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Fractional Factorial Designs

Experimental Objective

A quality engineer observes that too many units manufactured by an injection molding process exhibit excessive shrinkage. He designs a fractional factorial screening design to determine the causes of shrinkage with variables as shown in Table 4.1.

Table 4.1: Variables in the Injection Molding Experiment
Type Variable Factor Name Low High
FactorsMTEMPMold temperature-1+1
 SSPDScrew speed-1+1
 HTIMEHolding time-1+1
 CTIMECycle time-1+1
 GSIZEGate size-1+1
 HPRESSHolding pressure-1+1
ResponseSHRINKObserved shrinkage (x 10)  
The goal is to minimize shrinkage.


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