Thanks mfgenggear, for another very interesting post (your first one was very useful too). I am with you on all the points you mentioned on this one. I feel that now I am well prepared to review the explanation of Root Cause and description of Preventive Actions that I requested to the valve...
Thank you, CWB1, for this very interesting post. As I explained in my original question, I don't have experience with CNC (to give a little more details, I have worked for 32 years, 29 of those as mechanical engineer, but never in a CNC dept.). So, due to my ignorance, I wrote yesterday that...
Excellent replies, each of you contributed very useful points, so now I have several things to review when I receive the Root Cause Analysis from the valve manufacturer, and also got two actions for me to investigate. I summarized both types of points below.
And, thank you 3DDave, you have...
Thank you very much, 3DDave, for the quick reply and for the very useful explanation. But, while reading it, I realized that I didn't mention in my post, that we received five valves, the nuts of the other four were fine at 2.237 inch between flats. However, I don't know if the four SAT nuts...
Greetings! The company where I work received a valve with its driving nut, where an actuator engages to open and close it, too large. The specified width across flats of this hex nut is 2.236 +/- 0.005 inch, but it was delivered with this dimension at 2.282 inch. All the other features of...
