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For me, this seems fairly cut and dry, but the subject has raised some hackles during project launch.
Hypothetical: We have an automotive product that, in its finished state, has 100 holes on a common plane. We are not concerned with size, only that all 100 holes are present. It has been concluded that a $12,000 fixture would be no more functional than a piece of 2x10 lumber with 100 nails driven into as a presence detection device for this characteristic.
So let's say we decide to save $11,995 and go with the 2x10 solution. How do we address the device in our documentation?
Q1) Is it a gage?
Q2) If so, what does it measure?
Q3) How would it be "calibrated"?
Q3) In what way it that traceable to NIST?
I believe that it could not be classified as a gage (at least for TS16949 purposes) if only because I can find no way to trace its function back to NIST. Other Go/NoGo attribute gages are still based on measureable sizes, but in this case the question of "are they there?" and not "how big are they?" is evaluated. It seems more of an Existential question more suitable to Nietzsche than NIST.
Thoughts?

Hypothetical: We have an automotive product that, in its finished state, has 100 holes on a common plane. We are not concerned with size, only that all 100 holes are present. It has been concluded that a $12,000 fixture would be no more functional than a piece of 2x10 lumber with 100 nails driven into as a presence detection device for this characteristic.
So let's say we decide to save $11,995 and go with the 2x10 solution. How do we address the device in our documentation?
Q1) Is it a gage?
Q2) If so, what does it measure?
Q3) How would it be "calibrated"?
Q3) In what way it that traceable to NIST?
I believe that it could not be classified as a gage (at least for TS16949 purposes) if only because I can find no way to trace its function back to NIST. Other Go/NoGo attribute gages are still based on measureable sizes, but in this case the question of "are they there?" and not "how big are they?" is evaluated. It seems more of an Existential question more suitable to Nietzsche than NIST.
Thoughts?

worth only about $0.015...