Activity 8 – Process Capability

Delivery form: Via blackboard

Work in pairs for this assignment

Jesús Eduardo Guardado Esparza A01381495

Juan Pablo de la Vega Chazaros A01176211

Cp=(Upper Specification Limit – Lower Specification Limit)/ 6σ

Where Cp is Process Capability and σ is the standard deviation of the process.

Also, remembering the process capability graphs:

Limit of process

Profitability

Limit of process

Capability=1.33

Answer the questions on the following pages:

Caso 1: Spur gear

*Assume not specified tolerance are +/- 0.0015 in

1. Indicate the specifications for the dimensions shown on the table:

# Element USL (in) LSL (in) Range (in)
1 Outer piece diameter 7.250 7.246 .004
2 Shaft diameter 1.1875 1.1870 .0005
3 Gear faces (thickness) .5015 .4085
4 Total piece width 1.500 1.4900
5 Keyway width 0.188 0.187 0.001

2. For a milling process you have several production lines within your plant. To keep a defect level
below 64 ppm (Cp=1.33), which of the following production lines is more suitable for the keyway
element (#5)?
a. Line 1: Standard deviation of 0.0125mm Cp=.3386
b. Line 2: Standard deviation of 0.0063mm Cp=.6719
c. Line 3: Standard deviation of 0.0031mm CP=1.3655
 3. For the turning process, you have several machines within the plant. To keep a defect level
below 64ppm (Cp=1.33) which is the machine more suitable for the faces and diameter
characteristics (elements 1, 2, 3 and 4)?
a. Machine 1: Standard deviation of 0.0125mm
b. Machine 2: Standard deviation of 0.0063mm
c. Machine 3: Standard deviation of 0.0031mm
USL LSL Range
# Element USL(mm) LSL(mm) Range(mm) SD(.0125mm) SD(.0063mm) SD(.0031mm
(in) (in) (in)
Outer
1 piece 7.25 7.246 0.004
diameter 184.15 184.0484 -0.1016 1.35466667 2.68783069 5.4623655
Shaft
2 1.1875 1.187 0.0005
diameter 30.1625 30.1498 -0.0127 0.16933333 0.33597884 0.682795
Gear faces
3 0.5015 0.4085 0.093
(thickness) 12.7381 10.3759 -2.3622 31.496 62.4920635 12
Total
4 piece 1.5 1.49 0.01
width 38.1 37.846 -0.254 3.38666667 6.71957672 13.65591

The best option is element 1 with Sd of .0125mm

4. What can you say regarding the capability of your plant machines? What can you conclude?
What we conclude from the process capability is that we need to find the one that fulfill with that we
are looking for, the one that meets with the design specifications so that we can have a more efficient
process without spending more than we should and meet with the tolerance range

Caso 2: Post and bushing

For the piece shown, the key characteristics on the base diameter of 20mm are as follow:

Considering the following Process Capability graphs, answer the following questions.
 Process Capability (Cp>1.3)
Turning

Process Capability (Cp>1.3)

Grinding
 1. In order to obtain a process capability larger than 1.3, specify whether the process for the post
and bushing should be done by turning or by grinding. Mark the corresponding graph accordingly.

Turning, because the tolerance is between the upper and lower limits, with the given dimension. On the
contrary grinding doesn't meet with those parameters, so the process is not capable for the tolerance
asked.