When do you need to be concerned about the effects of temperature in your inspection process, how significant is it and how do you deal with it? These can be tricky questions to answer. 

“Never before have mechanics and manufacturers, and in general has the world of industry, made use of gages and gaging systems as it is doing now..."

In the quality world, air gaging ranks with micrometers, calipers, comparators, scales, CMMs and many other instruments in that they are all considered measurement and test equipment (M&TE).