Hiya All,
WE’RE FINALLY SHIPPING!!!
Meeting Line Trials and Tribulations
We’ve been centered on assembling the primary 9 models and issues haven’t gone as easily as deliberate.
After wrapping up meeting on these models we began the ultimate High quality Management inspection final week. The QC inspection consists of pulling pictures with the Scace 2 puck simulator and thermometer to confirm brew temps and it was throughout this part of testing we realized 5 of the 9 models have been leaking from varied fittings.
We realized that the hydrostatic testing carried out on the boilers in part 1 was not accomplished because it ought to have been. One other testing equipment was made to make sure we might pressurize the boiler sub meeting with water and have been in a position to reproduce the leaks.
There have been some boiler sub assemblies that didn’t leak in line with this new take a look at. Some leaks have been quite simple fixes and resulted from a scarcity of formal meeting procedures. We’ve give you new procedures to check the entire pre-assembled models and use solely the absolutely sealed machines earlier than persevering with to the ultimate levels of meeting.
The dangerous information is that we now have to rebuild these leaking boiler sub assemblies.
Shifting ahead we’ll be making modifications to our meeting course of to keep away from this rework.
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As an alternative of constructing models in batched phases, we’re going to deal with constructing every Argos utterly from begin to end together with QC and delivery. That is to keep away from us discovering points which are affecting a number of models from a batch as a result of meeting course of.
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We’re going to conduct a number of leak assessments all through the meeting of every unit to catch any potential points as early as doable.
Each of those modifications will imply much less rework throughout meeting. As we proceed assembling and testing models we’ll proceed to find out about what checks and course of modifications we have to make to make sure models are functioning correctly.
Transport Updates
We’ve completed meeting on 5 models and have shipped them out! When accepting and signing on your package deal, if there are any indicators of serious injury please inform the supply particular person to notice that your package deal was broken upon receiving. You should still settle for the package deal and phone us however the receiver should explicitly inform the driving force to record the injury when signing on your machine to ensure that us to file a declare with the delivery firm.
When you obtain your Argos please check out the consumer guide situated on our web site: USER MANUAL We are going to proceed including to the guide over the subsequent week to cowl pulling pictures in each configurations in addition to different normal security and suggestions.
For a video on unboxing, organising, and utilizing your Argos with suggestions and methods to get probably the most out of your machine, watch right here: Odyssey Argos Unboxing and Set Up
I’ll proceed to add movies of swapping from Spring to Direct and vice versa, direct pull use, utilizing the Odyssey Espresso App, cleansing and upkeep, and extra.
Hiring
We’ve employed 2 new meeting techs over the previous few weeks they usually’re each superior! It’s going to take time to construct these machines with the standard that we count on earlier than our technicians turn out to be snug with the method, so count on shipments to start out off gradual and construct up over the subsequent few weeks. We are going to possible deliver one one or two extra individuals over the subsequent month.
CE Certification Updates
The lab conducting our security take a look at required for CE certification has made lots of progress. We simply handed our last security take a look at for glow wire flammability which ensures {that a} free wire is not going to ignite the wood facet panels. One of many last steps was reaching out to our varied suppliers to offer the lab with the required paperwork displaying materials compliance. The lab is now drafting up the required documentation for a CE certification in addition to conformance studies for the opposite nations that we ship to.
Subsequent Batch Pre-Orders
Many individuals have been asking about after we will open pre-orders again up. We closed them off final fall to permit us to lock in numbers and actually deal with procurement and manufacturing of our first batch of machines. Whereas we’re continually studying about how we are able to enhance our processes and turn out to be extra environment friendly at meeting with out compromising high quality, we wished to attend till we began delivery and have been in a cushty movement of meeting earlier than opening orders again up.
I count on to open pre-orders again up across the finish of subsequent week. With the present objective of getting all of our first batch shipped out in 3 to 4 months, opening orders now will enable us to start out the subsequent cycle of procurement which might take as much as 2 months of producing time and over 1 month of delivery earlier than it leads to our palms. The objective is to line this up in order that as we end delivery the ultimate models from batch one, our technicians can transition proper into prepping and beginning to construct batch 2.
Whereas there isn’t a plan to shut off orders for batch 2 we might have to take action if the variety of orders exceeds {our capability}. Sadly the value of the Argos will likely be elevated transferring ahead. We are going to all the time preserve this machine below $1000 USD however we should sustain with the rise in costs together with materials value that has occurred over the previous few years.
Thanks all for the continued endurance and assist as we deliver these superior machines to market!
