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Does your Company Supply Calipers for Employees?

Does your company supply calipers for your employees?

  • Yes

    Votes: 27 67.5%

  • No

    Votes: 11 27.5%

  • N/A

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • Total voters
    40
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Grizz1345

#11
#11
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

Our company buys precision tools that are loaned out through the tool crib. These are calibrated by the cal lab. Personal tools are not generally calibrated:(set-up personnel, toolmakers). The rule here is if it is used to accept or reject parts then it must be calibrated. So what I am saying is that if it is used to accept or reject parts then the company supplies it and calibrates them.:cool:
 
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Gert Sorensen

#12
#12
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

I think there is great potential in this line of thought, so here is some extra ways of making things easier:

  • Employees could bring their own computer, printerpaper, ink stamp etc.
  • Salespersonel can supply their own van
  • Hire a chauffeur to do the deliveries and make him supply his own lorry
  • We could all polish our own windows
  • How about deducting the cost of complaints from the wages of the person producing or releasing products
:lmao: :bonk: :lmao: :bonk: :lmao: :bonk: :lmao: :bonk:

Seriously, i think the concept of hiring people to do a job, and then expecting them to supply their own tools is sort of middleaged :frust:
 
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Cordon - 2007

#13
#13
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

Jim Wynne said:
Frankly, complaining about $1800 a year seems like excessive noodling. I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find a better way to save a few bucks.
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I agree Jim.

We have 18 workers that use calipers, mostly 12" and a few that use 6" on a daily basis. We have just set up a weekly cleaning cycle to see if this will reduce the amount of calipers that need to be replaced. We don't have an issue with people stealing them and I don't believe that there are any intentional abuse to the calipers; just daily use with dirty hands and metal shavings getting in them.

Yesterday our tool crib guy put an order in for 4 sets of heavy duty (premium) 12" Fowlers that were on sale for $80 a set and it was questioned again, hence the poll.
 
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Ted Schmitt

#14
#14
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

We supply all required measuring instruments.

Each employeee has his own caliper supplied by the company. When he receives it, he is told that the responsibility of the instrument is entirely his. He signs a Term of Responsibility. If the instrument is lost, stolen or damaged he is required to supply the company a new one (we usually deduct it from pay in several installments.
 
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gpainter

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#15
#15
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

We provide all the measuring instruments that are needed. Everyone is given a set and are required to return them if they leave if they do not then the price of new ones are deducted from their final pay. They are all checked during calibration for wear and tear and are replaced as needed, if they are lost then they pay for replacements.
 
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lrowe

#16
#16
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

When I first came on board here, employees were required to buy their own gages. This included assembly workers, who probably were making less than $10 hour. What this help lead to was every crappy cheap caliper and micrometer known to mankind to be brought into the plant, without being put on the cal system to boot. :nope:

I managed to convince management to at least set up a discount on quality gages that I would keep a stock of and allow employee payroll deductions. This helped but I finally said lets just keep a stock of common used gages and issue them to employees with the word from their supervisor that they had a legit need for one. Verbally it was agreed that this would be OK, but ultimately I just went ahead and did it by using money in the QC budget and hope I don't take too much heat for being over spent on gages. We will see this coming year if this really is acceptable to management!

I agree with Gert's comments -you hire people for their labor or other skills, if you want to make sure you are getting the job done right with the right equipment, just provide it! This is the cost of doing business.

:topic: Hey Gert! My family hosted a great exchange student from Soro last year - is that anywhere near you?

Larry
 
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JRKH

#17
#17
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

Gert Sorensen said:
........Seriously, i think the concept of hiring people to do a job, and then expecting them to supply their own tools is sort of middleaged :frust:
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Sorry, I have to disagree.

I have been in machine work for thiry years and every company I have worked for has required workers to aquire their own basic tools. Including Calipers and micrometers (up to 3 inches). The company supplies the more specialized equipment and larger more expensive stuff that is less commonly used. All tools - personal or company - are in the calibration system.

Since being in quality and working on calibration I have noticed a large difference in how people take care of their tools and seems to be a direct corrolation between this and their quality of work attitude. In my opinion, you are a professional. You get your own tools. These go with you from task to task and job to job. You take care of them and they take care of you.

I prefer to be using the same tool - my tool - because I know that tool and am comfortable with its feel. I am more confident of my measurements.

My 2 cents

James
 
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kcoryell

#19
#19
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

We have a machine shop with around 80-100 employees. We are encouraged if not required not to use our own tools. The company supplies all gaging. The only employees that can use their own gages are the set up personnel, and it is recommended that they do use company gages. That is how we answer clause 7.6.
 
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jrubio

#20
#20
Re: Does your company supply calipers for your workers?

Cordon said:
This discussion came up (again) today and quite frankly has been a thorn in every ones side as long as I can remember! We spend about $1,500 to $1,800 (so I'm told) a year on dial calipers for our workers and the thought is to issue 1 set a year for free and if they need a new set they will pay for them. We have no "skilled trades" employees here and the average pay of the workers that use them is around $12/$13 an hour.

So does your company supply calipers for your employees?
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One solution may be to create a verification area with a Calliper conected with the suitable device (Wireless) to a PC in order to collet datas more quickly. So the Calliper is used in good conditions, Light, clean, ...

The idea of workers paying their own Calliper is a nighmare :mad: (And I think this is ilegal) relating question about calibration and maintance responsability according with the manual.

How are you going to explaing your Customer that one calliper belonging to your worker was not calibrated and correctly maintained and by this you supplied a bad part. If the tooling belong to your worker Do the Company have civil and legal responsability of calibration and maintance meassuring critical charasterist?.

It is better always use the same gage for meassuring the same charasterist according with the data provided in the PPAP in order to not introduce repetitivity and reproduciblitity (R&R).
 
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