Identifying Data 2019/20
Subject (*) Engineering Metrology and Quality Control Code 730G03032
Study programme
Grao en Enxeñaría Mecánica
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
Third Obligatory 6
Language
Spanish
Galician
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Enxeñaría Naval e Industrial
Coordinador
Lopez Diaz, Ana Jesus
E-mail
ana.xesus.lopez@udc.es
Lecturers
Lopez Diaz, Ana Jesus
Yañez Casal, Armando Jose
E-mail
ana.xesus.lopez@udc.es
armando.yanez@udc.es
Web
General description A materia de Metroloxía e Control de Calidade trata sobre as técnicas necesarias para a planificación e realización do control de calidade en procesos de fabricación. En primeiro lugar introdúcense os conceptos fundamentais sobre medición, para poder caracterizar as variables que máis adiante serán utilizadas no control de calidade. Posteriormente, incídese na estreita relación entre a variabilidade dos parámetros de fabricación e a calidade final do produto, para despois estudar a devandita variabilidade dende un punto de vista estatístico. Finalmente, descríbense as técnicas de control de calidade baseadas en estatística, o que se coñece como Control Estatístico de Procesos. As devanditas técnicas van encamiñadas a encontrar un equilibrio entre os custos que supón o control de calidade e os custos potenciais de realizar un control insuficiente.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A26 TEM8 - Coñecemento aplicado de sistemas e procesos de fabricación, metroloxía e control de calidade.
B1 CB01 - Que os estudantes demostren posuír e comprender coñecementos nunha área de estudo que parte da base da educación secundaria xeral e adoita encontrarse a un nivel que, aínda que se apoia en libros de texto avanzados, inclúe tamén algúns aspectos que implican coñecementos procedentes da vangarda do seu campo de estudo
B2 CB02 - Que os estudantes saiban aplicar os seus coñecementos ao seu traballo ou vocación dunha forma profesional e posúan as competencias que adoitan demostrarse por medio da elaboración e defensa de argumentos e a resolución de problemas dentro da súa área de estudo
B4 CB04 - Que os estudantes poidan transmitir información, ideas, problemas e solucións a un público tanto especializado como leigo
B5 CB05 - Que os estudantes desenvolvan aquelas habilidades de aprendizaxe necesarias para emprenderen estudos posteriores cun alto grao de autonomía
B7 B5 - Ser capaz de realizar unha análise crítica, avaliación e síntese de ideas novas e complexas
B9 B8 - Adquirir unha formación metodolóxica que garanta o desenvolvemento de proxectos de investigación (de carácter cuantitativo e/ou cualitativo) cunha finalidade estratéxica e que contribúan a situarnos na vangarda do coñecemento
C1 C3 - Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida.
C4 C6 - Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse.
C5 C7 - Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Knowing the tools currently available to characterize dimensionally industrial product. Select the most appropriate to take a measurement. A26
B1
B2
B4
B5
B7
B9
C1
C4
C5
Knowing the measurement principles that should be taken into account to make a measurement A26
B1
B2
B4
B5
B7
B9
C1
C4
C5
Understanding the importance of quality control in modern manufacturing processes. Studying different types of variability, its causes and effects. Understanding variability as a measure of the quality of a manufacturing process. A26
B1
B2
B4
B5
B7
B9
C1
C4
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to metrology. 1.1. Introduction and history of metrology.
1.2. Systems units. The International System.
1.3. The measurement procedure.
1.4. Uncertainty quantification
1.5. Traceability and calibration
2. Applications of metrology industry 2.1. Dimensional metrology.
2.2. Length measurement. Instrumentation.
2.3. Surface quality: Roughness
2.4. Other measures: mass, time, temperature, light intensity and electrical quantities.
3. Quality Control 3.1. Introduction to quality control
3.1.1. Historical development of quality control
3.1.2. Maintaining and improving quality
3.2. Basic tools for quality improvement
3.2.1. Data collection.
3.2.2. Diagrams and their types: Pareto, cause and effect, bivariate.
4. Variability in quality control
4.1. Causes of variability
4.2. Probabilistic models.
4.3. Comparison of two treatments.
4.4. Comparison of more than two treatments: Analysis of variance
5. Statistical Process Control
5.1. introduction
5.2. Control charts.
5.3. for variables
5.4. For attributes.
5.5. Other control charts.
Ferramentas e técnicas para o control da calidade
Control estatístico de procesos
Introdución á metroloxía

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech A26 B1 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 C5 30 34.47 64.47
Problem solving A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 C5 17 17 34
Mixed objective/subjective test A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 2 2 4
ICT practicals A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 C5 11 11 22
Supervised projects A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 C5 4 21.52 25.52
 
Personalized attention 0 0 0
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Lectures which will develop the course content
Problem solving Interactive classes in which they solve exercises representative of content covered in lectures.
Mixed objective/subjective test In addition to the various activities planned, students must take a final exam on the content of the material, which consist of a series of short questions of theory and practice, as well as two or three issues of implementation, with a total duration of approximately two hours.
ICT practicals Metodoloxía que permite ao alumnado aprender a través de actividades de carácter práctico
(demostracións, simulacións, etc.) a teoría dun ámbito de coñecemento, mediante a utilización das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións.
Supervised projects El alumnado deberá desarrollar y entregar una serie de ejercicios y actividades propuestas durante el curso, sobre aplicaciones concretas de algunos aspectos de la materia.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
ICT practicals
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Problem solving
Mixed objective/subjective test
Supervised projects
Description
For any aspect that students consider appropriate, in addition to small group tutoring, six hours per week of tutoring in the time published through the UDC website.
Students who have an academic exemption will not be required to attend class but must submit the same works and, in general, on the same dates as the other students of the course.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Mixed objective/subjective test A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 In addition to the various activities planned, students must take a final exam on the contents of the subject, which consist of a series of short questions of theory and practice, as well as two or three issues of implementation, with a total duration of approximately two hours. 40
Supervised projects A26 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 C5 Students must develop and deliver a series of exercises and activities proposed during the course, on the specific application of some aspects of the subject. 60
 
Assessment comments

As persoas matriculadas a tempo parcial deberán poñerse en contacto, a principio de curso, coa cordinadora da materia para programar as actividades que deberán desenvolver para superala.

O alumnado con dispensa académica poderá solicitar a realización das
titorías para desenvolver os traballos tutelados nun horario diferente ao publicado na web da UDC.


Sources of information
Basic CEM (). Evaluación de datos de medición. Guía para la Expresión de la Incertidumbre de Medida. Edición digital..
Sánchez Pérez, Angel M. (1999). Fundamentos de Metrología. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Moro Piñeiro, María. (2017). Fundamentos de metrología dimensional. Marcombo
Montgomery, Douglas C. (2009). Introduction to Statistical Quality Control. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
CEM (). LA METROLOGÍA ABREVIADA" traducción al español de edición 3ª. Edición digital. NIPO: 706-09-003-1.
Prat, Albert; Tort-Martorell, Xavier; Grima, Pere; Pozueta, Lourdes (1997). Métodos estadísticos: control y mejora de la calidad. Edicions UPC
Sevilla Hurtado, Lorenzo; Martín Sánchez, María Jesúsnzo Sevilla y María José Martín (2008). Metrología dimensional. Universidad de Málaga
CEM (). Recomendaciones sobre unidades de medida.
Thomson, James R. ; Joronacki, Jacec (2002). Statistical Process Control. Chapman & Hall / CRC
Levinson, William A. (2011). Statistical Process Control for Real World Aplications. CRC Press
CEM (2012). Vocabulario Internacional de Metrología VIM, 3ª edición 2012.

Complementary Dotson, Connie L. (2016). Fundamentals of dimensional metrology. Boston: Cengage Learning
Jay Bucher, editor (2012). The metrology handbook . American Society for Quality
Schilling, Edward G.; Neubauer, Dean V. (2009). Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control. CRC Press
Kirkup, Les (2006). An Introduction to uncertainty in measurement. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
AENOR (2001). Metrología Dimensional. AENOR
Centro Español de Metrología (1998). Metrología disposiciones legales. Madrid : Ministerio de Fomento, Centro Español de Metrología
Bewoor, Annand K.; Kulkarni, Vinay A. (2009). Metrology & Measurement/. McGraw-Hill Education


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Physics I /730G03003
Statistics/730G03008

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Manufacturing Processes/730G03022

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments
To help achieve a sustained immediate environment and meet the objective of action number 5: "Healthy and sustainable environmental and social teaching and research" of the "Green Campus Ferrol Action Plan":

The delivery of the documentary works made in this subject:
* They will be requested in virtual format and / or computer support
* It will be done through Moodle, in digital format without the need to print them

If it is necessary to make them on paper:
* Plastics will not be used
* Double-sided prints will be made.
* Recycled paper will be used.
* The printing of drafts will be avoided.


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.