Manufacturing
Process Control
Every release of a grade against the customer specification and against Sun Ace's own action limits, the moment QC closes the batch.
Newest release
B26-0386 ACE-CAS 20 · calcium stearate, polyolefin acid scavenger · 7,860 kg made 19 Jul 2026 FailClosed by Karen Doust at 10:32am · 15 days ago · WO-2026-0386
Releases plotted
23
21 Aug 2025 to 19 Jul 2026
Yield · published grade
Inside spec, outside our limits
2
Most recent B26-0386 on 19 Jul 2026
Sellable, worth a look before it goes
Outside the customer spec
0
No release broke the specification
Clean
The line
No comparison
Only 2 releases in the last week of production
Widen the window
Every measure on the release
Pick one to open it below. Bands as drawn on the big chart.
ACE-CAS 20 · calcium stearate, polyolefin acid scavenger · Yield
Customer specification 97.50 to 100.00% from the QP-STEARATE plan. Action limits 98.26 to 99.76, the middle 60% of the customer window, measured out from target.
23 releases of ACE-CAS20 · 2 inside the customer specification but outside the action limits · 0 outside the specification · widest reading 99.80%, narrowest 99.01%.
Worth a look
Releases outside the action limits, newest first, with what is still on the rack.
| Batch | Yield | State | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| B26-0386 19 Jul 2026 | 99.80 % | Sellable, past our limit 0.04% past it · 67% of the way to the customer limit
| 7,860 kg on hand
Nothing despatched yet |
| B25-0815 25 Oct 2025 | 99.77 % | Sellable, past our limit 0.01% past it · 62% of the way to the customer limit
| 2,621 kg on hand
5,015 kg gone to Boral Cement Ltd, James Hardie Australia Pty Ltd, Cadel Foundry Supplies Pty Ltd, Plastamid (Pty) Ltd |
Is the line getting skinnier
How much of the customer window the releases occupy, measured back from the last run on 19 Jul 2026.
| Window | Releases | Lowest | Highest | Window used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last week of production 1 past the action limits | 2 | 99.05 | 99.80 | Too few |
| Last month 1 past the action limits | 2 | 99.05 | 99.80 | Too few |
| Last two months 1 past the action limits | 5 | 99.01 | 99.80 | 32%
|
Too few releases in the last week of production to read against the two-month baseline.
The readings
The charts above as numbers, newest first. ◆ past our action limits, ■ outside the customer specification.
| Batch | Made | Yield % | Peak temperature °C | Metal content % | Moisture % | Bulk density g/L | Sieve residue 75 µm % | Melting point °C | Free fatty acid % | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B26-0386 | 19 Jul 2026 | 99.80 ◆ | 144.0 ■ | 6.80 | 0.72 | 328 | 0.11 | 156.3 | 0.44 | Fail |
| B26-0382 | 17 Jul 2026 | 99.05 | 135.5 | 6.71 | 0.61 | 339 | 0.13 | 156.1 | 0.59 | Concession |
| B26-0326 | 14 Jun 2026 | 99.16 | 134.9 | 6.68 | 0.79 | 324 | 0.13 | 156.7 | 0.36 | Pass |
| B26-0339 | 08 Jun 2026 | 99.01 | 133.6 | 6.75 | 0.47 | 327 | 0.11 | 155.8 | 0.37 | Pass |
| B26-0293 | 26 May 2026 | 99.30 | 136.7 | 6.62 | 0.75 | 337 | 0.12 | 156.0 | 0.61 | Pass |
| B26-0265 | 04 May 2026 | 99.63 | 133.7 | 6.91 | 0.38 | 298 | 0.03 | 155.5 | 0.62 | Pass |
| B26-0246 | 11 Apr 2026 | 99.68 | 135.9 | 6.72 | 0.69 | 300 | 0.16 | 154.2 | 0.52 | Concession |
| B26-0158 | 25 Mar 2026 | 99.16 | 136.5 | 6.65 | 0.66 | 313 | 0.06 | 154.3 | 0.37 | Pass |
| B26-0164 | 21 Mar 2026 | 99.18 | 134.4 | 6.76 | 0.53 | 336 | 0.14 | 152.7 | 0.37 | Pass |
| B26-0125 | 03 Feb 2026 | 99.74 | 136.9 | 6.81 | 0.63 | 336 | 0.07 | 154.6 | 0.58 | Pass |
| B26-0123 | 03 Feb 2026 | 99.52 | 134.9 | 6.78 | 0.36 | 339 | 0.11 | 153.2 | 0.61 | Pass |
| B25-0928 | 24 Dec 2025 | 99.53 | 136.1 | 6.91 | 0.41 | 309 | 0.11 | 155.5 | 0.56 | Pass |
| B25-0925 | 18 Dec 2025 | 99.31 | 144.0 ■ | 6.85 | 0.55 | 304 | 0.18 | 156.1 | 0.36 | Fail |
| B25-0912 | 13 Dec 2025 | 99.04 | 135.6 | 6.74 | 0.64 | 336 | 0.02 | 152.9 | 0.64 | Pass |
| B25-0904 | 12 Dec 2025 | 99.42 | 134.6 | 6.76 | 0.37 | 323 | 0.04 | 152.3 | 0.66 | Pass |
| B25-0911 | 09 Dec 2025 | 99.10 | 132.9 | 6.82 | 0.54 | 310 | 0.06 | 155.8 | 0.59 | Pass |
| B25-0896 | 03 Dec 2025 | 99.21 | 136.3 | 6.81 | 0.41 | 300 | 0.10 | 157.5 | 0.55 | Pass |
| B25-0885 | 20 Nov 2025 | 99.30 | 133.8 | 6.90 | 0.76 | 312 | 0.10 | 153.5 | 0.51 | Pass |
| B25-0868 | 18 Nov 2025 | 99.45 | 133.4 | 6.91 | 0.50 | 329 | 0.10 | 155.0 | 0.50 | Pass |
| B25-0815 | 25 Oct 2025 | 99.77 ◆ | 133.3 | 6.63 | 0.45 | 307 | 0.05 | 155.3 | 0.33 | Pass |
| B25-0779 | 23 Sep 2025 | 99.19 | 133.7 | 6.88 | 0.53 | 330 | 0.13 | 155.8 | 0.32 | Pass |
| B25-0796 | 10 Sep 2025 | 99.17 | 132.8 | 6.76 | 0.52 | 314 | 0.12 | 157.1 | 0.58 | Pass |
| B25-0749 | 21 Aug 2025 | 99.33 | 135.9 | 6.66 | 0.76 | 312 | 0.07 | 155.4 | 0.50 | Pass |