General Automotive Manufacturing Co. LLC (GA, Franklin, WI) produces steel, aluminum and brass parts used in fuel systems, hydraulic assemblies, brake systems, and gas and diesel engines. In some instances, GA was finding burrs and other part defects that its manufacturing team had not detected before the parts went through final inspection by the quality department. After defects were detected, GA was reprocessing "blindly," because they did not have the ability to see the defect at the manufacturing cell.
General Automotive needed to find inspection tools that could be used inside deep bores and in small diameter holes. The company also needed to report defects and process problems more quickly to manufacturing teams in order to ensure on time delivery of orders with no incidents of defects. Burrs, sharp edges and other defects can be extremely detrimental,