Originally posted by Michael
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For example I have a machine which manufactures screws.
In general I want to know when the tool in this machine gets worn out so I measure the screws at an appropriate point and I calculate the standard deviation from the size given on the technical drawing.
But if for some unknown reason the tool breaks (the standard deviation is still in acceptable range) I would probably start looking at the min/max deviation which may or may not shed some light one what circumstances caused the problem.
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