Ultimately, to meet a precision machining company’s goal to make production run parts with the highest quality, lowest scrap rate and most efficient processing they would need a robust process control plan in place to monitor and drive results. A process control plan can be applied to CNC turning services, among other manufacturing methods.
What is a process control plan?
A process control plan is a defined method for ensuring consistent production processes. A successful control plan’s elements include specifications, how to measure, performance criteria, sampling and reporting frequency contingency measures and owners identified.
Why should a precision machining company have process control plans?
With a well-defined and executed process control plan, precision machining companies can execute production with minimal variation between products; thereby ensuring quality products for their customers. Process control plans also give clear directions to employees to ensure that throughout a production run everyone is aware of the methods and their responsibilities to produce consistent quality products.
Prosper-Tech defines and implements process control plans for production jobs during the job planning stage for CNC turning and CNC milling services. This planning stage is key for jobs that are made from difficult materials with tight tolerances (+/-.0002”) to ensure that the quality parts are made consistently and efficiently. Prosper-Tech’s robust process control plan includes:
• Statistical Process Control utilizing run charts to monitor tool wear and process drift
• Automated tool wear checks and automated part probing to verify tool and part condition in the machine
• The right metrology equipment to accurately check the part
Prosper-Tech regularly applies these concepts to our production runs to maximize the quality of the parts we make and minimize non-conformity waste.
Contact us to learn more about our approach to production precision machining.
Prosper-Tech Machine & Tool offers services for build-to-print precision machining. Located in Macomb County in Richmond, Michigan, we serve the medical, defense, and aerospace/space industries.
