Statistical Process Control for Çayeli Copper Companies using X-R Control Charts and Multidimensional Scaling Analysis
Abstract
The feeding materials, concentrates and tailings of zinc and copper ores were examined by multidimensional scaling analysis. The calculated 〖LCL_X,UCL〗_X and UCL_R values for copper (feeding material, concentrate, and tailing) according to X-R analysis are 1.94, 16.92, 0.16; 2.96, 22.90, 0.41 and 0.89, 5.19, 0.21 respectively. Likewise, these values for zinc are 0.31, 43.46, 0.23; 3.00, 50.33, 0.66 and 2.34, 5.97, 0.37 respectively. The calculated Cp copper and zinc values are 2.08, 1.42, 1.39 and 1.82, 1.54, 1.25 respectively. The feeding material, concentrate, and tailing parameters of the copper and zinc products are greater than 1.0. Likewise, this study shows that the calculated Cpk values for copper and zinc (2.15, 1.20, 1.72 and 3.82, 1.05, 1.53 respectively) are larger than 1. Stress value was calculated at the first step of the analysis and established at 0.00258 and 0.00674 for copper and zinc, respectively, which indicates a fair fit for both. Nevertheless, the coefficient of determination (RSQ) was calculated as 0.9998 and 0.9986 for copper and zinc, respectively. These values indicated a high correlation between factors. Finally, this study showed that the usefulness of statistical process control techniques, such as mean and range control charts, process capability indexes and multidimensional scaling analysis, in helping decision makers in Çayeli Copper Companies.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Volkan Arslan
0000-0002-5594-1495
Türkiye
Publication Date
September 22, 2020
Submission Date
October 16, 2019
Acceptance Date
April 9, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 22 Number: 66