Gage Block In-House Calibration - Blocks lost and users keep exchanging blocks

[mhirand20]

I'm running into the same situation everytime gage blocks in the plant need to be calibrated, we use them in different areas, but the area am having problems is where they use the gages to verify or adjust dyers as the users measures the part before working on it, there are about 15 booths so 15 sets of gage blocks usually a set of 4 blocks .100",.150" .200", .250", and every set name after the booth number so F1 to F15,(the ID has been electroetch) currently they have a small hole at the end of the tip so they can be attached on a ring to keep them together.....

issue:
they keep getting lost, or users keep exchanging blocks

I can see that becoming an issue anytime soon in the next audits...

what would be your recomendations for this case scenario???

[Jennifer Kirley]

We could try to error proof this process, but the truth is, there is a minimum level of cooperation and contribution that we need to ask of our machinists. You are treating this like it's your problem. It's not - it should be the manufacturing group's responsibility to recognize requirements (do gage blocks really need to be unique to the tools? Is it not enough to make sure they all have traceability?) and trouble shoot a way to meet them. You can explain minimum requirements to use verifiable standards for setup and product checks, and you can facilitate the problem solving process. But the thing will only truly get solved if they take charge of it. That may require an audit nonconformance to get done.

[Hershal]

In Reply to Parent Post by mhirand20

I'm running into the same situation everytime gage blocks in the plant need to be calibrated, we use them in different areas, but the area am having problems is where they use the gages to verify or adjust dyers as the users measures the part before working on it, there are about 15 booths so 15 sets of gage blocks usually a set of 4 blocks .100",.150" .200", .250", and every set name after the booth number so F1 to F15,(the ID has been electroetch) currently they have a small hole at the end of the tip so they can be attached on a ring to keep them together.....

issue:
they keep getting lost, or users keep exchanging blocks

I can see that becoming an issue anytime soon in the next audits...

what would be your recomendations for this case scenario???

Shut it down.....make all checks and clibrations through a single point.....