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Blog post: 13/10/2025 1:32 pm

Author: Spark Team

VR SOP Training for Tool & Die Manufacturing

Custom VR to standardise build methods, reduce rework and protect critical deadlines

Tool and die shops operate on tight timelines and razor-thin tolerances. Missed steps in heat treatment, EDM, grinding or assembly can cascade into costly rework and delayed programmes. Spark Emerging Technologies Ltd designs and builds bespoke VR SOP training that mirrors your machines, set-ups and inspection routines—so toolmakers practise critical procedures safely and repeatedly before touching high-value parts.

Typical toolroom pain points

• Precision set-ups: datum strategy, runout control, clamping plans and thermal growth awareness.
• Process chains: milling → hardening → grinding → EDM → hand fitting—each with hold points.
• Surface integrity: burn, microcracking and residual-stress risk during grinding/EDM.
• Assembly & try-out: shim logic, ejector timing, lubrication paths and safe press trials.
• Documentation: build books, revision control, gauge care and FAIR evidence for customers.

How our bespoke VR build works

1. SOP & CTQ capture: collect work instructions, tolerances, hold points and inspection criteria.
2. Digital twin cells: mills, grinders, wire/sink EDM, surface plates, CMM and try-out presses.
3. AI avatar coaching: prompts for coolant, wheel dressing, spark-out, de-burr and gauging order.
4. Assessment & analytics: right-first-time, scrap hotspots, collision near-misses and rework drivers.
5. Integration: LMS/QMS links, multilingual content and role pathways (machinists, fitters, QA).

Operational outcomes

• Lower rework and faster try-out through standardised methods.
• Improved surface integrity and dimensional stability.
• Clear competence evidence for customer audits and PPAP/FAIR.
• Safer press trials with rehearsed emergency stops and lockout.

Why Spark

We model your machines, fixtures and inspection standards—no generic content—so practice becomes performance at the bench and press.

Start a bespoke VR SOP programme for tool & die. Contact Spark.

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