Charles

If you are certifying an enterprise to ISO 9000 series and you mention a
product with a limited pot life, then you should include in the
enterprise's manual how expiry is determined. If this includes looking
at a clock, then you should certainly state how it is calibrated, using
traceable standards, and its permitted tolerance. This is just another
example of how stupid bureaucracy wastes money. A few years ago, one of
my clients had a solder paste with a manufacturer's open time of 5
hours. He put in his manual that the stencil should be seen to be clean
and free from paste residues at least at the start of the working day
and after lunch! It pays to be as vague as possible with the manual,
where you can legitimately get away with it, and the auditor cannot say
a word.

Brian

Charles Caswell wrote:
> I think this one beats it. A customer comes in for an audit, walks through a production area and asks Is that clock on the wall calibrated? He was not serious but one of our technicians immediatly starts looking for calibrated clocks and insists that any process with a time window, say pot life on adhesive be monitored with a "calibrated" stopwatch.
> Charles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Engelmaier [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] Adhesive where no component is loaded...
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>
> Hi Steve,
> That sure takes the cake in silly arguments I have ever heard.
> Condolences!
>
> Werner Engelmaier
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