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c Chart — Body-in-White Weld Defects

Twenty-four consecutive vehicle bodies inspected for weld defects on a constant area of opportunity, with Poisson limits at c̄ ± 3√c̄ and one body beyond the upper limit after a robot tip-dress was missed.

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Weld defects per body — BIW line 2c chart · 24 points · defects per body · all 8 Nelson rulesc chart — defects per unit inspected0510151UCL 14.87CL 6.96LCL 0.00123456789101112131415161718192021222324Out of control — 1 of 24 points flagged by rule 1.Rule 1 · c at point 19 = 17.00 — 1 point beyond a 3σ limit

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title "Weld defects per body — BIW line 2"
chart c
unit "defects per body"
# Constant area of opportunity: every body carries 412 spot welds,
# so a plain count chart is the right tool — no denominator needed.
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 3
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 4
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 3
sample defects: 9
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 6
# Tip-dress cycle skipped on robot R12 during the shift handover.
sample defects: 17
sample defects: 9
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 10
sample defects: 9
sample defects: 5