Control of Quality and Reliability

Higher education teachers: Begeš Gaber

Subject description

Prerequisits:

• entry in the third year

Content (Syllabus outline):

• fundamentals on quality systems and reliability
• total quality management
• standardization support in the field
• preparation and evaluation of control data in distribution tables and charts
• control charts for measurable and attributive characteristics
• standardized sampling plans
• hypothesis testing on acceptation or rejection of declarations
• general mastering of products reliability
• technical view of product CE marking

Objectives and competences:

• Aim of the course is to get acquainted with concrete knowledge quality control and reliability of products and systems. In this scope is mastering in total quality management with complex systems and tools for higher quality of products and services.
• Student gets knowledge on tools for evaluation measurable and attributive characteristics of quality and reliability of components, parts and systems. It is intention to distinguish safety, quality and reliability in connection with European requirements from the standardization and technical point of view for products. Approach to the quality control and reliability is presented also from economic point of view. Theoretical knowledge is supported by practical examples.

Intended learning outcomes:

basic concept of metrology, frequency characteristics, measureable and attributive characteristics, control charts and process efficiency, methods and analyses of control data of measurable and attributive characteristics, sampling plans, hypothesis testing on acceptation or rejection of declarations, analysis and evaluation of control tools signals

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures,
• auditory exercises,
• laboratory exercises,
• seminar works,
• projects.

Study materials

Readings:

1. www.sist.si, www.iso.org, www.gov.si/sa, www.ilac.org, www.mirs.si, www.euromet.org
2. BEGEŠ, Gaber. Kontrola kakovosti in zanesljivosti. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, Laboratorij za metrologijo in kakovost, 2011
3. BEGEŠ, Gaber. Kontrola kakovosti in zanesljivosti: laboratorijski praktikum. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, Laboratorij za metrologijo in kakovost, 20123. Practical Reliability Engineering by Patrick P. O'Connor and Andre Kleyner, Amazon, 2012
4. Quality Control for Dummies by Larry Webber and Michael Wallace, Amazon, 2012
5. SPC and Continuous Improvement by Mal Owen, Amazon, 2013
6. Juran's Quality Handbook: The Complete Guide to Performance Excellence 6/e by Joseph Defeo and J.M. Juran, Amazon, 2010
7. Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control, Second Edition (Statistics: A Series of Textbooks and Monographs) by Edward G. Schilling and Dean V. Neubauer, Amazon, 2009