CPB 30603

UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR

MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF
CHEMICAL & BIOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT
Question 1
Small plastic bottles are made from preforms supplied by Beta Polymers. It is possible that the
variability in the bottles is due in part to the variation in the preforms. Twenty-four preforms are
sampled from the extruder at Beta Polymers, one preforms every 5 minutes. Table 1 shows the
weights of the preforms (g).
Table 1: The weights of the preforms.
Sample
1

weights
32.9

Sample
13

weights
33.1

33.7

14

33.0

33.4

15

33.7

33.6

16

33.5

32.8

17

33.6

33.3

18

33.2

33.1

19

33.8

32.9

20

33.5

33.0

21

33.9

10

33.2

22

33.7

11

32.8

23

33.4

12

33.3

24

33.5

Construct I-MR control chart and comment on the stability of the process.

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Question 2
A control chart for a new kind of plastic is to be initiated. Twenty samples from the assembly line were
inspected for flaws. The result is given below.
Sample

Number sheet
inspected

Number of flaws/sheet

100

100

100

100

100

90

90

90

90

10

90

11

100

12

100

13

100

14

100

15

100

16

95

17

95

18

95

19

95

20

95

a) Construct a U chart for this process

b) Analyze the process.

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Question 3
Ten parts are measured three times by the same operator in a gauge capability study.

1
100

Measurements
2
101

3
100

95

93

97

101

103

100

96

95

97

98

98

96

99

98

98

95

97

98

100

99

98

100

100

97

10

100

98

99

Part Number

a) Describe the measurement error that results from the use of this gauge.
b) Estimate total variability and product variability.
c) If specifications on the part are at

100 15

determine the P/T ratio for this gauge.

d) Analyze the capability of the process.

Question 4

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Liquid starch is used in the packaging industry in the manufacture of corrugated paper. Starch
temperature is monitored at a manufacturing plant, which operates continuously, by recording
temperature (oC) at intervals of 15 minutes. A set of 19 consecutive observations of temperature is
given below;
Observation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Temperature (x)
27.2
27.6
26.8
27.2
27.1
26.6
27.6
27.7
27.5

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

26.6
27.2
26.7
25.9
27.1
27.6
27.5
28.3
26.5
29.0
26.8

Assuming that the process target is 27 oC with

, if

0.1

and

L 2.7

a) Construct EWMA control chart .

b) Analyze the result in (b).