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I work for a company that manufacturers small transformers and other electronics. During our recent AS9100 audit, one of the major findings was that even though we were trimming the leads and terminals off the scrap parts prior to disposal, we were not truly rendering them "useless", thus leading to the possibility that someone could "dumpster-dive" to retreive the scrap parts, and reverse-engineer them or splice leads to re-sell them back to the market. In response to this we have pitched several ideas, including cutting the parts with a bandsaw, hammering them, or drilling holes in them. These all may be labor intensive.
One interesting idea disposing of scrap parts came from an operator. He said that there are many days when they have excess epoxy that has to be cured and disposed of. His thought was that we could take some of the scrap parts and pour the epoxy over them in a bucket and cure the epoxy. Once cured we would just throw it in the trash. This would encase the parts in epoxy and no one would know that they were there. Would satisfy the requirement AS9100, 8.3? It would certainly take a lot less time than physically destroying them! Your expert comments are welcome.
One interesting idea disposing of scrap parts came from an operator. He said that there are many days when they have excess epoxy that has to be cured and disposed of. His thought was that we could take some of the scrap parts and pour the epoxy over them in a bucket and cure the epoxy. Once cured we would just throw it in the trash. This would encase the parts in epoxy and no one would know that they were there. Would satisfy the requirement AS9100, 8.3? It would certainly take a lot less time than physically destroying them! Your expert comments are welcome.