Management wants to create a load board for our quality department, so that they can see what we spend our time on and if we are worth keeping around. Lol so do you guys have to do something like this? If so how do you go about reporting? They have been trying to estimate how long it will take to create a program and measure parts based on size
The best offer I can make (it's not perfectly ideal) is to try and find a few known programs, time them on the workstation, then try getting the offline program to cycle at an equivalent pace. This will take lots of trial and error, your offline will not fully support the time it takes to load/unload probing (if you have a rack/manual), stops/starts/transitions and your machines speed all play pivotal factors. If you can get a comfortable set of offline settings that gives you an average within 10-20min I'd say you've got a GREAT starting block.
The best offer I can make (it's not perfectly ideal) is to try and find a few known programs, time them on the workstation, then try getting the offline program to cycle at an equivalent pace. This will take lots of trial and error, your offline will not fully support the time it takes to load/unload probing (if you have a rack/manual), stops/starts/transitions and your machines speed all play pivotal factors. If you can get a comfortable set of offline settings that gives you an average within 10-20min I'd say you've got a GREAT starting block.
