Automatic gaging lets manufacturers produce short runs quickly and take measurements on the fly.
In the world of part production, companies are faced with smaller part runs, tighter tolerances and shorter cycle Arial. Whether it's for making bearings or ball joints, camshafts or connecting rods, dedicated machines are few and far between. Suppliers must be agile and lean. In the world of gaging for grinders, the gages must be precise, reliable, quick to set up and easily reconfigured for each new part run.
Four major trends are affecting the grinder gaging industry, and they all relate to quickly testing a variety of parts. The trends include improved speed and resolution, reduced part changeover time and an emphasis on low life-cycle costs, measurement "on-the-fly" as parts leave the grinder and increased use of statistical process control (SPC) for automatic grinder control.