Resolve repeating quality issues by implementing modern

Quality Improvement Processes

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HVAC Product Improvement Services

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ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRODUCTS?

GEA's experienced HVAC product design and inprovement engineers can help you with:

  • Product modifications
  • Improve product performance
  • Reduce product cost
  • Resolve quality problems
  • Increase factory throughput
  • Special customer requirements
  • Manufacturing process challenges

 

Product Modifications

Whether your customers want new features, improved performance, lower cost or you are entering new markets, we can help make the modifications with our HVAC experts quickly and reliably.

Cost Reduction & Value Analysis

Reduce product cost, eliminate reliability problems and improve process flow through standardization of components, materials and processes. GEA Consultants bring an independent perspective and decades of experience in the HVAC industry.

Resolve Quality Problems

High compressor failure rate? Braze joint leaks costing you $$$? High component failure rates? Products too noisy? Customers unhappy? GEA experts can resolve quality problems quickly and efficiently.

Quality System Improvement

Develop and implement quality system(s) optimized for the products/services being provided. Establish auditing and feedback processes to assure ongoing compliance. Apply Six Sigma principles to resolve problems. Reduce waste and costs. Utilize flow charts and process mapping to alleviate bottlenecks and quality deviations. See our Quality Improvement page for additional details.

 

Design Reviews

Review product design and/or system level components for reliability, serviceability, FMEA, and manufacturability.

Manufacturing Process Improvements Manufacturing Process Improvements

GEA's manufacturing process improvement experts can help you reduce working capital and defects, increase inventory turns, and improve on-time shipping. Implement lean manufacturing processes that simplify your factory, supply chain, and customer channels to maximize effectiveness. See Manufacturing Process Improvement page for more details.

Chemistry & Materials Selection

Review the selection and application of chemicals and materials used in your products. Evaluate substances used in the manufacturing process. GEA staff includes a metallurgist and a chemist. Learn more about GEA's Chemistry and Materials services.


GEA's HVAC Consulting Engineer Experts

Duane Lom

Duane LomExpertise in light and commercial unitary products, controls, water source heat pumps and most recently, managed several successful product conversions from HCFC 22 to HFC 410A. He is a specialist in product development/improvement, is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Wisconsin. His professional experience includes eight years in Electric Utility industry as Marketing engineer.

Richard (Dick) Cawley, P.E. Richard (Dick) Cawley, P.E.

Forty years of experience in the HVAC industry; 28 years with Lennox as Chief Engineer-Compressor Design, Manager of Heat Pump and Cooling Product Development, and Manager-Applied Research. 11 years as Director of Technology Development for Trane. Dick is a Fellow-Life member of ASHRAE and holds 13 U.S. patents.