April 2023

The introduction of adaptive machining allowed users with ease of access during the machine set up process. It has the capability to identify and cater irregularity of part radius for in-incoming part condition. This ultimately allowed the machine to produce parts that had consistent thickness and reduced the occurrence of over machining, hence improving quality and reduced COPQ. With the uniform thickness, this has alleviated the workload on the final blending process with reduced need of excess material removal. This greatly reduced the risk of Employees in PWCS facing ergo issues during both the machining and the manual blending process. Setting up the machine was previously a long and arduous process which involved overreaching and awkward posture. Accessing the machine was also a hurdle due to the height of the footprint and height of the machine. High variability of incoming part condition does not help with the machining process either. The cutting path of the legacy machine is offset conservatively from the part surface to avoid over machining. This results in more effort and long duration in the machine setup time and the post-setup effort which required long duration of manual blending. HumanTech Ergo assessment for manual blending – 34 (long duration and large force required for manual work). was reduced to 18. Refer to attached ppt for ergo improvement benefits.