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TOP-TREAT: In House Heat Treatment

Rev: 11/09/07

SCOPE: This procedure establishes a system in which Trinity Forge processes, monitors and inspects in-house heat treatment of production parts and raw material.

STEP

WHO

WHEN

INFO TO USE

WHAT TO DO

RESULTS

 1

Maintenance Man

Daily

Calibration schedule for heat treat furnace and furnace sensors (see TOP-CALIB).

Monitor heat treat furnace and furnace sensors; calibrate per schedule (see TOP-CALIB).

Heat treat furnace monitored and calibrated

 2

Production Control Manager

A need to heat treat production parts or raw material

Dispatch List

Schedule furnace time to heat treat production parts or raw material.

Time scheduled to heat treat parts or raw material

 3

Heat Treat Worker

Upon receiving parts to be heat treated

Production Floor Traveler; Dispatch List; Spec ID

Verify parts or material on Traveler are to be heat treated; record information in Heat Treat Log.

Parts or material verified for heat treatment and recorded

 4

Heat Treat Worker

Beginning of heat treat cycle

Instructions listed on Production Floor Traveler

Load parts or raw material into furnace baskets; load into heat treat furnace; set furnace temperature and cycle time.

Heat treatment started

 5

QC Inspector

Every half hour during heat treat cycle

Production Floor Traveler; Heat Treat Log

Verify information recorded on Heat Treat Log; verify furnace temperature.

Heat Treat Log and furnace temperature verified

 6

Heat Treat Worker

End of heat treat cycle

Production Floor Traveler

Remove baskets from furnace; forward to a cooling area; when parts are completely cool, tag them; check hardness; record hardness on Hardness Inspection Sheet; verify hardness* per  TOP-HARDT.

Cycle completed; hardness checked, recorded and verified

 7

Heat Treat Worker

Parts or material fails hardness

Hardness results recorded on Hardness Inspection Sheet

Notify QA Manager by phone or in person for resolution when parts or material fail hardness testing.

Notification made of hardness failure

 8

QA Manager

Notification received of hardness failure

Hardness results recorded on Hardness Inspection Sheet

Make decision to re-heat treat or  scrap parts or raw material; notify Post Forge Worker of decision.

Decision made to re-heat treat or scrap parts or raw material

 9

Heat Treat Worker

Parts pass hardness testing

Hardness results recorded on Hardness Inspection Sheet; Heat Treat Log

Forward heat treated parts or material to Post Forge to process per TOP-BLAST; clock off Production Floor Traveler.

Parts or material forwarded to Post Forge and processed; clocked off Traveler

*Trinity Forge General Hardness Chart

Lot Size          Sample Size           Defects Accepted            Defects Rejected

1-5   All   0   0
6-10   1   0   1
11-20   2   0   1
21-50   3   0   1
51-100   4   0   1
101-200   6   0   1
201-400   10   1   2
401-600   13   1   2
601-1000 16   1   2
1001+   20   2   3

 

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