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A manufacturing process involved in the production of plastic molds for a specific automotive application is under study. To control the mean thickness of this (normally distributed) process with a standard deviation, s = 3.0, chart is used with n = 5, LCL = 14.15, and UCL = 15.85. If the process means shifts to 15.2, find the probability that the shift will be detected on the:
(a) first subsequent sample of 5 observations
(b) second subsequent sample of 5 observations
[3] Given the following information with regards to ( , S)-chart with n = 4:
-chart: UCL = 510, Center line = 500, and LCL = 490
S-chart: UCL = 12.9709, Center line = 6.5842, and LCL = 0.19753
(a) what fraction of items are nonconforming if specifications call for 501 ± 5?
(b) find the ARL if the process mean shifts to 493.
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Solution 1
Here it is given that the process standard deviation s = 3, subgroup size n = 5, LCL = 14.15 and UCL = 15.85
Now the Central Line (mean) is CL =(UCL+LCL)/2 =15
Let denote the process mean. Suppose the process mean shift from 15 to 15.2.
Let and denote the sample mean of first and second subsequent sample of 5 observations.
Now the probability that the shift will be detected on first subsequent sample of 5 observations is given by,
, where
= P[Z > 0.48448]
= 1- P[Z< 0.48448] = 1 - 0.686
= 0.314
The probability that the shift will be detected on the second subsequent sample of 5 observations is given by
= P[Z < 0.48448]. P[Z > 0.48448]
= P[Z < 0.48448]. (1-P[Z < 0.48448])
= 0.686*0.314
= 0.2154
Solution 2
Here it is given that the central line of the s chart is .
So an estimate of the process standard deviation is given by
Thus the Natural tolerance = 6 = 6*8.2519 = 49.5115
Here it is given that the lower and upper specification limits of the process as L= 496 and U = 506.
So the Specified tolerance = 506-496 = 10.
Since the natural tolerance is greater than the specified tolerance, the process doesn't meet the specification.
where
= 0.16615 +0.07294 = 0.2391
Thus the 23.91 % of the items are nonconforming.
The average run length (ARL) is defined as the expected number of time periods we have before our chart signals (i.e. sample mean is above UCL or below LCL). To determine the ARL we use the following formula
ARL
where
So if the process mean is shifted to 493, the ARL is given by,
ARL
where
= 0.23358+0.04489 = 0.27847
Thus ARL = 1/0.27847 = 3.591 = 4 (approximately)