We tried sample pads for an FR10 handling anodised sleeves. The hard contact left lines; the softer sample left a dull patch that one inspector accepted and another rejected.
I'm meant to train the operators eventually. Can't teach 'hold it like this until it looks okay to whoever is passing'. What can we settle on the bench before ordering more tooling?
soft pads left a different mark
NathanBell0634 · 17 Feb 2025, 08:14 UTC
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Replying to NathanBell0634
Settle the inspection method first. Agreed lighting, viewing and physical examples. Otherwise each pad trial gets judged by a different test and the comparison means very little.
18pointsReplying to DavidAllen0345
Quality reviewed the samples together. The dull patch fails their agreed appearance check, so softer hasn't solved this one. We've kept the parts labelled by pad trial instead of mixing them into the scrap box.
10pointsReplying to NathanBell0634
Now ask for options that change the contact arrangement, not merely another softer material. Holding reliability and release still need their own evidence beside the appearance result.
9pointsReplying to NathanBell0634
Check the pads under magnification before the next trial; embedded grit can make the softest bits in the drawer surprisingly good at marking aluminium.
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