On the Effectiveness of Profile Monitoring to Enhance Functional Performance of Particleboards

This paper explores connection between profile monitoring and functional performance of manufactured products. In particular, the empirical relationship between the vertical density profile of the particleboards and their functional performances (the internal bond and the surface soundness) is studied. Results based on a real case study showed that the profile shape clearly affects the final performance of the panel, and thus profile monitoring is really worth to keep the final quality of the product at its target level. This result motivates the second objective of the paper, which consists of comparing performance of two (parametric and nonparametric) approaches for vertical density profile monitoring.