Process control for post-form heat treating parts for an assembly operation

摘要

A manufacturing process including a quality control procedure for verifying the completion of forming processes, heat treating and chemically treating parts. Sheet formed blanks, tubular blanks, extrusions and casting are traced through a manufacturing process from the time the parts are received. Metallurgical data relating to parts as received is recorded and marked on the parts. Forming data, heat treating data and chemical treating data may also be recorded by scanning and marking parts throughout the manufacturing process.

主权项

1. A manufacturing process for a part comprising:
recording blank data relating to a blank in a database; forming the blank into the part and recording part data; securing several parts to a rack to prevent removal or replacement of the parts during the process; and heat treating to artificially age the parts and recording heat treating data relating to a treatment time and a heat treating temperature to verify that the part is hardened.