We have proven time and again the value of early involvement in new projects with customers. A Trace Engineering, Quality, and Production cross-functional team is in close communication with customers in early stages of the design phase. This partnership continues through tooling build all the way to final process validation. In this way, we build quality into the product.
Trace Die Cast, Inc. develops and nurtures a strong partnership with each of our valued customers. Trace delivers world-class service with its quality products. Attentively listening to the voice of the customer and more information and knowledge about the end-use of our product at our customer allows us to consistently improve our product and processes.
We closely monitor several key parameters in the casting process to assure that it remains in-control and stable. Statistical Process Control charting of these parameters gives operators a real-time measure of process stability and allows us to act in a pro-active and preventative manner, rather than reactive manner.
Trace Die Cast, Inc. Quality Assurance lab has state-of-the-art equipment to closely measure our product to strict quality standards. Two Mitutoyo CMM’s with real-time SPC for dimensional audits and capability studies, ARUN spectrometer to assure alloy composition, real-time x-ray machine with computer database documentation and alert system for porosity detection, all play a role in assuring high quality castings. A staff of 15 quality professionals are involved in auditing our processes and training operators in quality standards and in-process inspection.
