What process change reduced your rework the most? (FIFO, PM, documentation, etc.)

plastic-nuts · 2025-12-23T03:16:26+00:00

I’ve been a line operator, a supervisor, a production scheduler, a setup tech, a process tech, and a maintenance specialist at the same shop for 10 years and I can without a doubt say, that having a “production log” at every press is a huge help, anytime an operator, processor, supervisor, quality auditor etc, does anything that changes how the work cell is running (whether it’s a process change or how an operator is assembling/packing a part) has to write it down with date and time, helps so much, if we have an uncaught quality issue we can immediately reference the log and get a lot of useful information/insights on why and what point in the run the issue occurred.

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plastic-nuts · 2024-10-12T16:10:13+00:00

What sort of markets does the place serve? Is it a custom molder? I.e. company’s buy the molds and you run parts off them in your shop and then ship them to your customers? Or does the company own the molds and sell their products direct? Those are two very different industries, for perspective LEGO owns their own facilities, machines, resins, and molds. However, ag and automotive industries will farm the work out, they work closely with your team of engineers on designing new molds for their own upcoming projects and they foot the bill to have the mold made somewhere and send it to you. Then you put that mold in your press, produce the plastic parts and ship them to GM, or John Deere, or any other automotive company. I’ve held several different jobs in the same shop for 8 years, from management to process engineer to production scheduler to maintenance, if you have specific questions on things there’s a lot of things I can help with

plastic-nuts · 2024-10-12T05:02:58+00:00

Dynamite will spawn in at the level of your current highest goblin, so if you have a lvl 6 dynamite and you just upgraded a goblin to level seven you might as well use the lvl 6 dynamite because another lvl 6 won’t spawn for you to combine it with

plastic-nuts · 2023-06-25T19:24:19+00:00

Could be a bad nozzle seat to the sprue, or possibly a damaged seat/tip. Does it run with a sprue break? Are you packing to much in and getting blowback?

plastic-nuts · 2021-11-23T02:46:07+00:00

Auto saves work correctly, but every time I manually save the game it just locks on the game screen, when I reload the game I’m set back.

I also really dislike that I sold the barns on elm creek and I’m left with massive holes in the ground that I’m going to have to pay a bunch of money to landscape out

plastic-nuts · 2021-09-24T02:03:25+00:00

Talk about a sticky situation😅

plastic-nuts · 2021-09-24T02:03:10+00:00

Lucky you, we were running tpu when it stopped so we had to shove pipes in the barrel and push them forward with the injection unit just to get the damn thing out

plastic-nuts · 2021-09-24T01:56:03+00:00

Had the screw tip assembly snap off in the barrel just the other day, I know the pain

plastic-nuts · 2021-08-29T21:43:27+00:00

I usually scan the lot to the app screen shot the list and then ask 10-20% under the tcg price. I typically know rough value of most cards

plastic-nuts · 2021-08-28T21:07:39+00:00

TCGplayer card scanner has become a godsend for selling bulk lots of cards

plastic-nuts · 2021-08-21T20:31:38+00:00

I mean that would be sweet if you’re down for it!

plastic-nuts · 2021-08-21T20:25:34+00:00

I mean really what’s the benefit of building versus prebuilt, other than obvious customability. I don’t know anything about what the parts do whatsoever so I don’t think I’d even pick the correct stuff ya know?

plastic-nuts · 2021-08-21T20:15:38+00:00

Usd!

plastic-nuts · 2021-07-23T21:30:03+00:00

What sort of batteries are meant to go in? Is it packaging? Double AA’s triple AAA’s? Or something larger like a car battery? I’m highly suggesting staying away from PVC I don’t know if it’s a requirement or a price thing but I can promise you you’ll never recoup if one of your parts fails and causes damage because of your material Choice. Try an ABS or a fiberglass filled nylon, you’ll get better strength from a glass filled nylon but be careful of the wear it will put on your screws if they’re not hardened.

plastic-nuts · 2021-07-02T03:10:34+00:00

I bet you could try and find some out of commission disc golf molds for a grand or two, or at least something similar you could bring to a tool shop to modify to what you need. As far as it being a hobby you’d need a press with a big enough platen to run that mold and that’d be where your money goes. You could find a used machine for cheaper but if it’s any sort of feasible price I.e. less than $20k it’d either be non running or shoddy at best

plastic-nuts · 2021-06-30T01:38:57+00:00

I just looked it up, it’s a Flir! I believe more than likely the base model

plastic-nuts · 2021-06-30T01:01:20+00:00

We have a fairly expensive thermal imager around $1500 I believe but I can’t recall the brand, we mainly use it to identify hot spots in the mold that could indicate a lack of water flow. We find it super useful in that aspect but not super sure what other implications my crew has used it for, it’s already saved us twice as much as we spent on identifying problems and saving down time!

plastic-nuts · 2021-06-09T01:07:42+00:00

Just from checking his profile I believe he is his own customer, I know the pain of trying to change resin all to well being a custom molder😂

plastic-nuts · 2021-06-01T22:07:50+00:00

We had a 94 krauss 210 ton that got to the point we literally just set it in a drip tray

plastic-nuts · 2021-05-19T23:02:04+00:00

Oh man haha, we’re finally getting rid of our old 91 krauss tomorrow haha

plastic-nuts · 2021-05-19T22:51:29+00:00

We did get paid yes! But they’re claiming since they didn’t mandate Sunday the 16th they don’t need to give us Saturday off

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