- Monitoring Tool Wear - Seeking: Suggestions on a database for Monitoring Tool Wear
- Can you understand this? Developing the hands-on validation process
- Seeking advice regarding missing and cross threaded bolts
- Production Traceability - Need to Keep Grip On
- Any suggestion for a Process Improvement demo
- Developing Manual Assembly Productivity Rates
- I am looking for some information on stud welding
- Fun with Metal Forming 101
- How to Prevent External Thread Damage?
- Motion Analysis with High Speed Camera
- Process Self Assessments Survey
- Change Over - Setting Time Reduction - Program Results Falling
- Effective FIFO (First In - First Out) - Materials Management
- Flatness tolerances for tempered cold rolled stainless steel coils
- Evaluating Processes - Cycle Time Concepts - Three Levels for any process
- Softening Silver Plated Copper
- Need Help With Electrical Resistance Problem
- Product/Process Qualification Plan
- Seeking Best Practice of Parts Segregation
- Metal Cutting Tools & Verification of PVD & CVD Coatings
- Gloss Fade - Does anyone have any data on the fade of gloss on wood?
- 40% failures of brand new equipment - Equipment runoff
- Microfinish conversion - Micrometers (?) to microinches?
- Industrial Belt Sander Systems - Dealing with chatter marks
- Blind, Threaded Hole - How can I Eliminate Chips?
- Performing Time Study on production processes
- Industry Standard burr on stamping-is there such a thing?
- Surface Finish - G5 - Where is this from and how can I measure it?
- Implementing a Pull System in a manufacturing line? Lessons Learned?
- Self Directed Work Teams - Anyone using SDWT in their company?
- Injection Molding Metrics or Key Performance Indicators
- Assembly Work Surface Cleanliness - Plastic Table Tops and Embedded Metal Chips
- I need help with material selection - Steel - M-2 @60-62rc
- Shop-floor temperature - Electro-mechanical Shopfloor set up
- Can an assembly process produce 2 PPM (Parts Per Million)?
- How comprehensive should a process flow be? Production Operation
- Packaging Errors - quantity, missing components
- Info on manufacturing of Dies,Tooling & moulds for Plastics, Al and steel industry
- Where Can I Buy Reflow Zone Curtains?
- Babbetting of Bearings - Improper bond between the Bearing shell and the Babbett
- Commercial Printing Spoilage - Automotive Industry Graphics
- Overall equipment effectiveness - Computing OEE taking all machines taken together
- Staging Process - Some confusion about what this stage actually is
- Gloss/color - How much does gloss affect the appearance of color?
- Warehouse Design Layout - FDA Regulated Medical Manufacturer
- Thread Quality in Aluminium - Problems with the threads stripping out
- Packaging: "thoroughly purged and filled with dry nitrogen gas"
- Die (Press Tool) Manufacturing Process Key Indicators (KPI)
- TRIZ (TIPS) for Problem Solving
- Does anyone have a completed AIAG Process Identification tool
- Customer changed print without notice and is now rejecting parts - What to do?
- Making sense of Standard Hours - Work an employee can be expected to do in an hour
- Compounding Process - Seeking Generic Process Flow Diagram for Compounding Process
- Does your company pay to have plastic scrap recycled?
- What is Milliohms Typical? Cable assemblies for vehicles
- What is "Cut off Length" in Surface roughness tester
- Are there any welding experts out there? Problem with porosity
- Tracking infrequent defects - Compounded plastic (poly propylene + filler) injection
- Should manufacturing efficiency be a quality function? Yes or No?
- Measuring stability of flow - Compounding processes
- Sulfuric Acid - Defining a Manufacturing Process - What is needed?
- Manual System - Sales Order -> Multiple Manufacturing Orders
- Weld Nut Thread Quality - Thread chaser for a M8-1.25 internal thread?
- Roll forming Best in Class - Uptime, Change over time, Capability, etc.
- Uncontrollable TS 16949 audit finding - Committing to delivery dates we can't meet
- Does anybody have an audit checklist focused on Manufacturing processes?
- Best Method and Equipment for Measuring Porosity of Customer supplied castings
- Single Minute Exchange of Die - Preparing to launch a SMED project
- 3.4.5 Note 1 Procudures can be documented or not.
- Maximum bend allowable tolerance on a three and a half inch truss head machine screw
- Listing of Automotive Approved Products
- 3M Finesse-It System - Appears to only work with a high gloss finish
- ESD Mitigation - Floor mats or conductive floor?
- Metal forming - Brake presses - Need error-proofing advice
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies and Rollfeeds - SMED in press shops
- E-coat on Galvanized Steel parts - Visible and irregular texture on the surfaces
- Silicone Bonding Sheeting + Static Electricity - Lightning like patterns of sticking
- "Shop-Floor Work Instruction" – How important they are?
- How to define and Calculate the DPU, DPMU, DPMO, Yield, Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY)
- Thread Rolling on 316 Stainless Steel - What Process is Best?
- Chart - How high the Rockwell Hardness increase after material has been edgerolled?
- Anodising - Effect on M6 x 1.0 internal threads
- PVC Profile Extrusion - Custom Profile Extrusion company
- Hot forming, what are some choices for tooling material?
- Welding Expert Needed to help us - Square Aluminum bar to be welded
- Swarf problems in Hollow tube
- Process Performance Parameters for efficiency and effectiveness
- Alternative to polishing aluminum castings that we machine and polish
- Chrome burning and yellowness in chrome bath - Electroplating of brass
- Cosmetic Specifications - Seeking good example of a cosmetic inspection standard
- How to Solve Missing Items Issues? Floor Control Software doesn't allow adjustments
- What is Bulls Eye production
- Wire manufacturing industry - Common terminology
- Chairs with rollers on production floor - Potential Cause of Accidents?
- Casting defect in brass gravity die casting - Manufacturer of taps, faucets
- How to set the safety inventory? Stamping parts for motor lamination
- Does anyone know the Shelf Life of a Diazo copy roll of Microfilm?
- What are the steps of a product homologation procedure?
- Plastic Injection Molding - Medical Devices - How to Clean Parts Please
- RG 1/2" Thread called out on Drawing - Is it an ISO RG parallel gauge thread?
- People responsible for capital purchasing - Looking for discussion
- What to manage after Plastic Injection Molding - Plastic Parts
- Eliminating Mislabeled Product
- Heat treated impact driver sockets hardness - Material is Chrome - Vanadium steel
- Plastic Part Painting/Spray Failure Mode - Sample PFMEA or control plan
- Mechanical vs. Electrical Failures - Which do you see more of?
- Failure Analyisis on very small components?
- Re-Arrangement Cost, Quality Cost, Start-Up Costs, Hourly C&B and Subcontractors
- Seek Corrosion-resistance Data for Galvanized and Galvannealed steel
- Resistance Welder Settings for cold rolled and galvanized steel
- Learning about converting an AutoCAD .dwg to a .STEP file
- Looking for a company that does production hot forming
- Difference in hardness between 52100 and Stainless 303 using a "B" hardness scale
- Positional Tolerance Matrix to save us the the hassle of using the formula
- First and Last Inspection - Why do we need "Last Inspection"?
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness Course - Word document .doc
- Tolerance Stacking of Mating Parts Model - Seeking Excel .xls Spreadsheet
- What is the difference between H-900 and H-925 in 17-4? Heat Treating
- Mix of leaded & leadfree components - Affected Solder Joints Quality - Vibration
- ASTM Specification for Copper - Need help
- Production on Plastics Drums - Process Flow and Maintaining Cleanliness
- Where do you buy your 52100? Customer is having us switch materials again
- Need New AMS 2750 Compliant Temperature Data Logger
- Poka Yoke For Breaking Screw Tap
- Reusable Packaging - Project to Replace our Cardboard Packaging
- Identification of Machined Products between Processes - Solution Needed.
- Injection Molding Quality Improvement - 10% Rejection Rate for Nonfills
- Soldering - Operator Qualification
- Separating Tangled Parts with a "V" Shaped Metal Clip
- Tolerances for making gauges - 10% of component tolerance? Clarification required.
- Tagging / Identifying First Pieces off the machine - Any suggestions?
- Laptop batteries recall - is this an IT's department problem ?
- Melt flow tests using a "half die" Any suggestions? Plastic pellets
- Pure Tin Plating onto Cu yellowish surface Discoloration - Looking for solution
- Laser Etching - Company that will repair/service an InstaMark (control laser) - Help!
- Looking for a “Cushioning Media” for a Barrel Blaster
- Product Realization Plant Layout - Moving to a Larger Building - Need info
- Preventing Set Up Parts from getting in with Finished Goods
- Identifying the 7 Wastes and Adding "Lack of Creativity" as the 8th Waste
- Hardness Testing - Rockwell C, on 2" OD x 1" ID Tube of SAE 4140 steel
- Does your Company Supply Calipers for Employees?
- What Class Clean Room Requirement for 0.8 um process - Wafer Foundry
- Weighing scales to be used at each machine on the shop floor
- Have you ever been rejected for a reference dimension being out of tolerance?
- Plating process not covering solder, any ideas?
- How to calculate volume of material removed during threading?
- 8D timing questions and Interim Action Response
- Slitter Machine Standardization
- Soldering in stainless steel machined part
- Injection Molding Quality Assurance - Best methods, practices, tools, education
- Polyurethane Foam Testing and Controlling the Foaming Process
- Weld Symbol Interpretation Training Resources - Video and/or overheads, etc.
- Fastener bolt torque Best Practices - Assembling electronics components
- Cost per Piece of Powder Painted Part
- The basics of how to compute Productivity in a company
- Personal Care/Cosmetics Testing Requirements
- Tapping Brass Inserts - Taps breaking too frequently
- I need a Sample Production Development Map
- ECO (Engineering Change Order) Revision - Letter change or part number change?
- Titles for Visual Control Systems (graphs) - I need some reference data
- Are there any guidelines / procedures / books to verifying a new equipment?
- Blueprint reading, Implied use? Drawing shows an implied orientation
- Surface Quality Specification - Scratches and Dents
- What Hardness for .090 Thick Silicone Bronze, Extra Hard Temper (cda 65500-h06)
- Machine Operator Monthly Incentive Plan - How?
- DOE sample on plastic injection moulding process needed
- Reduction Of Foreign Matter (Contamination) Complaints in your Factory
- Operating programs - Good or Bad? Looking at JobBoss
- Who does most of your inspection - QC or Production
- Problems with a counter bore & the I.D. hole - .0685mm to .0762mm I.D. hole
- A standard method of Dual Dimensioning drawings (Inch/Metric)
- How to control SMT pad/trace damage and how to determine root cause?
- Oxidation of 15-5 SS (stainless steel) after passivation
- New at aluminium die casting process (injection, trimming, spc, finish, defects)
- Hardware Naming and Description issue - Is “TAP BOLT” an industry common term?
- Salt spray testing - Comparative corrosion data of 302 S26 vs Galvanised carbon steel
- CAMPUS WebUpdate problem
- Coupling that is specified to be ANSI B16.11 - Information Needed
- Manufacturing Process for a Front Bumper - Passenger Car Application
- Machine tonnage required for plastic injection moulding process
- Painting experts: Coverage area for each litre of paint and thinner mix
- Material specification for brake discs for passenger cars, LCVs & HCVs
- MES Systems - Why MES is seperated from the ERP layer
- Brass, Bronze & Copper. Will their chips or powder be harmful to CNC Machines?
- CNC Machining of Small Engineering Plastic Parts for the Semicon Industry
- Ink for Stamping P/N and Revision on Metal Parts (instead of labeling)
- Tool Kits to Reduce Direct Time on Milling Machine
- Process Description Worksheet (COP, MOP, SOP) example needed
- Steelmaking Process Simulations
- The Effects of Anodization on Pressure Impregnated Castings
- Mixing lots at the platers - Electrical Contacts
- Drawing (Print) Sign-off questions
- Machine Tool Builder Pre-Qualification
- Screw Machine Stock Users - Increase in bent bars on receiving?
- Is QA responsible for supplying a cleaning matrix schedule and checklists?
- Process Instructions via BOM for Subcontractor? (PCB Population)
- Printing Company - Internal Quality Checklist for each process
- Zinc Phosphate problems - Green Bath has turned White
- Printing-Sheetfed-Web-Print Finishing - How Many are ISO Registered?
- Engineering Material Specifications - Paint (zinc phosphate) and e-coat
- How do I set up GMP's for a flexible packaging converter?
- Welding Process Control
- Printing Industry Quality Control Traveler / Checklist needed
- Ideas On Wiring Configuration Control - Help STOP a Non Conformance!
- MS21075L3 nutplates versus MF5000-3
- this is only a test
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) Information
- Production schedule that adds actual value and makes sense?
- General MIG Weld Workmanship Standard or Procedure
- Best/Worst Production Demonstration Runs (PDR) - Share yours
- Heat Treatment Validation - Titanium (6Al 4V) for 2 hours @ 700 Deg C
- Process or Work Instruction (WI) to Change a Progressive Stamping Die
- Cost of Duplicate Part Numbers
- Paperless Chart Recorder to Monitor Oven Cycle Temperatures
- Qualification of a Poron Gasket for a Silicon Acoustic Sensor Chip
- Tooling Validation and Verification Improvement
- Manufacturing Cost Estimation and Costing Procedures
- Cost Estimation of Sand Casting Process including the Pig Loss in estimation
- Plastic Identification/Test - Melt Flow Index to Determine Correct Material?
- Energy Savings in Glass Tablewares Company - Continuous Improvement
- 6-32 UNC-2B Threads are Tight after Cleaning before Painting?
- Grade D Laboratory Environment Airlock Requirements
- How does "Manufacturing Manager" differ from "Production Manager"?
- How to manage production? How to become an excellent production manager?
- Manufacturing, Purchasing & Planning Functions under Engineering - Good idea?
- One Tailed Process Validation - Process with only a lower specficiation limit
- How to Create a Traceability System in Manufacturing Process
- Traffic, Distribution, Imports - Reducing Cost, Traffic Process
- Recycling Thermoset Material
- How to classify maintenance level of equipments?
- Production Planning, Scheduling and Warehouse Management
- How can I die cut foam - I'm thinking of a simple hand machine?
- Which sample to use for PV test or DV test
- Die Cutter for Kevlar Fabric
- "Scale Counting" practices
- Automated Processing and Placing Parts
- Tyco TMS 2000Plus Replacement
- Generic Label Die Cutting Process flow
- Cost Estimating Spreadsheet for a CNC Machine & Weld Shop
- Benefits of an Out of Box Audit on High End IT Products
- OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) Downtimes Calculation
- Surface Finish Requirements (Ra 150) for Blasted Titanium Surfaces
- Medical Devices and Mixed Lots
- Customer wants to Reduce GD&T Tolerances on Sheet Metal Subassemblies
- Shelf Life - The best way to monitor products with an expiry date
- Surface Finish Measurement Technique
- Any rule to set Generic Process Target % (per cent)
- Work Sampling of a Manufacturing Operation - FORM needed
- Surface Finish parameters - Mechanical stylus based testing of a cylindrical part
- Is an empty inspection box on form OK? Suggestions?



