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I saw a couple questions similar to mine but not quite what I am looking for, so here is my question. If I overlooked the Thread that would answer my question i am sorry to clutter up the forum.
My company has just begun ISO 9001:2000 and I am wondering about calibration. We are a small Job Shop focusing mostly on CNC milling services. We have many many inspection gages. Every Machinist on the floor has his/her own set of tools (couple mics, caliper, depth mic, and more for some of the older guys), plus we have many shop owned tools in the inspection room. To calibrate all of them outside we are looking at a bill of over $40,000.
I am wondering if anyone else has run into this problem and what they did about it.
I have seen shops that have a couple calibrated gages and say everything else is for reference only. Generally these shops are still using the ref only gages for inspection either in process or final. I am thinking about a set of master gages calibrated outside and then the rest of the shop calibrated to those. We are looking at a Super Mic tomorrow and are thinking of using that wherever it applies.
What would a registrar think of this?
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Peter
By the way I really like the forums you have setup here!
My company has just begun ISO 9001:2000 and I am wondering about calibration. We are a small Job Shop focusing mostly on CNC milling services. We have many many inspection gages. Every Machinist on the floor has his/her own set of tools (couple mics, caliper, depth mic, and more for some of the older guys), plus we have many shop owned tools in the inspection room. To calibrate all of them outside we are looking at a bill of over $40,000.
I am wondering if anyone else has run into this problem and what they did about it.
I have seen shops that have a couple calibrated gages and say everything else is for reference only. Generally these shops are still using the ref only gages for inspection either in process or final. I am thinking about a set of master gages calibrated outside and then the rest of the shop calibrated to those. We are looking at a Super Mic tomorrow and are thinking of using that wherever it applies.
What would a registrar think of this?
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Peter
By the way I really like the forums you have setup here!
