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PARTITIONING
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FOR
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SELECTIVE ASSEMBLY
 Basic program that will generate group partitions
given component distributions and the desired
number of groups
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 Selective assembly has been used to produce

assemblies of components that
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otherwise could not meet specifications.
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A traditional application is the production of some

pistons and cylinders.
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 sort each component type into two or more

groups and randomly select components from
within corresponding groups for assembly
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For example, small pistons would be
matched with small cylinder bores,
resulting in reduced variation of
clearance.
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vDESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:
Component characteristics are additive;
i.e, there are no holes or other negative
dimensions
To generate groups of equal width.
component partitions are equl-dlstant from
one another.
Assign the partition of all large
components to group one, the second-
largest to group two, etc..
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vAN EXAMPLE:
number of component types (i-iO0).
N_grps = number of groups (1-6).
Comp_aean(l) = mean for component type
I.
Coep_std(I) = standard devi for
component type I.
Coep(I,J,K) - truncated component
distribution array.
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Partition
into groups
Span=6*Comp_std(I)/N_grps
(find partition
width)
Copy partition data into dummy array
Sort dummy array by mean
Find number of partitions
Check to see if record can be assigned
PRINT"Group,Lower,Upper,Mean,Std_Dev.”
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vCONCLUSION:
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Assembly variability is too large to be

acceptable;
component variability reduction is not
feasible; and
complete inspection is a possibility.