A: Yes. One Big, and Rarely Addressed, Factor is Toolroom Management. To Really Have a Best-in-Class Stamping Shop, you need to Implement Fundamental Practices.
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Track the unscheDuled Die Pulls. The Goal is Zero.
With the touchs that do a lot of forming, the forms do not all wear at the say rate. Usually, a Particular Part Feature Goes Out of Spec, and then we pull the always and rePLACE it.
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DON’TO WAIT for a Part Failure.
The Goal is Zero UNSCHEDuled Die Pulls During Production Runs.
Any Time you Experience An unscheDuled Die Pull, take some time to determine the root cause:
How many hits did the too get as compared to excected service life?
DID The FAILURE HAPEN ON LACE-UPO or WAS Running?
Is this a New Lot of Raw Material?
Are therealies in the run data?
Based Metal Stamping Parts On the Lead Hit, is the Press Ram Setting Correct?
Do the Slugs in the Metal Stamping Parts Tool and Scrap Bin Show Evidence of the Privem?