it's not for buns

Batches of I²CDrivers and SPIDrivers come through the workplace fairly regularly now. Materials for another two thousand will arrive at the end of this month. This is a good time to prepare for them, and to make the incremental improvements in production that will save us all time and money.

The process involves quite a few steps. As we work on the units, we like to handle large batches. Larger batches mean less setup time, less fuss switching tasks, and just makes the whole flow easier. Often the limit on batch size is space. So we load the work into trays and pass them from one station to the next. Until now we have been using a random collection of household trays.


I've been looking for a replacement for some time. Small commercial kitchens run on thin margins and need minimally functional equipment that lasts. Best of all, kitchen-prices are much less than electronics-prices. That led to this purchase, which arrived yesterday:


It's a baking sheet rack, with 18 sheets loaded. Each sheet is about 300x400 mm, so total capacity is around 2000 I²CDrivers, for example. These are the half-size baking sheets, which makes them a convenient size for desktop work. We're really looking forward to using it with the next batch of I²CDrivers and SPIDrivers. Production should be significantly smoother.

That's all for this week. Thanks for reading.