QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS

Quality Assurance : SHFE has always stood by the quality of its products. The product supplied by the company undergo various physical & chemical testing before being released for despatch. The test starts from receipt of raw material and continues through the different stages of production and processing.

1. Receiving of Orders

1. Receiving of Orders from Head Office
2. Floor Planning
3. Store Planning
4. Production Planning / Programme
5. Shipment Planning

2. Pattern

1. New Pattern making from outside according to order & drawing.
2. Checking - Setting, Badging, Marking etc - In house in its own Pattern Shop
3. Rectification if necessary - In house in its own Pattern Shop
4. Calculation of daily impression ( Pattern will be changed after every -
   1. 7000 impression - Light Pattern
   2. 5000 impression - Medium Pattern
   3. 3500 impression - Heavy Pattern)
5. Sampling
6. Through to Shop Floor

3. Floor

1. Sand Preparation
2. Sand Screening (once in a week)
3. Sand permeability test (manually)
4. Testing of facing sand, core sand, moulding sand (manually)
5. Mould hardness checking
6. Checking of ingates, runner, riser, basin etc.
7. Checking of  clamper tightening
8. Batch Control
9. Checking moulding temperature
10. Knocking out of Castings
11. Getting Floor sand ready for next day

4. Furnace

1. Receiving of Raw materials
2. Laboratory Test
3. Charge Calculation
4. Chill Test batch wise
5. Checking of tuyre, spout and bed for next day heat
6. Temperature check through optical pyrometer
7. Preparing of charging report per heat basis

5. Inspection of Castings

1st Line

1. Visual checking of all casting after fetling
2. Sorting out of good castings
3. Transfering of rejection castings to rejection yard for remelting
4. Calculation of rejection percentage and analysis of the cause of rejection Line wise / Moulder wise
5. Further educating the moulder for next heat
6. Good castings transferred to 2nd line

2nd Line

1. Cast Weight
   1. Checking of cast weight on sampling basis
   2. Copy given to 1st line and Floor Supervision
   3. Keeping daily cast weight on the cast weight register

2. Load Test
   1. Checking of applied Load as per grade / class confirming the specific standards
   2. Passed material (each material identification mark wise). Transferred to finishing yard after
      1. Load Applied
      2. Hold for 30 sec.
   3. Permanent set
   4. Keeping the record (Load test)
3. Finishing
   1. Distribution of materials
   2. Batch wise segregation
   3. Grinding
   4. Buffing
   5. 2nd Line checking / Inspection
   6. M/S Pin, G.I Chain, Bright Rod setting as per buyer's requirement
   7. Transferring to painting yard
   8. Sorting out for reworking if any
4. Painting
   1. Spray painting of all the passed material from 2nd line
   2. Leaving out separately (Frame & Cover / Grate) for drying
   3. Stacking of painted material
   4. Visually checking and then ok material are crated
   5. Third party inspection can be done if required (as per buyer's order)

6. Crating

1. Checking of wooden pallets, M/S Straps etc.
2. Packing completed with Plastic Cover
3. Transferred to 'Ram'

7. Shipment

1. Checking of documents, seal etc.
2. Stuffing of container and ready for shipment
3. Preparation of inspection documents