Octavio Zamudio Lpez

Workshop 5. M1951

DOE RESPONSE SURFACE DESIGN

APPLICATION FOR MECHANICAL PART OPTIMIZATION
Study the influence of 6 variables in the maximum applied load than can bear a
specific metal component per the next parameters:

Procedure
Generate the DOE in Minitab using Surface design.

It necessary to select axial points representation for extreme values.

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Using only one centre value and alpha will keep the default value assigned by Minitab.

Not randomized sample generation to be used.

Generating the DOE (partial section is shown only).

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Inserting the results into the DOE run for statistical analysis.

Initial analysis with all run combinations included.

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Selecting the response column to be used.

Initial Results:
Response Surface Regression: RESPONSE versus Dimension A , Dimension B , Dimension C

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Initial model proposal.

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Identification of non-influential parameters for optimization, P-values greater than 0.05 will be
disregarded one by one beginning with greatest value. (Variables sorted shown).

Removing non-influencing terms

Where:

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After this initial removal of AF term, the manual optimization process was performed on the
following order:

FF, CF, BF, AA, BE, EE, CC, F, EF, DF, CE, DE, AE, BC

The final model obtained after the optimization process and the R values are shown below:

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The version 17 of MInitab software offers the functionality to optimize the process automatically,
here is shown how using this option yields the same result as with the manual process.

Returning all the terms to the analysis

Selecting the option Setepwise we can choose the desired optimization tool, in this case, backward
elimination.

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It is necessary to define the alpha parameter, to be used for the Backward elimination process. In
this case alpha corresponds to the P-value, and any term greater than 0.05 needs to be discarded.

The results of the automated process are the same as with the manual one (View page 7), thus, the
manual process has been executed successfully.