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TO: FROM: RE: W. J. Sheehan R. T. Budovec July Activity Report August 15, 1969 Tool Engineering A. Design Section Work load in the design section ha3 been typically light for the month of July. A backlog of 250 to 300 hours was main tained for the month even though we were short handed due to vacation schedules. B. N/C Programing Work load in the programing section ha3 also dropped to 100 hours average for the month of July. We anticipate an in crease work load in this area after delivery of our Fosdick Tape Drill in August. We have not yet received approval to purchase the requested APT software for our N/C mills. New Tool Room - Dept. 260 Work load in this area remains at a very high level. GX samples and sample tooling comprises more than 70 percent of our entire work load. Vacation schedules will continue to hurt us in this area until mid September. During the month of July our Cincinnati tool and cutter grinder went down. Our maintenance shop has torn the machine down and after contacting Cincinnati Machine Company is of the opinion that this equipment is beyond economical repair. The machine was purchased as rebuilt in 1945. Cincinnati estimates that this ma chine was built in the late 1930's. The machine is obsolete and parts are not available. I am waiting for o quotati on on a re placement machine and feel that there are sufficient funds avail able in the master tool appropriation M-2030 to cover its replace ment. I will process an RFA as soon as the information is gathered. Repair Tool Rooms Work loads have been running fairly high requiring nine hour work days and a limited amount of work being repaired at outside sources. VPD-91-0002174