Stopped the line at 6:10 a.m. when the checkweigher chirped 49.4 g on a 50.0 ±0.5 g spec; glaze coverage was a tidy 92% and the crumb looked textbook, but out-of-spec is out-of-spec. I still slapped on a hold tag — the clipboards must be fed; anyone else haunted by beautiful nonconformances, or is that just my spreadsheets talking?
At 6:10 a.m. I’d have nudged the target +0.6 g for the first 15–20 minutes — our checkweigher reads light until the belt warms and the glaze line hits steady pickup — then taper back once SPC settles; it’s kept the “clipboards must be fed” without needless holds. Small caveat: don’t leave the bias on past warm-up or you’ll creep high once you hit that 92% coverage sweet spot.
, 6:10 a.m. is exactly when our checkweigher lies; I keep a 50.0 g certified slug at the station and do a quick span check before the glaze hood heats, or it reads about 0.5 g light. I’m with you that “out-of-spec is out-of-spec,” but with 92% glaze I’d divert those to crumble/topping instead of full scrap — tiny win for the clipboard gods. @jsmithers300 do you track a warm-up bias curve, or just bump the setpoint and pray?
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