Trulok / Trio Manufacturing
Aerospace fastener measurement · Sole developer
The Windows software behind an aerospace fastener measurement system, in production at Alcoa and Allfast years after hand-over, with no further work from me needed.
The problem the business had
At an instant-noodle plant every pack crossed a checkweigher, and every reading was thrown away. Quality staff had no history and line operators had no live picture of whether a line was drifting out of tolerance.
What was done
Connected each scale to the network, logged every reading to a central database, and put a real-time control chart in front of the line operators with the acceptable band shaded, so drift is seen before it becomes waste. Added a historical viewer for quality staff, and a production counting system that turns raw pack counts into case totals per line and shows them on the plant's own control screens.
What it returned
Rolled out line by line over five years and live in the plant through the last exchange.