Last week I waited, waited and then waited.... I needed the drawing of A-pillar trim which has to be brought from Kandivali plant (Mumbai) and Report of the inspection of Exhaust System from Walker Exhaust Pvt Ltd, Pune. I haven't got any of them as of now. So in the meantime I read some books on automobile technologies. I also went through some previously solved concerns to know more about the earlier concerns, the modus operandi of solving them and the frequency of their repeatation.

Last week was not productive as far as project is concerned, because I wanted some drawings which were available in the Kandivali unit of Mahindra. When I contacted the concerned person he agreed to bring them from there (it was not possible to send the drawings through mail as the size of drawings was ~10MB and were too big for attachments). I wondered how poor was their network that one has to move to Mumbai from Nasik for a drawing. Anyway I waited for the drawing and I am still waiting from them. In the meanwhile I continued my observational training. Learnt a lot on my own by reading some books.

I tried taking some measurements for Bolero exhaust system and found that required fixture is not available here nor is any other method to check dimensions. So I went to metrology lab but it was also not much helpful because the method which was used there to measure the dimension was such that error incorporated in the method was of the same order as I got deviation in the dimension of the part from the drawing. So I decided to meet the vendor. Now I have a schedule to visit the vendor in the next week.

As of now I have nothing to do regarding my projects except waiting for some drawings and visit to the vendor. So I have started picking some small projects. I hope it will help. Till then I will continue my observational training.

Hi,
Last week was the annual shutdown in the company. So I visited the chassis vendor for some measurements. I also visited plant during this shutdown. Beside the routine maintenance work the plant was upgraded. Bolero assembly line was conveyorised. Moreover the plant capacity was also enhanced.

In the week thereafter I focused on the other small projects assigned to me as our trip to exhaust pipe manufacturer was being postponed number of times, when we ourselves went to company then we came to know that the part we were interested in was not being manufactured there. Our project guide didnot know who is the manufacturer of that part. It was after we told him, that he realised his mistake. Then I took measurements of the interior trim of the Scorpio as there were concerns of gap after the assembly. I also took some measurements of the back door slam effort of Scorpio.