Temperature cycling thermal chamber accuracy and Gage R&R

[jonnykid]

I'm ordering a new temperature / thermal chamber chamber and have been asked to ensure that accuracy and gage R&R meet TS16949 standards. TS 16949 is rather flaky and refers to the MSA reference manual. I'm assuming that the only way I can ensure I meet the spec is by purchasing the MSA doc and following its R&R methodoligies for test setup.

Does anyone have any experience in this?

Many thanks,

JK

 

[Marc]

I may be missing something here, but you are 'conditioning' with a thermal chamber rather than taking measurements of a critical characteristic. That said, I don't *think* Gage R&R is required on a thermal cycling chamber.

 

[Bill Ryan - 2007]

Welcome to the Cove

I've got to agree with Marc (although I'm not completely sure what a "thermal chamber" is/does).

We heat treat most of our products (those that need heat treating for aging or to meet a "T5" requirement) but the Gage R&R is done on the hardness tester - not the oven. Do you measure something on your product when it is through the thermal chamber processing step to validate that it did go through the step?