Statistical Process Control (SPC) has been implemented as a key component of Total Quality Initiatives with great success in every major industry worldwide. SPC is not commonplace in the industrial and commercial coatings application business. This paper introduces the audience to SPC and provides an example of it’s application in industrial coating surface preparation.

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Process control, Protective coatings, Materials, Industries, Tools, Charts, Customers, Personnel, Operations management, Contractors, Surface profile, Training, Wastes
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2007
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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