Instructions
Getting Started
Choice of Spread Format
Interpretation of Charts
X-Bar Chart
R Chart
Questions or Comments
Getting Started
1) Press "Start" to obtain the user form.
2) Enter your Company or Organization name.
3) Input the number of samples for analysis.
4) Chose the spread format for "X-Bar Chart".
5) Enter the size of the sample in the data sheet
6) If using the "Range" option, enter the popualtion
standard deviation.
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Choice of Spread Format
Choose "Standard Deviation Method" if population
standard deviation of samples is [Link] option will
only calculate the X-Bar Chart
Choose "Range Method" if the range of the sample is
known . This option will calculate both the X-bar and
R Chart
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Interpretation of Charts
X-Bar Chart
Point outside Sample Upper Control Limit Center Limit Lower Control Limit
control limit. 5
Process not in
Control 4
2
Mean
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
-1
X-Bar Chart
Sample Upper Control Limit Center Limit Lower Control Limit
Two points close the 2
control [Link]
Mean
1
not in control
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
-1
Five points below
the mean. Process
-2 not in control
-3
Sample
R-Chart
Sample Upper Control Limit Center Limit Lower Control Limit
Two points close the 4
control [Link]
3
not in control
2
1
Mean
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Erratic Change.
-1
Process not in
-2
control
-3
-4
Sample
Point outside
control limit.
Process not in
Control
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments please
contact Amit Bansal at axb317@[Link] or Fabien
Aron at fqa101@[Link]
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Five points below
the mean. Process
not in control
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Erratic Change.
Process not in
control
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X -Bar and R Chart Application
X-bar chart indicates the changes that have occurred in the
central tendency of a process. These changes might be due to
such factors as tool wear, or new and stronger materials.
R chart values indicate that a gain or loss in dispersion has
[Link] change might be due to worn bearings, a loose
tool, an erratic flow of lubricants to a machine, or to sloppiness on
the part of a machine operator.
The two types of chart go hand in hand when monitoring
variables, because they measure the two critical parameters,
central tendency and dispersion.
Desgined and Created by Amit Bansal, Fabien Aron
Quality and Manufacturing Management Program
Penn State University
X-Bar Chart(Std. Deviation Method)
Sample Upper Control Limit Lower Control Limit Center Line
0.9
Mean
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sample Number
XYZ Company
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Quality Control X bar chart
Number of samples 10
Sample size 4
Population
standard deviation
2 Results
.
x-bar value
Data z value
Sample Number Mean Sigma x bar
1 Upper control limit
2 Center line
3 Lower control limit
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Average #DIV/0!
Results
#DIV/0!
3
1
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
1 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
X -Bar Chart (Range Method)
Sample Upper Control Limit Lower Control Limit Center Limit
70
60
Mean
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 1 2 3
Sample
4 5
Number
6 7 8 9 10 11
R-Chart
Sample Upper Control Limit Lower Control Limit Center Limit
25
20
Mean
15
10
0
0 1 2 3
Sample
4 5
Number
6 7 8 9 10 11
XYZ Company
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Quality Control X bar and R-Chart
Number of samples 10
Sample size 4
Sample Number Mean Range Results
1 51 9
2 50 2 x-bar value
3 55 6
4 51 11 R bar value
5 54 10
6 50 5 Upper control limit
7 54 0 Center line
8 49 12 Lower control limit
9 55 20
10 51 5
Average 52 8
Upper Lower
Sample Mean Range, Range,
size, n Factor, A2 D4 D3
2 1.88 3.268 0
3 1.023 2.574 0
4 0.729 2.282 0
5 0.577 2.115 0
6 0.483 2.004 0
7 0.419 1.924 0.076
8 0.373 1.864 0.136
Results 9 0.337 1.816 0.184
Xbar Range 10 0.308 1.777 0.223
52 11 0.285 1.744 0.256
12 0.266 1.716 0.284
8 13 0.249 1.692 0.308
14 0.235 1.671 0.329
57.832 18.256 15 0.223 1.652 0.348
52 8 16 0.212 1.636 0.364
46.168 0 17 0.203 1.621 0.379
5 18 0.194 1.608 0.392
1 51 57.832 46.168 52 1 9
2 50 57.832 46.168 52 2 2
3 55 57.832 46.168 52 3 6
4 51 57.832 46.168 52 4 11
5 54 57.832 46.168 52 5 10
6 50 57.832 46.168 52 6 5
7 54 57.832 46.168 52 7 0
8 49 57.832 46.168 52 8 12
9 55 57.832 46.168 52 9 20
10 51 57.832 46.168 52 10 5
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8
18.256 0 8