;% Data from StatLib (ftp stat.cmu.edu/datasets) ;% ;% SUMMARY: ;% ;% Data from an experiment on the affects of machine adjustments on ;% the time to count bolts. Data appear as the STATS (Issue 10) Challenge. ;% ;% DATA: ;% ;% Submitted by W. Robert Stephenson, Iowa State University ;% email: wrstephe@iastate.edu ;% ;% A manufacturer of automotive accessories provides hardware, e.g. nuts, ;% bolts, washers and screws, to fasten the accessory to the car or truck. ;% Hardware is counted and packaged automatically. Specifically, bolts ;% are dumped into a large metal dish. A plate that forms the bottom of ;% the dish rotates counterclockwise. This rotation forces bolts to the ;% outside of the dish and up along a narrow ledge. Due to the vibration ;% of the dish caused by the spinning bottom plate, some bolts fall off ;% the ledge and back into the dish. The ledge spirals up to a point ;% where the bolts are allowed to drop into a pan on a conveyor belt. ;% As a bolt drops, it passes by an electronic eye that counts it. When ;% the electronic counter reaches the preset number of bolts, the ;% rotation is stopped and the conveyor belt is moved forward. ;% ;% There are several adjustments on the machine that affect its operation. ;% These include; a speed setting that controls the speed of rotation ;% (SPEED1) of the plate at the bottom of the dish, a total number of ;% bolts (TOTAL) to be counted, a second speed setting (SPEED2) that is ;% used to change the speed of rotation (usually slowing it down) for the ;% last few bolts, the number of bolts to be counted at this second speed ;% (NUMBER2), and the sensitivity of the electronic eye (SENS). The ;% sensitivity setting is to insure that the correct number of bolts are ;% counted. Too few bolts packaged causes customer complaints. Too many ;% bolts packaged increases costs. For each run conducted in this ;% experiment the correct number of bolts was counted. From an ;% engineering standpoint if the correct number of bolts is counted, the ;% sensitivity should not affect the time to count bolts. The measured ;% response is the time (TIME), in seconds, it takes to count the desired ;% number of bolts. In order to put times on a equal footing the ;% response to be analyzed is the time to count 20 bolts (T20BOLT). ;% Below are the data for 40 combinations of settings. RUN is the order ;% in which the data were collected. ;% ;% Analyze the data. What adjustments have the greatest effect on the ;% time to count 20 bolts? How would you adjust the machine to get ;% the shortest time to count 20 bolts? Are there any unusual features ;% to the data? ;% ;% The data description and data may be freely used for non-commercial ;% purposes and can be freely distributed. Copyright remains with the ;% author and STATS Magazine. ;% (defun bolts () (data :name 'bolts :columns '($RUN SPEED1 TOTAL SPEED2 NUMBER2 SENS $TIME $T20BOLT) :egs '( (25 2 10 1.5 0 6 5.70 11.40) (24 2 10 1.5 0 10 17.56 35.12) (30 2 10 1.5 2 6 11.28 22.56) (2 2 10 1.5 2 10 8.39 16.78) (40 2 10 2.5 0 6 16.67 33.34) (37 2 10 2.5 0 10 12.04 24.08) (16 2 10 2.5 2 6 9.22 18.44) (22 2 10 2.5 2 10 3.94 7.88) (33 2 30 1.5 0 6 27.02 18.01) (17 2 30 1.5 0 10 19.46 12.97) (28 2 30 1.5 2 6 18.54 12.36) (27 2 30 1.5 2 10 25.70 17.13) (14 2 30 2.5 0 6 19.02 12.68) (13 2 30 2.5 0 10 22.39 14.93) (4 2 30 2.5 2 6 23.85 15.90) (21 2 30 2.5 2 10 30.12 20.08) (23 6 10 1.5 0 6 13.42 26.84) (35 6 10 1.5 0 10 34.26 68.52) (19 6 10 1.5 2 6 39.74 79.48) (34 6 10 1.5 2 10 10.60 21.20) (31 6 10 2.5 0 6 28.89 57.78) (9 6 10 2.5 0 10 35.61 71.22) (38 6 10 2.5 2 6 17.20 34.40) (15 6 10 2.5 2 10 6.00 12.00) (39 6 30 1.5 0 6 129.45 86.30) (8 6 30 1.5 0 0 107.38 71.59) (26 6 30 1.5 2 6 111.66 74.44) (11 6 30 1.5 2 0 109.10 72.73) (6 6 30 2.5 0 6 100.43 66.95) (20 6 30 2.5 0 0 109.28 72.85) (10 6 30 2.5 2 6 106.46 70.97) (32 6 30 2.5 2 0 134.01 89.34) (1 4 20 2.0 1 8 10.78 10.78) (3 4 20 2.0 1 8 9.39 9.39) (5 4 20 2.0 1 8 9.84 9.84) (7 4 20 2.0 1 8 13.94 13.94) (12 4 20 2.0 1 8 12.33 12.33) (18 4 20 2.0 1 8 7.32 7.32) (29 4 20 2.0 1 8 7.91 7.91) (36 4 20 2.0 1 8 15.58 15.58) )))