Hi All,
Working with a small manufacturer that uses in-house machined components.
All sub-assemblies and final products are hand assembled, no automated assembly, and parts are inspected at the time of use.
all finished goods are tested.
Machined components have technical drawings that provide all dimensions and the finish specifications - from deburr and clean performed in-house to various anodising/plating operations performed by third parties.
If a part is identified during the assembly processes as requiring deburring, or as unclean, or a particular tapped hole is too short (potentially with a burr on the end of the tap for example) would it be expected that each of these instances to be handled as per the non-conforming materials process prior to any deburring/cleaning?
Or would it be compliant to have an instruction within the assembly procedures/work instructions that parts should be checked for burrs and cleanliness prior to use and deburred/cleaned as per the relevant standard approved instructions?
This operation then becomes a part of the standard process, rather than any special rework process, however I'm concerned it still does not alter the fact that the parts that were on the shelf as completed and ready for use were not conforming to their requirements of being cleaned/deburred etc.
I appreciate the inefficiencies of this, and it would not lead to improvement through investigation of why parts were received uncleaned/deburred from the machine shop.
Thanks in advance,
TS.
Working with a small manufacturer that uses in-house machined components.
All sub-assemblies and final products are hand assembled, no automated assembly, and parts are inspected at the time of use.
all finished goods are tested.
Machined components have technical drawings that provide all dimensions and the finish specifications - from deburr and clean performed in-house to various anodising/plating operations performed by third parties.
If a part is identified during the assembly processes as requiring deburring, or as unclean, or a particular tapped hole is too short (potentially with a burr on the end of the tap for example) would it be expected that each of these instances to be handled as per the non-conforming materials process prior to any deburring/cleaning?
Or would it be compliant to have an instruction within the assembly procedures/work instructions that parts should be checked for burrs and cleanliness prior to use and deburred/cleaned as per the relevant standard approved instructions?
This operation then becomes a part of the standard process, rather than any special rework process, however I'm concerned it still does not alter the fact that the parts that were on the shelf as completed and ready for use were not conforming to their requirements of being cleaned/deburred etc.
I appreciate the inefficiencies of this, and it would not lead to improvement through investigation of why parts were received uncleaned/deburred from the machine shop.
Thanks in advance,
TS.