BS 6002-1:2007 Sampling procedures for inspection by variables - Guide to single sampling plans indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection for a single quality characteristic and a single AQL
This British Standard describes an acceptance sampling system
primarily designed for use under the following conditions:
a) where the inspection procedure is to be applied to a continuing
series of lots of discrete products all supplied by one producer
using one production process;
b) where only a single quality characteristic x of these products is
taken into consideration, which must be measurable on a continuous scale;
c) where the measurement error is negligible, i.e. with a standard
deviation no more than 10% of the process standard deviation;
d) where production is stable (under statistical control) and the
quality characteristic x is distributed according to a normal
distribution or a close approximation to the normal distribution;
e) where a contract or standard defines a lower specification limit
L, an upper specification limit U, or both; an item is qualified
as conforming if and only if its measured quality characteristic x
satisfies the appropriate one of the following inequalities:
1) x W L (i.e. the lower specification limit is not violated);
2) x u U (i.e. the upper specification limit is not violated);
3) x W L and x u U (i.e. neither the lower nor the upper
specification limit is violated). Inequalities 1) and 2) are called cases with a single specification limit, and 3) a case with double specification limits.
Where double specification limits apply, it is assumed in this British Standard that conformance to both specification limits is equally important to the integrity of the product; in such cases, it is appropriate to apply a single AQL to the combined percentage of product outside the two specification limits. This is referred to as combined control.
BS 6002-1:2007 history
2013BS ISO 3951-1:2013 Sampling procedures for inspection by variables. Specification for single sampling plans indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection for a single quality characteristic and a single AQL
2007BS 6002-1:2007 Sampling procedures for inspection by variables - Guide to single sampling plans indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection for a single quality characteristic and a single AQL
1993BS 6002-1:1993 Sampling procedures for inspection by variables - Specification for single sampling plans indexed by acceptable quality level (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection