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Good Evening All,
I am the Quality Manager for a small manufacturing company in SC. We manufacture gas-liquid separation equipment for industrial applications. We are currently in the process of obtaining our ISO 9001:2000 registration.
I am working on creating all of our forms and SOPs and am currently working on our calibration procedure. We use three different tools for measuring: calipers, micrometers, and tape measures. The calipers and micrometers are used to measure small components. The tape measures are used to verify our individual modules and the overall assemblies against our documentation. I plan on calibrating a set of calipers, micrometers, and tape measures, which will be used to verify our critical dimensions of the product before shipping to our customer. These will be stored in a dedicated cabinet.
What I'm stuck on is must I identify all the other measuring devices used on the production floor during the daily work details. The guys use these during the build process; they are not used for the critical/final dimension checks. I have been told that I must mark these as "FRO" (For Reference Only). What I want to know is must this be done? I've put a statement in the procedure that indicates any tool not identified as calibrated is by default "For Reference Only". Does this statement cover us per ISO 9001:2000 or must we mark each tool as FRO?
Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
I am the Quality Manager for a small manufacturing company in SC. We manufacture gas-liquid separation equipment for industrial applications. We are currently in the process of obtaining our ISO 9001:2000 registration.
I am working on creating all of our forms and SOPs and am currently working on our calibration procedure. We use three different tools for measuring: calipers, micrometers, and tape measures. The calipers and micrometers are used to measure small components. The tape measures are used to verify our individual modules and the overall assemblies against our documentation. I plan on calibrating a set of calipers, micrometers, and tape measures, which will be used to verify our critical dimensions of the product before shipping to our customer. These will be stored in a dedicated cabinet.
What I'm stuck on is must I identify all the other measuring devices used on the production floor during the daily work details. The guys use these during the build process; they are not used for the critical/final dimension checks. I have been told that I must mark these as "FRO" (For Reference Only). What I want to know is must this be done? I've put a statement in the procedure that indicates any tool not identified as calibrated is by default "For Reference Only". Does this statement cover us per ISO 9001:2000 or must we mark each tool as FRO?
Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.