Inspection Methods for Quality Control MTEC 7017

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Analyze a given product and customer requirements and derive a framework for detailed characteristics and specifications.
• Apply a step-by-step procedure for planning for quality.
• Plan inspection in terms of characteristics, amount of inspection, methods, personnel, locations, decisions, errors and documentation.
• Review control plan examples from industry and understand the information contained in them.
• Understand the basic purpose and procedures for a gage variation study.
• Perform calculations for gage repeatability and reproducibility.
• Explain gage analysis concepts including repeatability, reproducibility, stability, capability, accuracy, deflection, shifts, drifts, and intervals.
• Explain the forces driving the development of advanced technology in the quality industry and the challenges that are present.
• List the categories of quality costs and classify company activities into those categories.
• List various dimensioning and tolerancing approaches and their advantages and disadvantages
• Describe the main advantages of the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) system over coordinate tolerancing.
• Decode symbols used in drawings following the ASME Y14.5-1994 dimensioning and tolerancing standard
• Perform calculations using basic GD&T concepts including Rule #1, material condition, bonus tolerance, virtual condition, position tolerancing, and conversion of coordinate values.
• Explain the impact of GD&T implementation on inspection in terms of terminology and symbology, personnel requirements, equipment and methods, and communication requirements.

Effective as of Winter 2014