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 made from a blank of age-hardenable material, the process comprising:
recording blank data relating to the blank in a database; forming the blank into a part and recording part data relating to forming the part; and heat treating to artificially age the part and recording heat treating data relating to a time of treatment and a temperature of the heat treating to verify that the part is hardened.