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We're an AS9100 aerospace machine shop, and for one GE part that we shipped out of inventory (made 10 years ago!), they're wanting us to get NADCAP certified for special processes (in this case, EDM). We stopped dealing with GE years ago due to the amount of headaches involved, but they needed some parts we happen to have left in inventory.
In any case, how much of a PITA is it to get NADCAP certified for wire edm? We have our AS9100 QMS, and I could make a flowchart for the EDM process in 30 minutes... If that's it, then it seems like a nice feather in our cap. On the other hand, if it's re-writing dozens of procedures and processes, multi-day audits, etc, then I'd have a hard time selling that it would truly help the company... I don't want to take a step back from AS9100B (soon C) to go back to checklists, procedure instead of process audits, etc.
I'm reading through the NADCAP: The New Watchdog and NADCAP and Gap Analysis threads now, but they seem geared to heat treat, NDT, & plating companies that do that work as their primary business. In our case, it's just a pair of wire EDM's that are used occassionally for cutting accurate profiles... Thanks!
In any case, how much of a PITA is it to get NADCAP certified for wire edm? We have our AS9100 QMS, and I could make a flowchart for the EDM process in 30 minutes... If that's it, then it seems like a nice feather in our cap. On the other hand, if it's re-writing dozens of procedures and processes, multi-day audits, etc, then I'd have a hard time selling that it would truly help the company... I don't want to take a step back from AS9100B (soon C) to go back to checklists, procedure instead of process audits, etc.
I'm reading through the NADCAP: The New Watchdog and NADCAP and Gap Analysis threads now, but they seem geared to heat treat, NDT, & plating companies that do that work as their primary business. In our case, it's just a pair of wire EDM's that are used occassionally for cutting accurate profiles... Thanks!