Heard a guy at the tool crib talking about his scrap rate

Honestly, I was grabbing a new end mill yesterday and this older operator was telling the crib guy his scrap was under 1% for the month. Ngl, I always just focused on cycle time and hitting my numbers. He said he checks his first part against the print with calipers three times, not just once. So this morning I tried it on a run of 50 aluminum brackets. Caught a 0.005" depth error on the third check before it ran. Has anyone else found a simple step like that that saved a whole batch?

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quinnr4019d ago

Man, that's wild. I never thought about how a triple-check could actually save time by avoiding a whole rework.

skylerp3119d ago

Yeah, exactly @quinnr40. I mean, it feels like extra work at first, but catching one small mistake early is huge. Like, if you're wiring something and skip the triple-check, you might button everything up only to find a crossed wire. Then you're taking the whole panel apart again, which takes three times longer. Idk, maybe it's just me but that extra minute of looking it over has saved my butt so many times.

lisaf3819d ago

Right, @skylerp31? That extra look is always worth it.