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Spec Control Drawings

Spec Control Drawings

Spec Control Drawings

(OP)
Does do any of the companies for which you work still require you to make spec control drawings for purchased standard off the shelf cataloge items?

RE: Spec Control Drawings

Yes.  Purchasing uses them as a specification in order to find  different vendors in the all important task of cost reduction.

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RE: Spec Control Drawings

We create an Approved Vendor List (AVL) for all hardware.  A components that are made for us we have a source control drawing (SCD) to capture the design intent.  For example, Smalley makes a special crest-to-crest spring for us.  They send us a a drawing with their part number and all the details and in turn we create a source control drawing.  The source control drawings are not vendor specific so purchasing is free to get multiple bids.

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Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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RE: Spec Control Drawings

(OP)
Heckler,
That makes sense. However would your company make an SCD for a purchased worm drive hose clamp?

RE: Spec Control Drawings

No, unless the company is making it specifically for us.  We would create an AVL which would capture a least two vendors, their part numbers and any specifics about that part.

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Heckler
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RE: Spec Control Drawings

(OP)
How are you creating the AVL file? For our SCD's that we basically redraw the cataloge page in Autocad. In other companies for which I have worked we would photocopy or download the relevant pages and file them under our internal part numbers. So what I am asking is if anyone else actually transcribes the information into CAD as we do.

RE: Spec Control Drawings

For AVLs we just capture all part data and any product data sheets from the vendors then we create one pdf document that has our standard first page then followed up with anything we can get from the vendor.  We usually model the items in SWx during the design process.  That way we have the data for assembly drawings and other process drawings.

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Heckler
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RE: Spec Control Drawings

Gmarken, for SCD's we do as you have outlined.  What's driving you to ask this question?  I think the process still holds value.

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RE: Spec Control Drawings

(OP)
I just think that there are more efficient ways to copy the data rather than re-drawing and re-typing all the data into autocad. The SCD certainly has value. It is just this company's way of documenting it that could be improved.

RE: Spec Control Drawings

The term Specification Control Drawing dissappeared with MIL-STD-100.  The superceding drafting standard ASME Y14.100 invokes ASME Y14.24 TYPES AND APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING DRAWING which defines the Vendor Item Drawing (VID) rather than the SCD.  This drawing does the same thing but under a different name!  Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir!

Tunalover

RE: Spec Control Drawings

As an aside, it's surprisingly inexpensive to get "special" worm drive hose clamps, with your name and part number, variant materials, different screws, stuff like that.  I guess, because it's a competitive business, and everyone is already tooled up to make clones of each other's product line, in addition to MS parts.



Mike Halloran
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