Hit 500 pressure welds in a row without a single repair yesterday

I've been keeping a log on my phone for the past 6 months, just a little tally for each x-ray. Yesterday I marked number 500 clean. That's 500 welds on boiler tube headers at the Cogent plant near Houston. For context, I used to average about 3 repairs per 100 welds, so hitting 500 straight feels like I finally figured out a rhythm with my preheat and my rod angle. Has anyone else kept a personal tally like this, or do you just let the QA numbers roll?

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faith_perez3d ago

Your tally system is actually a great proof of concept for automating rework tracking.

maryadams3d ago

Whoa, wait. @faith_perez are you saying my little hash marks actually work for something besides remembering if I fed the cat? That's honestly the last thing I expected to hear today.