Three revisions in nine days.
The tray's connector cutout moved twice between rev C and rev E while the program was in qualification. Each move restarted a 3-week quote-and-tooling cycle at the previous shop.
Drawing to first article15 days6 days
Rejected lots in 14 monthsNo record kept0
Unit cost after rev E$86.40$76.90
As it was quoted.
- machined 6061-T6 tray with a formed 5052 cover
- 240 a month, blanket PO
- ±0.005 in on locating holes
Three changes, each one on the traveler.
Quoted each rev as a delta, not a new job.
Kept the nest and the brake program parametric, so a cutout move is a 20-minute program change.
First article on every rev, ballooned to the new drawing.
Closest catalog part: FW-0422.
A machined block that carries a 1.000 in shaft, with the bore held to plus one thousandth, minus nothing.
FW-0422 Bearing block
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Include the previous revision and highlight what changed. The estimator prices the change against the same acceptance dimensions.
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