MEP EP#266: The Expert

<ul> </ul><h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep266-the-expert/" target="_blank">MEP EP#266: The Expert<b><br></b></a></h4><ul><li aria-level="1"><a href="https://desing4mfg.fusion360.events-autodesk.com/registration/form" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Design for Manufacturing – Beyond the Digital Domain</b></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">Webinar that Chris Church (Co-Founder of MacroFab) will be co-hosting with Edwin Robledo of AutoDesk.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><b>Building a Program and Testing procedure for your first production run</b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">Take lots of pictures</li> <li aria-level="2">Keep it up to date and version controlled</li> <li aria-level="2">Hand off the procedure to a colleague and have them run through it</li> <li aria-level="2">Work with your CM <ul> <li aria-level="3">MacroFab works closely to help flesh out procedures and fixture designs</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="2">What is you acceptable fall out from production <ul> <li aria-level="3">This is where scaling up production runs can help iron out QA procedures for your product</li> <li aria-level="3">Find tolerancing issues with components</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="2">Keep in mind your target pricing</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><b>Elements of a good test procedure - </b><b>THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li aria-level="2">It is almost impossible to have too much information in your test procedure - within reason.</li> <li aria-level="2">Remember - Your CM can always distill your information down to something less than what you provide</li> <li aria-level="2">Typically they have one “expert” who knows everything and multiple operators who execute the tasks.</li> <li aria-level="2">You don’t know when your documentation is needed so be thorough</