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c Chart — Reflow Solder Defects

Twenty-six inspected panels of a fixed-area PCB assembly counted for solder defects, where a paste printer nozzle blockage produces the excursion past the upper control limit that rules 1 and 5 isolate.

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Solder defects per panel — reflow line 1, board REV-Cc chart · 26 points · defects · all 8 Nelson rulesc chart — defects per unit inspected051015155UCL 15.83CL 7.58LCL 0.001234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Out of control — 3 of 26 points flagged by rules 1, 5.Rule 1 · c at point 19 = 18.00 — 1 point beyond a 3σ limitRule 5 · c at point 20 = 14.00 — 2 of 3 points beyond 2σ on the same sideRule 5 · c at point 22 = 15.00 — 2 of 3 points beyond 2σ on the same side

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title "Solder defects per panel — reflow line 1, board REV-C"
chart c
unit defects
# Every panel is the same area with the same joint count, so a plain count
# chart is right: there is no denominator to divide by.
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 9
sample defects: 11
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 3
sample defects: 2
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 8
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 5
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 7
sample defects: 9
sample defects: 11
sample defects: 4
sample defects: 9
# Paste printer nozzle partially blocked over panels 19 and 20.
sample defects: 18
sample defects: 14
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 15
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 6
sample defects: 3
sample defects: 7