Chapter 8
Process and Measurement System Capability Analysis
IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS ANOVA approach to a gauge R&R Normal distribution and process capability
experiment ratios
Components of gauge error One-sided process capability ratios
Components of measurement error PCR Cp
Confidence intervals for gauge R&R studies PCR Cpk
Confidence intervals on process capability ratios PCR Cpm
Consumer’s risk or missed fault for a gauge Precision versus accuracy of a gauge
Control charts and process capability analysis Precision-to-tolerance (P/T) ratio
Delta method Process capability
Discrimination ratio (DR) for a gauge Process capability analysis
Estimating variance components Process performance indices Pp and Ppk
Factorial experiment Producer’s risk or false failure for a gauge
Gauge R&R experiment Product characterization
Graphical methods for process capability analysis Random effects model ANOVA
Measurement systems capability analysis Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for a gauge