. ISO IEC 17025 norm was also applied to determine the current laboratory situation and to elaborate the procedures required in the documentation implementation. 70,42% of the requirements specified by (OAE) were reached with this manual, so that this laboratory can have an organized development in the activities and accreditation can be gotten.