Department of Mechanical Engineering, Poornima College of Engineering

Odd Semester 2016-17

ABC Analysis
Course: B. Tech.
Name of Faculty: Kalpit Jain
Unit
No.

Category A
(Hard topics)

Class/Section: III Year(c)

Name of Subject:
QualityAssurance and Reliability

Category B
(Topics with average hardness
level)

Category C
(Easy to understand topics)

History of quality methodology,

Inferences about
quality control, Quality of design
process quality:
and quality of conformance,
Sampling
Quality policy and objectives,
distributions and
Economics of quality, frequency
estimation of
distribution, continuous and
process parameters.
discrete, probability distributions,
Analysis of
pattern of variation
variance.
Statistical basis of
control chart,
analysis of patterns
on control charts,
control chart for
individual
measurement.
Process capability
analysis using
histogram and
probability plot,
capability ratios and
concept of six sigma.
Operating
characteristics
curve. Acceptance
sampling plans,
single, double and
multiple sampling

Date: 01/7/16
Subject Code:5ME04

The meaning of Quality and

quality improvement,
dimensions of quality,
Describing variation.

Basic principles, choice of

control limits, sample size and Concept of SQC, Chance and
sampling frequency, The
assignable causes of
variation, Application of
magnificent
variable control charts.
Seven, X-bar and R charts,
X-bar and S charts
Control chart for fraction non
conforming P-chart, np-chart,
c-chart and u-chart. Demerit
systems, SPC for short
production runs.

Choice between attribute and

variable control chart.

Quality rating, Quality audit, Quality Assurance: Concept,

Introduction to Quality systems advantages, field complaints,
like ISO 9000 and ISO 14000.
Fundamental concepts in
acceptance sampling

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Preparedne
ss for A
topics

plans, LTPD,
AOQL, AOQ.

Common failure
rate curve,
Introduction to
Taguchi Method of
Design of
Experiments,
Quality loss
function.

MTBF, Failure rate, reliability

evaluation in simple cases of
exponential failures in series,
paralleled and series-parallel
device configurations,
Redundancy and
improvement factors
evaluations. Introduction to
Availability and
Maintainability.

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Failure models of components,

definition of reliability,
types
of failure