Calibration Management, Gage Management, Gage Uncertainty, Measurement Uncertainty, MSA, Quality Management
All manufacturing companies that get audited require some or all of their calibration certificates to specify the calibration uncertainty. At a minimum, some manufacturers only need certified uncertainty for gages that are reference standards, which are used to...
Calibration Labels, Calibration Management, Gage Management, Quality Management
A gage calibration system can be successful only if you can readily and easily identify gages and when they need calibration and the key to proper gage identification is a reliable labeling system. Calibration labels communicate critical calibration information to...
Calibration Management, Cloud Computing, Gage Management, Quality Management
I wonder… when we watched Captain Kirk flip open his hand-held communicator and talk to the crew of the Enterprise, how many of us ever considered that we would one day have our own hand-held communicators that would enable us to reach out and connect across the...
Calibration Management, Cloud Computing, Gage Management, Quality Management
Cloud computing has been an IT buzz word for several years. It is now mainstream. Calibration Management Software is no exception in the trend to move business application software to the cloud. Many people have probably heard of cloud computing. In fact, most people...
Calibration Intervals, Calibration Management, Gage Management, Quality Management
Calibrating measurement and test equipment (M&TE) is expensive, but using measurement and test equipment that is out of calibration can be even more costly. Equipment that is out of calibration will produce suspect parts and once you’ve discovered that your...
Calibration Management, Gage Management, Gage R&R, MSA, Quality Management
Calibration alone won’t produce quality measurements; even when perfectly accurate, a gage can be unacceptable for measuring a product or process. That’s where Gage R&R studies come in. Nearly every manufacturing company is required to conduct these studies, the...