Our UR5e bracket plan has a training sheet that goes straight from fixture release to final inspection. The old route sends some brackets to a separate press first. I've asked about it and got 'the welder knew when'. What am I supposed to teach the next shift from that?
I'd ask the welder to show the decision, not just name the operation. We are untangling a similar missing step in a separate FR5 proposal. The final good result does not explain what happened before it.
And ask quality how the press result was accepted. Or rather, where that check was recorded; the welder's selection and the final decision might have different owners.
Keep a place for the press and its inspection work in the proposed route until the welding and quality people settle this; missing knowledge doesn't remove the work from the floor.
Welder marked the two faces and showed the bench check. There is a comparison block, not a pass/fail gauge. He used it to see which way the upright leaned.
That sounds much easier to explain to a trainee. Quality still needs to give you the actual acceptance method; the comparison block can show the concern without becoming the tolerance by accident.
Ada, I'd retain it until the relevant contacts and alterations are understood and captured, or agree an equivalent reference with the designer before clearing it; I wouldn't scrap the only answer to a question still open.
Quality has now pointed me to inspection instruction Q6. It measures the released bracket on its base face after correction. We're adding the earlier selection step as something the new trial must define.