TS16949 - No "For Reference Only" Gages allowed?

[QA179Chief]

I have reference only gages that are used to determine pass / fail criteria on the manufacturing floor. These reference only gages have pass / fail calibrated standards attached to them and before use the reference gages must be checked to the traceable calibrated standard. This is questioned, but has passed due to the calibrated pass/fail standards attached.

Otherwise, a reference only gage used for pass/fail criteria will be a finding.

[TamTom]

In Reply to Parent Post by sorin

Show me the shall ...did they give the refrence (in TS16949) for that statement?

ON another note, do not let your company bullied in the whims of auditors. Next year they will state that they will not accept white calibration tags and only blue will be accepted.

No its not the taps, everything you calibrate must also fit in the MSA!!

So you start to make MSA for al these instruments!! If you really masure prodcut controlls with them or not.

Against the devices going home, are to methods helping:
1. You bind the device to a person, you name it and if it got lost are is damaged every two days, the people have to pay for them.

2. make a person from the team responsible for the calibration, so he takes the devices internally and bring them in for calibration, these measuring device responisble person is offical named and has a list, not you. So he could be blamed, that is better than the "Quality" guy.

Greetings

TamTom