This document provides an overview of Cinch Connectors' mould shop operations. It discusses the workshop's achievement of awarding body centre approval status and introduces key performance indicators. It also summarizes recent successful negotiations that introduced changes to work patterns and hours banking. The rest of the document outlines various systems, machines, teams, and processes that support mould production and quality assurance at the workshop.

1. Welcome
Lets take a tour of Cinch Connectors
Worksop - Mould Shop.
Awarding Body Centre Approval
Status - Achieved
Compiled By S.Goulding
Mould Shop Technical Team Leader / Assembly Team
Leader

2. Key Performance Indicators

3. Mould Shop - View of Battenfeld M/c
Type

4. Successful Negotiations & Changes to Work Pattern
Continental Pattern Introduced
Three Shift Pattern- Hours Banking Introduced
Lights out Operations (unmanned operations) for W/E Production Introduced
T.P.M – Visual
System 2

5. Visual Planning Systems –
Successfully utilised by ALL team members
Tooling Time line
Job
Loading
Work
Machinery Orders

6. Central Drying System
Materials Processed include Nylons , P.B.T, Polycarbonate ,
Polyprop , P.P.S

7. Automated Assembly
Machines

8. Battenfeld M/Cs with Quality Stations
Quality Assurance

9. View of Arburg 320 C Machine
Robotics
Quality Flap
Utilisation

10. Assembly Cell
5 S Improvement
Boards / Plans

11. Prototype Tooling Production
Inventory Control by Scale
Utilisation

12. Mould Shop Support Teams -
Maintenance
• 1st line T.P.M Visual Planning
checks carried out
by Operator /
Technicians.
• Flexible Labour
cover of
Maintenance Team
• Machine service
schedules.
Multi Skilled / Bias Team

13. Mould Shop Support - Tool Room
• Skilled
Toolmakers.
• Cleaning
Schedules
• Forward
Planning of
repairs.
• In-House
modifications
to tooling

14. E.D.M Facility
• Manufacuture of
Tooling spares.
• Modifications to
existing tooling.
• Special Projects

15. Machine Layout changes to allow reductions in
resource
SPC – CPK – Quality Flaps programmed
by team

16. Visual Planning – Assembly Cell
AS400

17. Training & Assessment
Certificates of Competence –
NVQ’s

18. Quality Assurance – SPC

19. Tool Cleaning Schedules
Ultrasonic Cleaning Station

20. Continuous Improvements

21. Continuous Improvements

22. Successful Resource Cost
Saving & Shift Pattern
Negotiations