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Ten samples each of size five are drawn at regular intervals from a manufacturing process. The sample means `(bar"X")` and their ranges (R) are given below:
| Sample number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| `bar"X"` | 49 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 51 | 45 |
| R | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Calculate the control limits in respect of `bar"X"` chart. (Given A2 = 0.58, D3 = 0 and D4 = 2.115) Comment on the state of control
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Solution
| Sample number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
| `bar"X"` | 49 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 39 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 51 | 45 | 462 |
| R | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 68 |
The control limit for `bar"X"` chart is
`\overset{==}{"X"} = (sumbar"X")/"No. of samples" = 462/10` = 46.2
`bar"R" = (sum"R")/"No. of samples" = 68/10` = 6.8
UCL = `\overset{==}{"X"} + "A"_2 bar"R"`
= 46.2 + (0.58)(6.8)
= 46.2 + 3.944
= 50.144
= 50.14
CL = `\overset{==}{"X"}` = 46.2
LCL = `\overset{==}{"X"} + "A"_2 bar"R"`
= 46.2 – (0.58)(6.8)
= 46.2 – 3.944
= 42.256
= 42.26
The control limits for Range chart is
UCL = `"D"_4 bar"R"`
= (2.115)(6.8)
= 14.382
= 14.38
CL = `bar"R"` = 6.8
LCL = `"D"_3bar"R"` = (0)(6.8) = 0
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| Sample Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Mean | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.0 |
| Range | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
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A quality control inspector has taken ten samples of size four packets each from a potato chips company. The contents of the sample are given below, Calculate the control limits for mean and range chart.
| Sample Number | Observations | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
| 2 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.8 |
| 3 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 |
| 4 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.3 |
| 5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| 6 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 7 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 8 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| 9 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| 10 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
(Given for n = 5, A2 = 0.58, D3 = 0 and D4 = 2.115)
The following data show the values of sample means and the ranges for ten samples of size 4 each. Construct the control chart for mean and range chart and determine whether the process is in control.
| Sample Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| `bar"X"` | 29 | 26 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 39 | 20 | 34 | 23 |
| R | 39 | 10 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 05 | 21 | 23 | 15 |
In a certain bottling industry the quality control inspector recorded the weight of each of the 5 bottles selected at random during each hour of four hours in the morning.
| Time | Weight in ml | ||||
| 8:00 AM | 43 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 41 |
| 9:00 AM | 40 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 44 |
| 10:00 AM | 42 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 40 |
| 11:00 AM | 39 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 42 |
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