*A glass manufacturing co. products flat glass sheets with target final thickness of 0.

130in and a known

standard deviation of 0.0078in.The company decide to construct a 3-sigma control chart to know in out
of control situations .The following values are obtained for sample size 5,in 10 consecutive days.

3σ limits control chart

Mean(µ)= 0.130
St. Dev = 0.0078
Sam size= 5
Days Avg thickness UCL(3σ) CL LCL(3σ)
1 0.1196 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
2 0.1351 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
3 0.126 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
4 0.1192 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
5 0.1212 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
6 0.125 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
7 0.1275 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
8 0.1195 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
9 0.1295 0.14047 0.13 0.11953
10 0.1248 0.14047 0.13 0.11953

So , σx= 0.00349

0.145

0.14
quality characteristics value

0.135

average thickness
0.13 UCL=.14047
CL=.130
LCL=.11953
0.125

0.12

0.115 Figure: Control chart for glass production

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
sample
Finally, the overall chart indicates that the numbers
process is not in good condition,because of three reasons.