Description

The author’s company produces a family of desoldering braids which are known in the industry as Soder-Wick. These braids are fabricated from fine wire drawn on-site to #42 AWG. SPC principles have been applied to the nonferrous drawing process to improve the machine’s outputs while reducing scrap from them. The production team included operators, next assembly users, maintenance personnel, supervision and resulted in a Total Quality approach yielding significant improvements in drawing process yield. An added