3D Printing Process

Name : KaytLynn RielMentor : Forrest Feldt

Background• Two 3D Printing Machines: Objet and FDM• Different Product Sizes, Materials, Resolutions and Cleaning Procedures

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Objet FDM

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Project OverviewProject

Create a maintainable Workmanship Standard and Work Instructions for the 3D Printing Process

Tools UsedSIPOC

Voice of CustomerThe tools were used to

ensure that the customers concerns were addressed and the entire process was

captured in the Workmanship Standard

and Work Instruction

ParticipantsKaytLynn Riel

Jeffrey WendtlandtForrest Feldt

Michael KlimowiczMichael SuttonGary Lehman

Robert RushmerWill Preischel

Next StepsMaintain the

Workmanship Standard and Work

Instructions with changing

technology.

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Project CharterCurrently No

Documentation

In Scope3 Finished Documents

Out of ScopeMore Documents or

Process Improvement

Assists in Fab Services Goal of Purchasing and

Implementing New Equipment

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Process Flow Chart

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SIPOCSuppliers Inputs Process Outputs Customer

Customer Request 1. Order is received and Job Number is Created Job Number Sr. Mold

Technician

Sr. Mold Technician

Type of Technology

2. Models are processed with appropriate software

Estimated Build Time, Material Consumption

Sr. Mold Technician

Sr. Mold Technician Build Time 3. Job is Scheduled Email Customer

Sr. Mold Technician Labor Hours 4. FS’s Labor is entered into

SAP WBS Charged Customer

Sr. Mold Technician

Build Time + Length of Queue

= Completion Date

5. Customer is notified of completion date

Estimated Time Email Customer

Sr. Mold Technician

Software Program 6. Job is accepted and built Printed Product Sr. Mold

Technician

Sr. Mold Technician

Model with Supports and

Base7. Models are cleaned Finished Product Sr. Mold

Technician

Sr. Mold Technician

Close the Job on the Form

8. Customer is notified when job is complete Email is Sent Customer

SoftwareAutomated Closed Job Notification

9. Job is closed Email is Sent Customer and Sr. Mold Technician

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Voice of the Customer

• Listed Properties of Each Material• Order Form is Difficult to Find• Small Chord Height• Basics for New Users

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Kaizen Event OutcomeMeeting of the MindsMeeting to define what the customer needed and to adjust the order form, which was in the development process, to coincide with what the customer required.

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