Quality Assurance — Digital Thread Lab

Quality Assurance & Inspection

1. Describe methods and techniques used in selecting and applying appropriate inspection methods for different scenarios.
2. Demonstrate how to develop an inspection plan, and the different formats in which one can be exported.
3. Demonstrate automated creation of inspection plans using advanced software.
4. Describe how model-based definition has reduced manual data entry in inspections.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 1 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 9:00 am – 12:00, 8:30am check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software Required: Solidworks® Inspection, Capvidia®
CCAT Digital Thread Awareness Levels 1 & 2, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment

1. Describe relevant industry standards and guidelines for First Article Inspection including AS9102 and ISO 9000 series
2. Demonstrate how to automate preparation of First Article Inspection reports using advanced software.
3. Describe how model-based definition and FAI automation can reduce FAI rejections and rework.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 2 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 1:00pm – 4:00pm, 12:30pm check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software Required: Solidworks® Inspection, Capvidia®, PolyWorks
CCAT Inspection Plan Authoring Automation for MBD, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment

1. Describe how to characterize annotations for use in downstream inspection applications.
2. Demonstrate how to set up an inspection template for part inspection using advanced software.
3. Demonstrate inspection workflows on a portable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) using probing and scanning functionalities.
4. Describe how to utilize data management tools for efficient organization and retrieval of inspection data.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 1 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 9:00 am – 12:00, 8:30am check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software & Hardware Required: PolyWorks, DataLoop, Hexagon Absolute Arm
CCAT Digital Thread Awareness Levels 1 & 2, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment

1. Describe how advanced software allows for automated inspection and planning.
2. Demonstrate how to automate inspection using advanced software.
3. Demonstrate inspection workflows on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM).
4. Describe how to utilize advanced software to predetermine inspection planning within the design period, allowing for time savings during inspection processing.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 2 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 1:00pm – 4:00, 12:30pm check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software Required: PolyWorks, PMI+Loop, Hexagon Global CMM
CCAT Introduction to Inspection Workflows for MBD, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment

1. Define the fundamental principles and uses of coordinate measuring machines (CMM).
2. Describe the process of programming and set-up of a CMM and types of inspection methods.
3. Demonstrate how to use advanced software to automate the program creation and inspection of a part using a CMM.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 1 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 9:00 am – 12:00, 8:30am check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software & Hardware Required: SOLIDWORKS, Origin Checkmate, Hexagon Global CCM and PC-DIMIS
Basic understanding of the SOLIDWORKS user interface, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment

1. Define different non-contact inspection methods, use cases, and their advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional inspection methods.
2. Demonstrate inspection workflow using advanced non-contact inspection hardware and software.
3. Describe how model-based definition has assisted in the automated programming of non-contact inspection.
Career Paths: Digital Quality and Inspection
Level: MBD Practitioner Level 2 (CCAT Certification)
Time and Effort: (3 Hours) 1:00pm – 4:00, 12:30pm check-in
Audience: Inspectors, Quality Technicians and Quality Engineers
Software Required: M3DI, Hexagon Absolute Arm and Inspire
CCAT Automated Programming of CMM Inspection, Entry level experience in quality assurance processes and methods in a manufacturing environment