Sheet Metal Functional Build

Jay Baron, Ph.D., “Taking an integrated build approach to stamping tool tryout”. The Fabricator, June 26, 2003 Jay Baron, Ph.D. is president, chairman and chief executive officer for the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and co-director of the Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology group.

His discussion taken from the Stamping Journal opines that:

“Net build is a sequential process that focuses on the part (achieving Cpk on all major check points) and then the assembly.” “The functional builds approach first tries to get parts close to specification, then the assembly close to specification.  The assembly must eventually achieve a high Cpk.  Functional builds are more iterative and require closer coordination among tooling suppliers.”