Originally Posted by
thetrillionaire
And that's what makes it so frustrating...
The programmers are uncooperative, they're too concerned about churning out programs that they could care less about the overall efficency. I sometimes have to spend extensive amounts of time editing just to make them work! I am in the worst position because for running the most veristle machine i have the greatest variety of setups. Need the whole table, rip down the 4 vises and the angle plate you have up. Run this weldment and you're never going to see it again. I can't get dedicated tools unless i wanted to buy the tools on my own (better get some holders while i'm at it).
I've gone to my supervisor to try to pitch ideas to help us.
"we should organize our fixtures to save time..."
"good idea, you can go ahead and do it, but make sure to keep these 2 machines working while you do it" (nuts)
I don't have any plans to cheat the cycle, i already am the top producer in the shop. But i was curious what other people have noticed about what creates cycle run time
I think doctoring cycle times will do more harm than good if you get caught. Sounds like you should start by recording the time you're taking to get these programs to run, then show that to the boss. Once you get the programmers on board with you, THEN you can start looking at cycle times.
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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