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Inspection RunFairbridge Precision Engineering Inc.

Sample data

Nonconformities and actions

What fell outside tolerance, what follows from it, and who owns it until when.

Nonconformity, part number or batch
  • Open
  • Under hold
  • Rework
  • Scrap
  • Concession
  • Last 90 days

Nonconformities

NumberPartBatchCharacteristicFindingRaisedDisposition
A-2026-0037PartBearing block, 4-way, 41.220-03BatchCH-2026-0771CharacteristicM04 hole spacingFinding62.07 mm against 62.00 ±0.05Raised31 JulDispositionOn hold, open
A-2026-0036PartBearing block, 4-way, 41.220-03BatchCH-2026-0759CharacteristicM04 hole spacingFinding62.08 mm against 62.00 ±0.05Raised28 JulDispositionScrap agreed, not yet booked
A-2026-0035PartFlange bush, 38.104-01BatchCH-2026-0768CharacteristicOutside diameter ⌀ 48 h9Finding48.006 mm against h9 (47.938 – 48.000)Raised27 JulDispositionRework under way
A-2026-0034PartCover plate, 52.017-04BatchCH-2026-0765CharacteristicFlatness of the sealing faceFinding0.041 mm against a maximum of 0.03 mmRaised24 JulDispositionRework planned
A-2026-0033PartSpacer sleeve, 21.330-02BatchCH-2026-0755CharacteristicLengthFinding39.72 mm against 39.80 ±0.05 (39.75 – 39.85)Raised21 JulDispositionConcession granted
A-2026-0031PartClamping piece, 33.451-02BatchCH-2026-0740CharacteristicRoughness Ra of the clamping faceFinding2.4 µm against a maximum of 1.6 µmRaised15 JulDispositionClosed, reworked

6 of 19 nonconformities in the last 90 days · 4 still open, 1 under a quarantine hold

A-2026-0037 — Hole spacing outside tolerance

Quarantine hold active

Bearing block, 4-way, 41.220-03, batch CH-2026-0771, from inspection order PA-2026-1184

Finding

Characteristic
M04 spacing of the M8 tapped holes
Nominal
62.00 mm
Tolerance
±0.05 mm, permitted 61.95 to 62.05 mm
Actual
62.07 mm — worst value in the sample of 5
Overrun
0.02 mm above the upper limit
Second measurement
62.07 mm on KMG-02, finding confirmed

Extent and traceability

Batch affected
CH-2026-0771, 240 pieces in the quarantine store
Already shipped
none
Same characteristic before
A-2026-0036, batch CH-2026-0759 of 28 Jul
Machine and fixture
BAZ-04, fixture SP-19
Material
EN AW-6082 T6, heat 5A-2211

Root cause analysis

Method
Five whys, shop floor review on 31 Jul, 10:00 AM
Suspected cause
Fixture SP-19 not seated fully against its stop after cleaning, shifting the datum by roughly 0.02 mm
Proof still outstanding
Repeat measurement after re-clamping, planned for 4 Aug
Owner
R. Wilmott, production management

Disposition

Immediate action
Production on BAZ-04 stopped, batch placed on hold
Proposal
Rework not technically possible — request a concession from the customer
Deadline
5 Aug
Decided by
Quality management, in agreement with sales

Actions on A-2026-0037

Immediate actions, corrective actions, and the check that they worked.

  • Batch CH-2026-0771 placed on hold

    Immediate action · 31 Jul · K. Osborne

    240 pieces moved to the quarantine store, labeled with the hold tag and the nonconformity number.

    done

  • Production on BAZ-04 stopped

    Immediate action · 31 Jul · R. Wilmott

    Restart only once the repeat measurement after re-clamping comes back a pass.

    done

  • Check fixture SP-19, amend the setup sheet

    Corrective action · due 5 Aug · R. Wilmott

    Clean and measure the stop face, add the seating step to the setup sheet, brief the setters.

    open

  • Request a concession from the customer

    Disposition · due 5 Aug · Quality management

    Hole spacing 0.02 mm over the limit. Without a concession the batch is booked as scrap.

    open

  • Verify effectiveness

    Corrective action · due 30 Sep · Quality management

    Measure M04 on three consecutive batches at 100 %. Only then return to a sample of n = 5.

    scheduled

The project frame

How Awelior would approach this project

Fairbridge Precision Engineering Inc. is invented — the way it is built is not. None of this is work delivered for a client. It is the shape we would give such a project — with the same depth, but without a client who would have to answer for it.

Where it starts

Fairbridge Precision Engineering Inc. inspects in production and documents on paper. Inspection plans live in a spreadsheet, the calibration list is taped to the metrology room door. As long as nothing is challenged that is enough; once a complaint arrives, somebody has to work backwards from the batch through the order to the measurement record — and that path does not exist in a binder.

Decisions

  • Traceability down to the batch as the ground plan

    Inspection order, record, nonconformity and measuring equipment hang on the same chain. That is not one feature among many but the arrangement every other screen follows from.

  • A nonconformity is a case of its own

    A rejection does not end with a red field in the record; it becomes a case with cause, action and effectiveness check. Without that a quality system is a collection of measurements.

  • Measuring equipment with calibration dates in the system

    A caliper whose calibration has lapsed makes every record produced with it contestable. The list on the door knew that too — the record did not.

Deliberately left outNo connection to measuring machines and no statistical process control. Both are the next step and assume the inspection processes are cleanly in the system first — otherwise a control chart gets drawn from values whose origin nobody can evidence.

What is in it

Screens
5
Content blocks
19
Languages
4

Five screens, in all four languages, with sidebar, header and stated role. Navigation works; tables, filters, board, calendar, step chains, history and single records are rendered and inert. Orders, batches and measurements are invented.

How it would go on

  • Instruments and data capture

    Typing measurements in by hand is the most common source of error. Connecting the instruments saves errors rather than time.

  • Standards and audits

    What an auditor wants to see shapes the structure: evidence trails, approvals, document control and the question of who may change what.

  • Connection to production

    Inspection orders arise from production orders. Without that link somebody creates every inspection order by hand — and forgets exactly the ones that matter.

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