Quality Control in Electronics

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Department of Electrotechnology

Synopsis:

Terminology and definitions from the area of quality and its control, philosophy of quality, systems of quality control in the world. Series of standards ISO 9000-2000, philosophy, certification. Basic statistical methods and tools for control of quality of a process. Types of control charts and its use. Capability analysis of a process. Definition and using of a loss function. Factorial experiments and their use in optimization of process quality. Combination of typical statistical tools for quality control and factorial experiments for improvement efficiency of quality control

Requirements:

A student has to have an assessment before an examination. It is obligatory to attend traning. A student has to write and present a short semestral thesis.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Basic species and definitions from the area of quality control. Systems TQM (USA), poka-yoke, kaizen, kanban.

2.ISO 900-2000, philosophy, structure, loop of quality

3.Directory of quality, its structure and way of its preparation

4.Task of the management in the system ISO 9000-2000, matrix of responsibility

5.Process of certification according to the ISO 9000-2000, costs joined with establishment of quality system

6.Statistical methods used for quality control of the process in its different phases, estimation of process quality

7.7 Ishikawa tools for quality control, new tools for quality control

8.Check sheet, histogram, Pareto diagram, scatter plot, cause and effect diagram, process flow diagram

9.Control charts for quantitative and qualitative parameters of the process. Range and frequency of sampling

10.Characteristics and computation of process capability

11.Loss function for different types of quality parameters. Taguchi loss function

12.Other statistical tools of quality control - Cusum, EWMA, FMEA, Six Sigma

13.Designed experiments - factorial experiments, optimization of process quality using of factorial experiments

14.Statistical acceptance. Combination of typical statistical tools for quality improvement with factorial experiments

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Systems TQM and kaizen used in big factories. Costs caused by low quality, costs joined with quality control

2.Analysis of a system for quality control of one Czech and one world producer. A comparison

3.Documents, which are necessary for certification of a company according to the ISO 9000-2000

4.Preparation of a directory of quality of a middle company focused on electrical production or assembly - part 1

5.Preparation of a directory of quality of a middle company focused on electrical production or assembly - part 2

6.Information about the structure, possibilities and using of a program QC Expert

7.Technologies of transformation of data with a non-normal distribution into the data with a normal distribution, limits

8.Process variability, sampling, histogram and his analysis

9.Scatter plot, Pareto chart and check sheet

10.Realization of control charts for x and R and for x and S

11.Evaluation of capability of given process

12.Application of FMEA in given company

13.Calculation of factorial experiments and results analysis

14.Combination of control charts and factorial experiments for quality control. A credit

Study Objective:

Student will learn what is quality, with quality control and with tools, used for quality control.

Study materials:

1. Chandra, J. M. Statistical Quality Control. New York: CRC Press. 2001

2. Montgomery. D. C. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control. New York:

John Wiley & Sons. 2001

3. Breyfogle III, F. W. Implementing Six Sigma. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

1999

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electronics - Electronic Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Electronics - Electronic Applications- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Electronics - Electronics and Photonics- structured studies (compulsory elective course)