Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

MEP EP#266: The Expert

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    MEP EP#266: The Expert

    • Design for Manufacturing – Beyond the Digital Domain
      • Webinar that Chris Church (Co-Founder of MacroFab) will be co-hosting with Edwin Robledo of AutoDesk.
        • Building a Program and Testing procedure for your first production run
            • Take lots of pictures
            • Keep it up to date and version controlled
            • Hand off the procedure to a colleague and have them run through it
            • Work with your CM
              • MacroFab works closely to help flesh out procedures and fixture designs
              • What is you acceptable fall out from production
                • This is where scaling up production runs can help iron out QA procedures for your product
                • Find tolerancing issues with components
                • Keep in mind your target pricing
                  • Elements of a good test procedure - THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
                      • It is almost impossible to have too much information in your test procedure - within reason.
                      • Remember - Your CM can always distill your information down to something less than what you provide
                      • Typically they have one “expert” who knows everything and multiple operators who execute the tasks.
                      • You don’t know when your documentation is needed so be thorough
                        • Things to include in the documentation - preferably at the top
                            • Product/assembly name
                            • Test procedure Rev
                            • List of board revisions that this procedure applies to
                            • Map or image of terms or items
                            • List of ALL software required
                              • Do not assume that your CM has anything
                              • If software version is important make sure this is called out
                              • List of ALL files required
                                • Be explicit with the names
                                • Do not be shy with file structure
                                • Be consistent
                                  • If you call a board X then always call it X
                                    • Test procedure Meat and potatoes
                                        • List of required equipment
                                          • What can be expected of a CM to have?
                                          • Be granular here. All the way down to cables
                                          • Do not be afraid to call out amazon links to required items
                                          • Avoid parallel anything - Sequential steps are the best
                                          • Always have criteria and be reasonable!
                                            • consider how the operator will approach your target and adjust accordingly!
                                            • Failures - Let the operator know what to do with a failure
                                            • If anything is to be marked or saved be explicit how and where to do it. If there is a sticker or label to be applied show a picture where you want it to go.
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