Articles Tagged with ''gages''

Quality at the source (QATS) has been used well before lean manufacturing became so popular. Many people in the quality function have applied the principles especially at critical work areas to detect nonconforming items and prevent them from moving forward in the process.

The moral to the story is that the best way to overcome obstacles and/or achieve success is to seek out those who have overcome the same barriers and succeeded. In other words, the key is asking the right questions of the right people.

How do you measure an internal thread on a part? How do you decide what you need?

Manser will be responsible for planning and directing the sales team for the Precision Gage product line.

No one in their right—or left—mind would knowingly set something up to fail but too often they do just that without realizing it.

Like every other function in modern manufacturing operations, inspection is subject to management’s efforts at cost control or cost containment.

If you are considering wireless gaging, you are probably looking for a system that will work with the gages you have and those you will need in the future.

This question is prompted by another round-robin type study involving the calibration of thread plug gages, the results of which were predictable because similar studies over the past twenty years or so have produced similar results.

Depth gages are among the simplest of gages, typically consisting of an indicating device mounted through a reference bar or plate.

Before I get into hand-to-hand combat on this gentle reader, I thought it might be helpful to explain a few things about what uncertainty is, and what it is not.