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Inspection RunFairbridge Precision Engineering Inc.

Sample data

Inspection record PA-2026-1184

In-process inspection of the 4-way bearing block, batch CH-2026-0771 — eight characteristics, one outside tolerance.

PA-2026-1184 — Bearing block, 4-way, part number 41.220-03

Assessment open — 1 characteristic fails

In-process inspection from running production, lot size 240 pieces

Order

Inspection order
PA-2026-1184
Production order
FA-2026-3097
Inspection type
In-process, running production
Inspection plan
PP-41.220-03, revision 4 of 12 Mar
Drawing
41.220-03, revision C

Lot and traceability

Batch number
CH-2026-0771
Material
EN AW-6082 T6, heat 5A-2211
Lot size
240 pieces
Machine
Machining center BAZ-04, fixture SP-19
Sample size
n = 5, AQL 1.0 to DIN ISO 2859-1

Inspection

Inspector
K. Osborne
Start
31 Jul, 7:20 AM
End
31 Jul, 8:05 AM
Conditions
Metrology room, 20.4 °C, parts soaked for two hours
Equipment used
PM-041, PM-089, PM-114, PM-133, PM-166, PM-207, KMG-02

Inspection characteristics

The actual dimension is the worst value in the sample (n = 5). Tolerances from drawing 41.220-03, revision C.

No.CharacteristicNominalToleranceActualMeasuring equipmentResult
M01CharacteristicBearing bore ⌀Nominal24.00 mmTolerance+0.05 / −0.02 (23.98 – 24.05)Actual24.03 mmMeasuring equipmentPM-114 three-point bore gaugeResultPass
M02CharacteristicCollar outside ⌀Nominal48.00 mmToleranceh9: 0 / −0.062 (47.938 – 48.000)Actual47.972 mmMeasuring equipmentPM-207 micrometer 25 – 50ResultPass
M03CharacteristicOverall lengthNominal126.0 mmTolerance±0.2 (125.8 – 126.2)Actual126.1 mmMeasuring equipmentPM-041 calliper 150ResultPass
M04CharacteristicSpacing of the M8 tapped holesNominal62.00 mmTolerance±0.05 (61.95 – 62.05)Actual62.07 mmMeasuring equipmentKMG-02 coordinate measuring machineResultFail
M05CharacteristicAxial runout of the seating faceNominal≤ 0.03 mmTolerancemaximum 0.03Actual0.018 mmMeasuring equipmentKMG-02 coordinate measuring machineResultPass
M06CharacteristicSurface roughness Ra in the boreNominal≤ 1.6 µmTolerancemaximum 1.6Actual0.9 µmMeasuring equipmentPM-166 roughness testerResultPass
M07CharacteristicThread M8 – 6H, 4 offNominalM8 – 6HTolerancego side enters, no-go does notActualgo in / no-go outMeasuring equipmentPM-089 thread plug gauge M8 – 6HResultPass
M08CharacteristicEdge break, all roundNominal0.5 mmTolerance+0.3 / −0.1 (0.4 – 0.8)Actual0.78 mmMeasuring equipmentPM-133 optical comparatorResultPass, at the limit

8 characteristics · 6 pass, 1 at the limit, 1 fails — release stays blocked until M04 is assessed

How the inspection ran

  1. Order released

    31 Jul, 6:55 AM — from FA-2026-3097

  2. Sample drawn

    n = 5 from running production, BAZ-04

  3. Characteristics measured

    8 characteristics, metrology room at 20.4 °C

  4. Assess the deviation

    M04 at 62.07 mm — concession, rework or scrap

  5. Release the record

    blocked while M04 is open

History

  1. Inspection order created

    31 Jul, 6:55 AM

    Raised automatically when FA-2026-3097 started, following inspection plan PP-41.220-03 revision 4.

    Work scheduling

  2. Sample drawn

    31 Jul, 7:20 AM

    5 parts from running production, tagged with batch label CH-2026-0771.

    K. Osborne

  3. M04 outside tolerance

    31 Jul, 7:48 AM

    Hole spacing 62.07 mm against a permitted 61.95 to 62.05 mm. A second measurement on KMG-02 confirms the value.

    K. Osborne

  4. Measurement finished

    31 Jul, 8:05 AM

    7 of 8 characteristics within tolerance, M08 at 0.78 mm just under the upper limit.

    K. Osborne

  5. Nonconformity A-2026-0037 raised

    31 Jul, 8:12 AM

    Batch CH-2026-0771 placed under a quarantine hold, production on BAZ-04 stopped.

    K. Osborne

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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