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Effective Control of Monitoring and Measuring Devices - Unused Devices
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During our Audit, the Auditor pulled a thread gage and the gage was calibrated over a year ago and it was not used, so I updated the sticker and in my system and recorded that the gage was not used no work done and put a new sticker on it. They said that I would have to re-cal even if the gage was not used.
Rubbish! However, there's a lesson here. An effective gauge control system allows for a number of controls, like, putting something like this gauge into storage - thus stopping the clock on the calibration interval, and, where it's appropriate, a calibration 'extension' - use a form to record what and why you extended the recall. Better have data to back it up, of course...
Your auditor clearly doesn't know much about calibration or gauges - otherwise they wouldn't have mentioned it in this manner! Ask for them to send someone who does, next time!