Shri Someshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s

Sharadchandra Pawar Institute Of Technology, Someshwarnagar

Gat.No.56, Waghalwadi, Tal: Baramati, Dist: Pune 412306

PROBLEMS ON SQC
Key points:

SR NO TYPE OF CHART KEY POINT

1 X mean – R chart Values contains fraction
Number of defectives or defects are given
2 P chart
Sample size i.e. n is same
Number of defectives or defects are given
3 nP chart
Sample size i.e. n is different
4 C chart Number of defects are given

Example No. 1
In the lot of 50 pieces, each subgroup is of 5 pieces and for 10 subgroups X-bar and R-Values
for the length of pieces is as under,

Sr. No. X-bar R

1 2.12 0.03
2 1.99 0.01
3 1.80 0.02
4 2.00 0.04
5 1.99 0.02
6 2.45 0.01
7 1.85 0.05
8 1.70 0.04
9 1.98 0.06
10 2.30 0.03

Given data: A2=0.577, D3=0, D4=2.11, d2=2.362

By using general formulae, prepare X-bar & R-chart and write the interpretation of chart.

Example No. 2
The following X-bar and R-Values of 20 subgroups of 5 readings are,

Sr. No. X-bar R Sr. No. X-bar R Sr. No. X-bar R

1 34.0 4 8 32.6 13 15 33.8 7
2 31.6 4 9 33.8 19 16 31.6 5
3 30.8 2 10 37.8 6 17 33.0 5
4 33.0 3 11 35.8 4 18 28.2 3
5 35.0 5 12 35.4 4 19 31.8 9
6 33.2 2 13 34.0 14 20 35.6 6
7 33.0 5 14 35.0 4

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Given data: A2=0.58, D3=0, D4=2.11
Determine, control limits for both charts and draw the X-bar and R chart.

Example No. 3 (W-23)

10 samples of size 5 have been collected with following observations,
Given data: A2=0.577, D3=0, D4=2.114
Draw the appropriate control chart and explain whether the process is in statistical control or
not.
Sr. No. X-bar R
1 2.011 0.011
2 2.008 0.017
3 2.001 0.009
4 2.003 0.026
5 1.998 0.27
6 1.995 0.21
7 1.997 0.014
8 1.997 0.017
9 2.002 0.023
10 2.003 0.015

Example No. 4
Following data is obtained at the time of inspection in one shift draw the control chart and
conclude. Given, A2=0.73, d3=0, d4=2.28

Time Reading
08.00 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3
10.00 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2
12.00 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2
14.00 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.3
16.00 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3

Example No. 5
Following are the results of 20 lots. Each lot contains 750 objects; numbers of defective objects
in each lot are as follows;
48, 83, 70, 85, 90, 56, 51, 71, 36, 50, 29, 51, 29, 31, 37, 80, 70, 48, 67, 57
Analyze the data on the base of appropriate control chart.
Calculate control limit and state the process is in control or not?

Example No. 6
The table given below shows the number of defectives found in inspection of a lot for 100 plugs
each. Draw proper control chart and state the process is in control or not.

Lot number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number Of Defectives 6 3 1 4 3 0 11 5 2 3
Fraction Defectives 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.11 0.05 0.02 0.03

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Example No. 7
10 samples of 20 parts each have been collected. In one sample there is no defective job. In
three samples there was one defective job. In five samples there were two defective jobs. In
one sample there were three defective jobs.
State the name of control chart and conclude.

Example No. 8
In a manufacturing process, the numbers of defectives found in the inspection of 10 lots of 400
items each are given below,

Lot No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number Of Defectives 2 0 14 3 1 18 6 0 3 6

Determine the trial control limits and state whether the process is in control.

Example No. 9 (S-22)

In a manufacturing process following observations are recorded. Draw appropriate control
chart and conclude.
Sample No. Defective Found Out Of 50
1 4
2 5
3 0
4 3
5 2
6 5
7 1
8 6

Example No. 10 (W-23)

In a manufacturing process following observations are recorded. Draw appropriate control
chart and conclude.
Sample No. Defective Found Out Of 50
1 3
2 2
3 0
4 3
5 5
6 1

Example No. 11
Following data is obtained at the time of weekly inspection, State the name of control chart and
conclude.

Week No. 1 2 3 4 5
No. of magnet inspected 724 728 724 720 730
Defective found 48 83 70 80 58

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Example No. 12
A certain product is given 100% inspection as it is manufactured (data in hours). In the table
16 hours of data are recorded. Calculate the control limits and indicate the values that are out
of control

Hours Number Of Units Inspected Number Of Defective Units

1 48 5
2 36 5
3 50 0
4 47 5
5 48 0
6 54 3
7 50 0
8 42 1
9 32 5
10 40 2
11 47 2
12 47 4
13 46 1
14 46 0
15 48 3
16 39 0

Example No. 13
Following are the inspection results of magnet for 10 observations. Draw appropriate control
chart and write your conclusion.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. Of Defective Magnets 58 83 70 80 72 58 64 78 80 84
Magnet Inspected 721 728 720 730 720 700 710 700 710 740

Given data: A2=0.58, d3=0, d4=2.11

Example No. 14 (W-22)

Numbers of defects found in an inspection of 10 assemblies are 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 0, 1
respectively. Draw C chart and conclude.

Example No. 15
The following data is observed for the inspection of 20 pieces of cloth. Defects are 2, 3, 5, 8, 12,
2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 6, 10, 4, 6, 5, 7, 4, 9, 7 and 3. Select control chart and conclude.

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Example No. 16
The following table gives the no. of errors in alignment observed at the final inspection of a
certain model of an aero plane. Prepare a C-chart and comment on it.

Aero Plane Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

No. Of Alignment
7 6 6 7 4 7 8 12 9 9 8 5 5 9 8
Defect
Aero Plane Number 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
No. Of Alignment
15 6 4 13 7 8 15 6 6 10
Defect

Example No. 17 (S-22, S-24)

Following are the inspection result of casting for one shift. Draw the appropriate control chart
and write your conclusion. Given, A2=0.58, d3=0, d4=2.11

Time (Hrs) 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15
No. of Defects Casting 08 07 09 06 04 05 04 06
Casting Inspected 300 350 400 400 350 350 350 320

Example No. 18 (W-22)

Two machines producing components are checked up for the statistical stability. Draw the P
chart for both machines and comment upon the process. Sample sizes for both machines are
200.

Machine A

Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Defectives 25 28 30 30 20 29 31 26 31 27

Machine B

Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Defectives 11 08 22 15 12 27 10 15 10 02

Example No. 19 (S-23)

The record of number of defectives on daily samples of size 300, for 24 days is given below.
Prepare a control chart for number of defectives (nP) and establish revised control limits

Day 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
No. of Defects 10 05 10 12 11 09 22 04 12 24 21 15
Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
No. of Defects 08 14 04 10 11 11 26 13 10 09 13 12

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Example No. 20 (S-23)
The following details collected from 100 meter pieces of woolen cloth:

Purchaser Inspection No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

No. Of Defects 15 05 01 04 03 00 03 01 06
Purchaser Inspection No. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
No. Of Defects 01 03 05 07 04 10 05 00 01

i. Compute the value of C chart and its control limit.

ii. Draw C chart
iii. Compute the value of C bar for the future production, if you deem it necessary.

Example No. 21 (S-23)

Inspection results of 10 typical samples for establishing a P chart are given below. Compute
trail control limits, plot P chart and establish the value of P bar and control limit for future
production.

Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. Of Defectives 10 12 08 09 11 08 10 11 09 12
No. of inspected defectives (%) 90 110 90 100 130 100 80 110 110 80

Example No. 22 (S-23)

The following tensile strength readings were taken from a line processing a heap of steel after
heat treatment. Construct a two days moving average and range chart for the data. Analyse the
result.

Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Reading 95.5 93.0 96.5 87.5 90.5 96.0 100.0 98.0 97.0 96.0 93.5 98.0
Date 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Reading 90.0 94.0 89.5 96.5 92.0 98.5 96.5 92.0 97.0 99.5 91.0

Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
95.5 93.0 96.5 87.5 90.5 96.0 100.0 98.0 97.0 96.0 93.5 98.0
Reading
90.0 94.0 89.5 96.5 92.0 98.5 96.5 92.0 97.0 99.5 91.0 96.5
Date 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
90.0 94.0 89.5 96.5 92.0 98.5 96.5 92.0 97.0 99.5 91.0
Reading
95.5 93.0 96.5 87.5 90.5 96.0 100.0 98.0 97.0 96.0 93.5

Example No. 23 (S-24)

Following are the inspection result of gear box assembly for 10 days. Draw proper control
chart and write conclusion from chart.
Inspection result as below,

Days Number Of Gear Box Inspected Defects Found

1 20 4
2 25 3
3 22 2
4 20 3
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 5 25 4
6 24 2
7 20 4
8 25 3
9 22 2
10 20 3

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