MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College

TAGUCHI TECHNIQUES

Guided By: Presented By:

Prof. Dr. N. G. Phafat KAUSTUBH S BABREKAR
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering BE Mechanical I
MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College 402113
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 INTRODUCTION
• Japan’s problem (WW-II)

• Building a new product, system or process.

• High quality products and materials

• Taguchi method
• Loss function
• Orthogonal array
• Robust design
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 OBJECTIVE OF TAGUCHI METHODOLOGY

 The objective of Taguchi’s efforts is process and product-design improvement

through the identifications of easily controllable factors and their settings,
which minimize the variation in product response while keeping the mean
response on target.

 By setting the factors at their optimal level and changes in environmental factors,
stable and high quality products can be obtained.

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 QUALITY: TRADITIONAL VS TAGUCHI’S VIEW

o Traditionally, “Quality” is when the
process output is within Customer
Specifications.
o Hence, NO QUALITY LOSS is there,
if product is within the specifications.
o As per Taguchi, “Quality” is when the process
output is at the Target.
o Every time, Process mean deviates from Target
and there is process variance, there are bound to
be quality losses.
o Larger the deviation of mean from the target, larger
is the loss.

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TRADITIONAL VIEW WITHOUT NOISE FACTORS

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TRADITIONAL VIEW WITH NOISE FACTORS

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TAGUCHI’S VIEW WITH NOISE FACTORS

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 TAGUCHI’S METHOD

This method gives a robust design in which the Process Y

will not only stay within the specifications but also be
centered always at the Target (= Mean).

Taguchi says that every time a process moves away from the
Target, there is loss to customer.
(even if the process is within SPECs)

Taguchi recognizes the customer’s need to have products

that are more consistent and part to part.

This is achieved by modeling not just the Controllable factors

as in conventional DOE but also the “Noise” factors.

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 WHEN TO USE TAGUCHI METHODOLOGY ?

Taguchi’s designs can be adopted when:

• Time and cost of experimentation has to be lowered, especially when we have

large number of factors

• In cases, where the number of CONTROL FACTORS > NUMBER OF NOISE FACTORS
[Better chance of finding a factor that helps reduce the noise]

• The product/ process under design is extremely critical. In no condition shall the
process deviate from the target.

• When the design objective is not just to attain the nominal best for the Response
but is to attain best relationship between the output response and an input Signal
factor.
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 TAGUCHI’S LOSS FUNCTION

o According to Taguchi (Japanese Engineer), every time the process deviates from the target, even
if it stays within the SPECs, there is loss to the society (Producer and Customer)

o Larger the deviation from the target, larger is the loss

o Loss is proportional to the square of the deviation from the target

o Loss caused by harmful side effects or variability.

o Taguchi’s (quality) Loss function is given as,

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Loss (y) = 𝑘 𝑦 − 𝑚 Ex: CARs being called back due
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 TAGUCHI’S LOSS FUNCTION
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Loss (y) = 𝑘 𝑦 − 𝑚
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Loss (y) = 𝑘 𝑦 − 𝑚

Where, k = A / 𝑑2

And

A = the cost of corrective action necessary to change the process

d = the value of the process

m = the target value of the process characteristic

y = the measurement of the unit in question

Example: When an automobile doesn’t start in
k = the loss coefficient cold weather, its owner faces loss.
1. Pay someone. 2. Late for Work. 3. Suffers Cold.
Loss (y) = the incremental loss

This function drives the OBJECTIVE of the Taguchi’s design, which is to design a process that
not just complies to the Customer specifications BUT also is aligned to the TARGET.
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 SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
• Control factors (Signals) are those design and process parameters that can be
controlled.
• Noise factors cannot be controlled during production of product; controlled during expt.
• To get the desired result (Higher S / N Ratio):
• Identify optimal control factors that not only increase the QUALITY but also reduce NOISE.

: Standard deviation or
natural variance

: Mean / Average

• Product with this goal (higher S / N Ratio) will

deliver more consistent performance even in
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VARIATION OF THE QUADRATIC LOSS FUNCTION

Ex. Colour Density and Brightness must be Optimum. Power output.

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VARIATION OF THE QUADRATIC LOSS FUNCTION

Ex. Radiation
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leakage in Microwave Oven; pollution; leakage current.
VARIATION OF THE QUADRATIC LOSS FUNCTION

Ex. Bond strength of Adhesives.

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 CASE STUDY: Tool Wear in a Process

• Goalpost philosophy allows tool wear

to produce parts which vary within
specification limit.

• This case study shows a cost-oriented

approach to quality control.

• We are required to make a Part of specific dimension with a tolerance of

+-0.25mm
• If the part reaches the end of the manufacturing line with diameter exceeding
the upper or lower limit, the part should be scrapped at $4.00.
• The scrap cost is one aspect of loss to society.
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CASE STUDY: Tool Wear in a Process

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Loss (y) = 𝑘 𝑦 − 𝑚

L is the loss associated with a

diameter value y,

m is the nominal value of

specification,

and value of k is a constant

depending upon the cost at the
specification limits and the
width of specification.

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 CASE STUDY: Tool Wear in a Process
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$4.00 = k 𝐿𝑆𝐿 – 𝑚
The lower specification limit (LSL) is substituted into equation, which is where the $4.00
loss is incurred. The upper specification limit also could be used for this calculation.
Solving for k,
$4.00
𝑘 = 2
𝐿𝑆𝐿 – 𝑚
$4.00
𝑘 = 2
−0.010 – 0.0

k = $40,000 per sq in.

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L = 40,000 𝑦 − 0.0

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 CASE STUDY: Tool Wear in a Process
Now the loss associated with any part can be computed depending on the value of its
diameter.
For instance, a part with diameter of + 0.003 in (+ 0.08 mm) costs

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L = 40,000 0.003 − 0.0

L = $ 0.36

This is the loss per unit for each part shipped with an outer diameter of +0.003 in.
Similarly for a part diameter of -0.002 in which are 11 quantities in number the cost
incurred would be,
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L ( - 0.002 ) = $ 40,000 −0.002 − 0.0
= $ 0.16 x 11
= 19$1.76
CASE STUDY: Tool Wear in a Process

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 THE DOE (DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS PROCESS)

EIGHT-STEPS IN TAGUCHI METHODOLOGY

1. Identify the main function, side effects and failure mode.

2. Identify the noise factor, testing condition and quality characteristics.

3. Identify the objective function to be optimized.(Brainstorming/Flowcharting/Ishikawa Fish-Bone Analysis)

4. Identify the control factor and their levels.

5. Select the Orthogonal Array, Matrix experiments.

6. Conduct the Matrix equipment.

7. Analyze the data; predict the optimum levels and performance.

8. Perform the verification experiment and plan the failure action.

Ex. Aluminium Casting
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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS
Taguchi’s design uses Orthogonal arrays to reach the optimum solution with minimum trials at
minimum cost.

Orthogonality is represented as: ∑ xi . yj = 0, for all the pair of levels, where i, j represent high
& low (+1, -1) levels.

Advantage of this orthogonality is that each factor can be

evaluated independently, without influence from others i.e.
Factors do not effect each other during estimation.
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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: EXAMPLE
Orthogonal Arrays are used to represent the controllable factors Heating of a wire when electric current is
and noise factors in a Robust design passed through it:

Controllable factors, with their levels, form the Inner array Factor-1: Wire diameter (1: 5 mm, -1-: 0 mm)
These factors are the design parameters in the selected process Factor-2: Wire length (1: 200 mm, -1: 500 mm)
design concept Factor-3: Wire Material (1: Cu, -1: l)
Noise: Ambient Temperature (1: 50C, -1: 350C)
Optimum levels for these factors are to be achieved which will
Control factors Responses
maximize the Response and minimize the effect of Noise factors.
Wire
Diameter Length At Temp-1 At Temp-2
Materi
al
The Noise factors form the Outer array
Cu[1] 5 [1] 200 [1] 101.5 107.9
These factors influence the Response (Output) but are not
Cu[1] 5 [1] 500 [-1] 100.8 102.1
controlled during the use of the product
Cu[1] 10 [-1] 200 [1] 99.7 104.6

Noise factors are forced to vary & based on the optimum response Cu[1] 10 [-1] 500 [-1] 98.4 101.7

values, the optimal control factor settings are identified. Al [-1] 5 [1] 200 [1] 104.5 108.9

Al [-1] 5 [1] 500 [-1] 105.4 110.6

Such optimal settings make the product/ process resistant to noise Al [-1] 10 [-1] 200 [1] 103.2 108.3

factor variance Al [-1] 10 [-1] 500 [-1] 107.4 111.1

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 TAGUCHI’S NOTATION FOR AN ORTHOGONAL ARRAY

Taguchi represents an Orthogonal Array as:

where,
S = number of levels for each factor
k = maximum number of factors whose effects can be estimated without
any interaction
N = total number of trials during experimentation

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ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS

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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: EXAMPLE

24 Factorial Design

23 Factorial Design

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ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: EXAMPLE

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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: CASE STUDY II

Consider a process, of producing steel springs, is generating considerable scrap due to cracking after heat
treatment. A study is planned to determine better operating conditions to reduce the cracking problem.

There are several ways to measure cracking

- Size of the crack
- Presence or absence of cracks

The response selected was

Y: the percentage without cracks in a batch of 100 springs
Three major factors were believed to affect the response
- T: Steel temperature before quenching
- C: carbon content (percent)
- O: Oil quenching temperature

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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: CASE STUDY II

Problem:

How general is this conclusion? Does it depend upon?

- Quench Temperature?
- Carbon Content?
- Steel chemistry?
- Spring type?

Factorial Approach:

- Include all factors in a balanced design:

- To increase the generality of the conclusions, use a design that involves all
eight combinations of the three factors.

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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: CASE STUDY II
INTERACTING COLUMNS OF THE ORTHOGONAL ARRAY

The above eight runs constitute a FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN. The design is
balanced for every factor. This means 4 runs have T at 1450 and 4 have T at 1600.
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 ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS: CASE STUDY II

AFTER ALL THE 8 EXPERIMENTS FOLLOWING DATA WAS OBTAINED

THE RESPONSES WERE STUDIED, THE RESULT INDICATED

- C has little effect

- There is an interaction between T and O.
- WHEN, Y: the number of cracks are minimum
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 EFFICIENT TEST STRATERGIES

•Full factorial designs

•A full factorial design is a design in which researchers measure responses at all combinations
of the factor levels.

•2-level full factorial designs that contain only 2-level factors.

•The number of runs necessary for a 2-level full factorial design is 2k where k is the number of
factors. As the number of factors in a 2-level factorial design increases, the number of runs
necessary to do a full factorial design increases quickly. For example,

•A 2-level full factorial design with 6 factors requires 64 runs; a design with 9 factors requires
512 runs.

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 EFFICIENT TEST STRATERGIES
•Fractional factorial designs

•A fractional design is a design in which experimenters conduct only a selected subset or

"fraction" of the runs in the full factorial design. Fractional factorial designs are a good
choice when resources are limited or the number of factors in the design is large because
they use fewer runs than the full factorial designs.

•A fractional factorial design uses a subset of a full factorial design, so some of the main
effects and 2-way interactions are confounded and cannot be separated from the effects of
other higher-order interactions. Usually experimenters are willing to assume the higher-
order effects are negligible in order to achieve information about main effects and low-order
interactions with fewer runs.

• Instead of varying one factor at a time, here multiple factors are varied to find the effect of
one on another.
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 EFFICIENT TEST STRATERGIES

A factorial design is type of designed experiment that lets you study of the effects that several factors can have on a
response.
When conducting an experiment, varying the levels of all factors at the same time instead of one at a time lets you study
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 REFERENCES

1. Phillip J. Ross, “Taguchi Techniques for Quality Engineering”, Tata McGraw-Hill

Publishing Company, 2005.

2. Douglas C. Montgomery, “Design and Analysis of Experiments”, Wiley

Publications, 2001.

3. Park, Sung H, “Robust Design and Analysis for Quality Engineering”, Chapman
& Hall, London, 1996.

4. Bagchi, Tapan P, “Taguchi Methods Explained: Practical Steps to Robust

Design”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1993.

5. Madhav. S. Phadke, “Quality Engineering Using Robust Design”, Prentice Hall /

AT&T, New jersey, USA, 1989.
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Thank you !!!
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