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I'm in the early stages of developing a comprehensive gage tracking and calibration software suite that will run under the Linux operating system. This came about after 3 year of struggling with some of the current gage tracking software available. It occured to me that there must be a way to integrate the various functions involved with maintaining a gage tracking system.
My current employer owns a pair of Pratt & Whitney supermicroneters (internal and external) that are used to calibrate thread gages, plug gages, ring gages, etc. The software is not at all user-friendly, nor will it integrate with our tracking software. If this were not bad enough, Pratt & Whitney has indicated that they will not be supporting the Model C supermicrometer after this version of their Gage-cal software. I know that there are a large number of these instruments in use, and replaceing them is extremely expensive, so I'm going with the theory that it's more cost-effective to replace the out-moded software.
I've chosen the Linux OS because of it's open-source philosophy, and the fact that it is very secure. My proposed suite would combine all the needed functions for gage calibration and tracking, with archival functions that would allow the storing of manufacturers certs, vendor certs, and any other applicable documents for specific gages at the particular page for a specific gage.
As I stated earlier, I am in the early stages of development, but from what I've seen, it appears feasible.
My question is, do any of you folks have any suggestions? I'm listening to anything.
My current employer owns a pair of Pratt & Whitney supermicroneters (internal and external) that are used to calibrate thread gages, plug gages, ring gages, etc. The software is not at all user-friendly, nor will it integrate with our tracking software. If this were not bad enough, Pratt & Whitney has indicated that they will not be supporting the Model C supermicrometer after this version of their Gage-cal software. I know that there are a large number of these instruments in use, and replaceing them is extremely expensive, so I'm going with the theory that it's more cost-effective to replace the out-moded software.
I've chosen the Linux OS because of it's open-source philosophy, and the fact that it is very secure. My proposed suite would combine all the needed functions for gage calibration and tracking, with archival functions that would allow the storing of manufacturers certs, vendor certs, and any other applicable documents for specific gages at the particular page for a specific gage.
As I stated earlier, I am in the early stages of development, but from what I've seen, it appears feasible.
My question is, do any of you folks have any suggestions? I'm listening to anything.
