The equipment dedicated to this project supports the integration of Statistical Process Control (SPC) into the undergraduate industrial engineering manufacturing laboratory at this institution. Students perform hands-on experiments in SPC techniques in a real-time data collection environment to gain expertise in both manufacturing and the automation of SPC. The equipment that supports this project includes: digital measuring instruments to measure dimensions of parts as quality characteristics; data collection and transmission devices to collect or transmit data from gages to the microcomputers; microcomputers to process the real-time data; peripheral devices to produce control charts and reports; and, SPC software that analyzes quality information in real time. This award is being matched by an equal sum from the grantee.
