Senvol SOP™
Standard Operating Procedure for generating pedigreed AM data
Generating AM data is complex and difficult.
The Senvol SOP™ ensures that your organization generates data that is pedigreed. Everywhere across your organization. Every time.
The Senvol SOP™ is a standard operating procedure that details how to generate pedigreed additive manufacturing data. The 100+ page manual is used by organizations to ensure that every data generation project – regardless of which employees are involved, where they are located, or which AM machines or materials are being used – follows a standard procedure.
Examples of the complexities that need to be thought through include:
The Senvol SOP™ addresses the above complexities and provides the proper methods for collecting the information that is required to make your data pedigreed.
The Senvol SOP™ covers topics such as:
Test plan and fabrication procedures
Thoroughly plan what to test and what to fabricate
Cost estimation considerations
Know and consider all of your costs ahead of time
Parameter capture procedures
E.g. for feedstock characteristics, machine parameters, post-processing parameters
Data development procedures
E.g. fabrication management, post-processing management, testing management
Vendor selection processes
E.g. for fabricators, post-processing vendors, testing labs
Standards to follow
Industry standards where applicable; Senvol-developed standards elsewhere
Templates
For fabrication, test and cost estimation
Data collection and compilation
Ensure pedigree and uniformity
Document management
Prepare for a multitude of documents and file types
Overall flowchart
Map out the entire workflow
By providing a detailed, consistent, and repeatable process for generating pedigreed additive manufacturing data, the Senvol SOP™ enables your organization to save money, save time, avoid mistakes, and document the entire process in a fully traceable manner.
To read about Oak Ridge National Lab’s use of the Senvol SOP™, click here.