Proper Packaging of the Gages is the Most Critical Step
My lab does a lot of fixed limit gage calibration and I sometimes wonder how the folks who deal with it on a day-to-day basis cope with it all. The situation that inspires this comment stems from the state a lot of these gages are in when we receive them. Far too often, they are dumped in a box like an assortment of nuts, bolts or used engine parts with little or no protection from damage in transit.
The purpose behind this column is prevent your gages from being rejected, not because they are worn, but because they couldn’t withstand the journey to an outside calibration facility, and thus were beyond effective calibration.