Our bracket history changes measuring supports halfway through

AdaAdams0129 · 5 Oct 2025, 07:08 UTC

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AdaAdams0129
I am comparing old bracket inspection notes for an FR5 welding proposal. The early sheets show a restrained assembly against fixture stops; the later ones show a released bracket on a separate inspection support. Both columns are called alignment. There is also a handwritten correction note with no piece identity. I can see why the proposal author drew a simple before-and-after story, but the original paperwork is much less tidy. Which parts of that history are worth retaining when we define the new acceptance check?

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SarahBaker0502
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Retain it all. First ask whether those two alignment columns check the same drawing requirement.

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AdaAdams0129
Replying to SarahBaker0502

The early column checks contact at the fixture stops. The later one gives the released upright angle. So I should not have treated alignment as one measurement.

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SarahBaker0502
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Right. Different checks. Released movement may still exist, but those columns do not measure its amount.

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Does the later support match the drawing's intended measurement setup? I'd check that before using those angle values as the baseline for a new fixture.

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AnikaBell0682
Replying to AdaAdams0129

And who decided when correction was needed? That affects the handover as much as the angle.

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AdaAdams0129
Replying to AmyAbbott0032

Amy, the support has no reference in the folder. Anika, the correction decision is not described either. I have more gaps than I expected.

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Better to find them now. Is the old support still around for quality to identify, or only in a photograph?

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IsaacBaker0520
Replying to AmyAbbott0032

Try the tool store before assuming it's gone. Old inspection supports have a habit of being kept under the last operator's description rather than the part number anyone searches for.

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AnikaBell0682
Replying to IsaacBaker0520

Isaac, would you trust a familiar-looking support without a marking?

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IsaacBaker0520
Replying to AnikaBell0682

No, I'd ask quality to identify it. Finding an object and knowing what it was approved to check are different jobs; stores can help with the first without inventing the second.

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AdaAdams0129
Replying to IsaacBaker0520

Stores found a likely support, but quality has not identified it yet. Thank you Isaac for the search suggestion. I have left the old results in the history and removed the direct before-and-after comparison from my summary.

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Keep that unidentified correction note visible too. Even without a usable measurement, it tells the process reviewer there was extra work to ask about.

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SarahBaker0502
Replying to AdaAdams0129

Ada, which drawing revision will the new released-part check use?

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