I'm helping review old bracket records before we plan a UR5e welding cell. The inspection sheet has a tick for the hole alignment while the gusseted bracket is clamped. Loose retained samples don't all line up with the checking plate.
Someone has pencilled 'pull in before finish' on the fixture drawing. Nobody can tell me what that was correcting. What should I compare first using the records and samples we already have?
The drawing locates the holes from the base face in the finished part. Our checking plate uses the two upright holes to hold it. I think we're comparing different things already.
Yes, get quality to confirm a common measurement setup before comparing the numbers. I'm not saying that explains the loose parts, just that the current comparison is muddy.
Found it in a folder for the previous bracket revision. Different locating arrangement. Quality has agreed to measure the retained parts from the current drawing; the pencil note is excluded from the proposed fixture requirements for now. Thanks for pointing me at the plate itself.
That clears up the plate history. I'd still be interested in the released-part results when you have them; the original distortion question is sitting there.