• understand to fold the A1, A2 and A3 size drawing sheets • keep the drawing sheet filing cabinet • filing cabinet to handle according to IS procedure.
Method of folding of printed drawing sheets as per BIS SP:
46-2003 When drawings sheets are in more numbers, they have to be folded and kept in order to save the trace required for preserving them When the drawings are to be released to shop floor for reference during manufacturing of a component
Applicability
Folding of drawings applies to only the drawings which are released for shop floor for manufacturing of components / reference. Original drawings will never be taken out of drawing office and they should be kept under safe custody. Drawings which are prepared on tracing sheets/ transparencies like cloth, polymer, acrylic polymer transparencies should never be folded. They should be kept in polythene folders and kept in filing cabinets. Sometimes the blue prints/photo copies of drawings which are released to shop floor are also laminated for extending their life.
Requirement
While folding the drawings following care to be taken. It is required to the fold the drawings such that, they should not get defaced damaged. Drawing sheet to be folded such that the title block is easily visible to retrieve it and keeping it back. The following is the method of folding printed drawing sheets as recommended by BIS
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