Measurement System Analysis (MSA) - Stability, Linearity & Gauge R&R (2 Days)

Target audience
1. Engineers, quality professionals, supervisors and metrology technicians
2. Section Heads & Department Managers
Course Objective
1. To explain various sources of measurement system uncertainty
2. To conduct measurement system studies including assessment of linearity, stability, and reproducibility
3. To define ways to improve measurement systems
4. To understand and implement a gage management and calibration system
Course Content
1. Concepts of MSA
- Measurement system elements and their contribution to measurement variation
- Terminology and concepts (bias, linearity, stability, repeatability and reproducibility)
2. The existence and measurement of variation
- Variation
- Normal Distribution
- Accuracy and Precision
- Measures of variation (mean, standard deviation and variance)
3. MSA Studies
- Bias (overview and methodology)
- Linearity (overview and methodology)
- Stability studies (overview and methodology)
- Measurement Uncertainty (overview)
- Measurement system analysis and studies (variable and attribute)
- Repeatability and Reproducibility
- Performance of a gauge R&R study
4. Interpretation and use of study data (from example data provided)
5. Using data for cost-saving (calibration intervals, number of measurements taken etc)