ABSTRACT
Taking a new process from the laboratory into production is a project unto itself. The process has to have been worked to the point that “real” hardware has been produced and the process well documented. It must be 100 percent repeatable. As with any manufacturing process, development engineers must try to achieve the widest possible manufacturing tolerance window. This means, if it is a temperature setting, what is the tolerance window (± how many degrees)? It can be the same for time settings, pressure settings, etc. In the real world, there is variation, and manufacturing has to have enough room to operate.
