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Question Paper Code : 55571

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011. Fifth Semester

Production Engineering

PR 2303 ENGINEERING STATISTICS AND QUALITY CONTROL (Regulation 2008) Time : Three hours

Use of statistical table permitted. Answer ALL questions.

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What do you understand by TYPE-II error?

Define the term Operating-Characteristic curve. What do you mean by chance causes?

Define LTPD.

Differentiate between producers risk and consumers risk. Define latent defect.

What is reliability function? What do you understand by fractional-factorial design?

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Distinguish between controllable and uncontrollable variables with examples. PART B (5 16 = 80 marks) (6)

Outline the properties of a good point estimator.

(ii)

The output voltage of a power supply is assumed to be normally distributed. Sixteen observations are taken at random on voltage as shown below : 10.3 9.3 10.0 9.9 11.6 12.0 11.2 9.58 5 0 0 6 5 0 5

What do you understand by Cp index?

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Test the hypothesis that mean voltage equals 12V against two side alternative using = 0.05. Also construct a 95% two sided confidence interval on . (10) Or (b) (i) (ii) Compare Type-I and Type-II errors.

A new purification unit is installed in a chemical process. Before its installation, a random sample yielded the following data about the percentage of impurity : X1 = 9.85 and S12 = 81.73 and n1 = 10. After installation a random sample resulted in X2 = 8.08, 2 = 78.46 and n2 = 8. S2 Can you conclude that the two variances are equal? (Use = 0.05). Also can you conclude the new purification device has reduced the mean percentage of impurity? (Use = 0.05) (10)

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(a)

Outline the logic for the construction of control chart for count number of defectives. Or

(b)

(i) (ii)

Why X chart and R chart are used together.

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Control charts for X and R are to be established to control the tensile strength of a metal part. Assume that tensile strength is normally distributed. Thirty samples of size n= 6 parts are collected over a period of time with following results Xi = 6000 (i = 1 to 30) and Ri = 150 (i = 1 to 30). Calculate the control limit. If both charts are in control and specifications on tensile strength are 200 5 . What is your conclusion about process capability? (10)

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(b)

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Find a single sampling plan for which p1 = 0.01, = 0.05, p2 = 0.10 and = 0.10. Suppose that lots of N = 2000 are submitted. Draw the AOQ and find AOQL.

Draw the primary and supplementary OC curves for a double sampling plan n1 = 50, c1 = 2, n2 = 100 and c2 = 6. If the incoming lots have fraction nonconforming p = 0.05, what is probability of

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acceptance on first sample? What is probability of final acceptance? Calculate the probability of rejection on the first sample. 14. (a) (i) (ii) Explain the product life characteristics curve and how it can be used. (8) Discuss with suitable example, how the average failure rate over the time interval is computed? Differentiate cumulative failure rate curve from failure rate curve. Or (b)

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An automated production system consists of three operations: turning, milling and grinding. Individual parts are transferred from one operation to the next by robot. Hence, if one machine or robot fails the process stops. (i) If the reliabilities of the robot, turning center, milling machine and grinder are 0.98, 0.94, 0.98 and 0.90 respectively, what is the reliability of the system? (ii) Suppose that two grinders are available and the system does not stop if one fails. What is the reliability of the system? An article in industrial quality control describes an experiment to investigate the effect of glass type and phosphor type on the brightness of a television tube. The response measured is the current necessary (in micro amps) to obtain a specific brightness level. The data are shown here. Analyse the data and draw conclusions. Phosphor type Glass type 1

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A process engineer is trying to improve the life of a cutting tool. He has run a 23 experiment using cutting speed (A), Metal hardness (B)

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and cutting angle (C) as the factors. The data from two replicates are shown here. Run (1) a b ab c ac bc ab c Replicate I Replicate II (i) (ii) 22 1 31 1 32 5 43 5 35 4 34 8 55 2 47 2 44 0 45 3 40 6 37 7 60 5 50 0 39 2 41 9

Does any of the three factors affect tool life? What combination of factor levels produces the longest tool life?

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