Thanks for all the great ideas guys.
I wish the the CAD/CAM guys would make it a lot easier with their setup sheets sometimes. We use Gibbs and Mastercam and they are both OK, but a pain when you want to make changes. We have a person dedicated to QC here, so I'm planning on printing all setup sheets to PDF then the guys can print them out, run their job, and when they're finished they hand back in the paper setup sheets (and proven program) and the QC gal can make any changes to the PDF file for next time - and file the proven program away for next time. Will take a little while to sort it out but I hope it goes smoothly.
I just get sooooooooooo annoyed when guys get hung up on stupid issues because nobody takes the time to write down notes. I hope this will streamline the process and make setups a lot smoother. After all, you're not making money when you're loading tools into the machine.
Does anyone know if someone makes any type of software specific to this purpose? |