LESSON 6.7 · 3:14 · CHAPTER 6 · INSPECTION

The digital thread

Inspection data on its own is weak. With the defect's type and location on the part, and with the process data recorded at the same spot (heat, speed, compaction, curvature), it becomes a digital thread: a layered, queryable history of how the part was made and what condition it's in. That turns inspection into decisions, root causes into process fixes, and gives the customer the full part history.