Today, there are myriad ways to breathe new life into existing gages without the need to invest in new gaging. Users are familiar with the gages they have. They may be under quality control cycles, are easy to use, provide good results, and have proven themselves over time.

Although predicting the future is hardly a precise science, it’s possible to identify trends and there have been some recent shifts worth noting.

When testing the properties of a material or component, a range of options are available for examining, reporting and tracking tensile data.

From calipers to micrometers, to indicators and all manner of gages and metrology equipment, there are literally hundreds of standard off the shelf solutions for measuring the vast array of parts that manufacturers make.

It’s certainly not news that more and more gages are being forced out onto the shop floor. Tight tolerance measurements that were once performed by a trained inspection technician are now being done right next to the machining center, most likely by the machine tool operator.

It’s certainly not news that more and more gages are being forced out onto the shop floor.

The team offers a range of customization from standard gage and standard elements custom assemblies to full, custom gage design with manual, semi-automatic or fully automated operation.

Like every other function in modern manufacturing operations, inspection is subject to management’s efforts at cost control or cost containment.

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