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EUROPEAN GRANT PROJECTS | RESULTS | RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | SCIENCE
Contribution to the evaluate the suitability of the measuring equipment
Kateřina Bícová
Dana Kubátová
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; University of West Bohemia in Pilsen; Univerzitní 8, 301 00 Plzeň; E-mail: kbicova@rti.zcu.cz
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; University of West Bohemia in Pilsen; Univerzitní 8, 301 00 Plzeň; E-mail: kubatova@rti.zcu.cz
Grant: LO1502
Název grantu: “Development of the Regional Technological Institute” under the auspices of National Sustainability Programme I.
Oborové zaměření: JB - Senzory, čidla, měření a regulace
© GRANT Journal, MAGNANIMITAS Assn.
Abstrat This paper deals with the issue of verifying the suitability
of measuring equipment, as meters used in production must meet the
required degree of accuracy. However, there are several approaches
to measuring and evaluating measuring systems. This paper focuses
on measuring the suitability of meters according to the methodology
of Ford and Bosh. The aim of the experiment was to compare the
limits of tolerance fields for two types of measuring systems. A
fixed and rotating measuring head, which can be used with the Zeiss
Prismo Navigator, was used as the measuring system.
Key words capability, measurement, tolerance, measuring system
1.
INTRODUCTION
Today, it is a matter of course that the measuring equipment used in
production meets the required degree of accuracy. Companies and
organizations dealing with the field of quality have developed
several standards and guidelines that define requirements for the
properties of measuring instruments and equipment, which are
designed to ensure the high quality of manufactured products. These
are, for example, the ISO 9000 series standards, VDA, and others.
Manufacturers obtain a certificate of quality compliance, which is
required for placing products on the market, etc.
2.
THE CURRENT APPROACH TO QUALITY IN THE
FIELD OF MEASUREMENT
When we focus on the evaluation of the measurement systems and
specific instructions for evaluating measuring systems in practice,
there area lot of standards just for evaluating the measuring system
(MSA, etc.), but there is no information in the standards about
evaluating the measuring equipment. Therefore, the largest car
producers have developed their own directives. These directives are
then used as supplements to the standards for evaluating the
measuring systems within their companies or their suppliers.
There are two basic approaches to the field of measurement and
evaluation of measuring systems. These are the MSA Manual and
the VDA 5 standard. The MSA Manual summarizes the methods,
the main proponents of which are the American automotive
companies Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General
Motors Corporation, under the auspices of the Automotive Industry
Action Group (AIAG). In the case of VDA 5, the main proponents
of these methods are the German BMW Group DaimlerAG, GKN
Driveline, KFMtec, MQSConsulting, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge, Robert
Bosch GmbH a Volkswagen AG. [1]
In this article is describe not on the evaluation measuring system
(MSA, VDA 5,...), but in this article, we focused on measuring the
capability of measuring equipment according to the methodology of
company Ford and company Bosh.[2][3]
Both these methods are based on the assumption that the suitability
test is performed on a real product. In these methods, the real
product fulfils the role of a standard. The real value of the standard
(the real product) must be determined using measuring equipment
that has the accuracy of two orders of magnitude higher than that
used when manufacturing real product.[4]
The method then consists of repeatedly measuring the value of the
standard. The detected variance is compared with a part of the
tolerance field, usually 15% or 20% of the tolerance field.
The procedure of using the method to evaluate the suitability of the
measuring equipment is simple. It is performed by repeated
measurements of a standard (real part) for which we know the
nominal values. Measuring is performed by only one operator on the
same measuring equipment which is being evaluated and one
measured part. The measured values are then compared with a part
of the tolerance field, usually with a proportion of 15% to 20% of
the tolerance field.
The basic indicators of measuring equipment capability are the
parameters Cg and Cgk. These indicate the value of repeatability
(Cg) and reproducibility (Cgk) of the inspected measuring
equipment. The method of calculating these parameters varies
according to the methodology used (by company Ford, or by
company Bosh)[2].
2.1
Bosh
Parameters that are used by the company Bosch are calculated as
20% of the width of the specification field. The required value of Cg
and Cgk is compared with a value of 1.33 and more. The formulas
for calculating the Cg index are as follows:
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