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This is just my second post after lurking for quite some time but my question is this. We are a precision forging and machining operation of drivetrain components for the heavy truck industries and in our forging operation we use a considerable number of templete gages to "hot" check the form on drivr pinion and spindle forgings and I am concerned about our method of calibrating these template gages. We make them from the print on a wire EDM and at this time we verify them to the print on a optical comparator. This has past muster in the past but we are working on TS 16949 certification and I am not sure if this will satisfy the auditor.
Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appericated. The basic use of the gage is to insure enough stock for machining and the forged blank has a tolerance of +.060 / -.030 in most cases. I have about 200 of these in my gage system so it can be time consuming to calibrate them. I also have them on a 2 year cycle as wear has never been a problem.
Thanks in advance for your help
Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appericated. The basic use of the gage is to insure enough stock for machining and the forged blank has a tolerance of +.060 / -.030 in most cases. I have about 200 of these in my gage system so it can be time consuming to calibrate them. I also have them on a 2 year cycle as wear has never been a problem.
Thanks in advance for your help