STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
• IT IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF
MONITORING A PROCESS THROUGH THE
USE OF CONTROL CHARTS.
• SPC HAS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OVER
QUALITY METHODS SUCH AS INSPECTION
TO DETECT AND CORRECT PROBLEMS IN
THE END PRODUCT.
• VARIATIONS IN THE END PRODUCT AS
WELL AS PROCESS CAN BE MINIMISED BY
SPC.
• SPC REDUCES WASTE AND TIME
REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THE PRODUCT.
CONTROL CHART
• IT IS A TOOL USED TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A MANUFACTURING OR
PROCESS IS IN A STATE OF STATISTICAL
CONTROL OR NOT.
• IF THE CHART INDICATES THAT THE
PROCESS IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTROL
THEN IT CAN BE USED WITH CONFIDENCE
TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IN
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROCESS.
CONTROL CHART
• IF THE CHART INDICATES THAT THE
PROCESS BEING MONITORED IS NOT IN
CONTROL,THE PATTERN IT REVEALS CAN
HELP DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF
VARIATION TO BE ELIMINATED TO BRING
THE PROCESS BACK INTO CONTROL.
• CONTROL CHART IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE
PROCESS CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT.
SEVEN BASIC TOOLS OF QUALITY
CONTROL
• CONTROL CHART
• HISTOGRAM
• PARETO CHART
• CHECK SHEET
• CAUSE-AND-EFFECT DIAGRAM
• FLOWCHART
• SCATTER DIAGRAM
STANDARD DEVIATION
• STANDARD DEVIATION OF CEMENT
COMPOUNDS ARE CALCULATED BY THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA.
S = [ (x1 – x-)2 + (x2 – x-)2 +…..+(xn – x-)2 ] 1/2
n–1
x1,x2 - INDIVIDUAL READINGS
x- - AVERAGE READING
n - NUMBER OF READINGS
• THE LOWER THE STANDARD DEVIATION
THE LESSER THE VARIATIONS IN QUALITY
PARAMETERS.
EX: - STANDARD DEVIATION OF LSF OF
KILN FEED MUST BE BE 1.2 TO 1.5.