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Challenge: The client was experiencing high scrap rates and production delays due to inconsistencies among different departments regarding GD&T implementation, application, and interpretation.
Solution: Dimensioning & Tolerancing Technologies conducted a comprehensive GD&T training program for their engineering and manufacturing teams, followed by a thorough review and optimization of their remaining designs and documentation.
Result: The client saw a significant reduction in scrap rates (by 30%), improved production efficiency, and faster time to market for new products introduction (NPI).
Client Feedback:
"Dimensioning & Tolerancing Technologies provided invaluable GD&T review and markup services for our drawings and models. Their expertise helped us achieve precise and efficient manufacturing processes." - Fluid Drag Research, Mark C.
Challenge: The client was struggling to meet tight tolerances, on a repeatable basis, on critical components, leading to quality issues, schedule issues and customer complaints.
Solution: We provided expert guidance on tooling design requirements, inspection methods along with process optimization recommendations.
Result: The client achieved improved process capability/repeatability, reduced non-conforming parts, and enhanced customer satisfaction and schedule compliance.
Challenge: The client needed to streamline their manufacturing and assembly processes to reduce costs and improve product quality.
Solution: Dimensioning & Tolerancing Tech built a simple Part classification (taxonomy) for all of their parts. Analyzed Part by similarity (classification). We conducted a DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) analysis and identified opportunities for Product and Tool design simplification and process improvement.
Result: Created “universal fixtures” that ran thousands of Parts with minimal changeover (moving tooling pin location). These universal fixtures reduced our hard tooling on new Design and Build To Print programs by 99%. Older programs were then converted to run on them. Over (4) years, 39,000 actual machining cycle time was reduced on just the Boeing programs. The client achieved significant cost savings through reduced part count and assembly time, while maintaining or even improving product quality. NC macros were standardized, Tool Assemblies were reduced from 11,000 to 40 cutting tools.
Challenge: The customer (Hill Airforce Base) was facing challenges with meeting demand for the T-38 (old trainer) Wings. They were putting the Wing parts out for rebidding due to a more than 70% of the parts being repeatedly scrapped.
Solution: Dimensioning & Tolerancing Tech reviewed the Bill of Material to see what materials were being used. T-38 is an old pilot trainer program. Reviewing of the BOM we discovered that the parts with the problems were being made from aluminum forgings that did not have compression stress relief. (T52 temper). Engineering had previously removed the compression stress relief to add a small amount to the life of the wings due to shortages in getting new wings. This caused the parts to no longer be producible.
Result: The customer (Hill Airforce Base) had the engineering revised to return the compression stress relief and achieved improved quality control, reduced inspection time, and ensured full compliance with regulatory requirements. The customer also commented that we were the only bidders to identify the problem.
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