A reader asked me to comment on a situation he faced regarding calibration frequency for some gages he had on loan from his customer. The gages are only used once a year for this specific customer and—I’m guessing—spend about 80% or more of the year doing nothing.
The problem with this situation is that the customer has a three month calibration cycle, which makes sense when they are in continuous use. But he insists on it being followed while my reader has the gages in his possession despite the fact that they may not be used at all over two or more cycles.