Measure 3 times, for calibration report? Customer Owned Reference Standard

[greif]

When measuring a linear dimension customer part for calibration, is it standard practice to measure each designated point three times and report the average?
I see that Webber does this for gauge blocks and notes it on the report. I wonder if others do it as part of their procedure, but may not mention it on the report.

It seems like a good practice.

 

[Marc]

linear dimension customer part for calibration

Problem...

• Linear Dimension - Measurement of a customer part is not "for calibration".
• Gauge blocks are not "customer parts". They are "reference standards".

Experts - What am I missing in this?

 

[greif]

Being a bit of a stickler? Where it says "customer part", please read "customer owned Reference Standard".
If a Calibration Report is to be issued, to job is to calibrate the customer Item.

 

[Marc]

Where it says "customer part", please read "customer owned Reference Standard"

A significant clarification. Thank you. Thread title clarified and thread tagged appropriately.

 

[dwperron]

You need to define what you are doing, so the customer can interpret the results.

I've seen an average given for pin gauges, measuring each end and the center. Personally I feel that would be useless to a customer, but if that is OK with the customer then there is no problem.
Magic phrase - is it OK with the customer? Is that what they expect?

Go back to my pin gauge example. If I report the average, but the customer thinks I am reporting the worst case of the three measurements, then there is a problem.