Nature of the Work to be Performed

Ultimately, an examination of the part print leads to the nature of the work to be performed. This, in turn, points to the sequence of operations that must be performed on the workpiece to produce the part to its print specifications. The characteristics of the workpiece affect economy of production. At this stage of the part print analysis, the process engineer must seek out these characteristics and relate them to the job to be done.

In this regard, answering the following questions offer some help :

1. What is the degree of symmetry found in the workpiece?

2. How many machined surfaces are related to each other?

3. What is the relationship between these surfaces?

4. Can the related surfaces or areas be combined or grouped to reduce the number of machining setups?

5. How many operations must be performed on each surface?