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Hi! First, not trying to open up old definition wounds (is it calibration if you can't adjust, etc). I promise I've read through all the posts on this, but if I've missed one, feel free to refer me to it. 
We're coming up on our first surveillance audit ISO 9001:2008. 7.6(a) says "measuring equipment shall be calibrated or verified or both....the basis used for calibration or verification shall be recorded."
Rather than get our CMM arm re-calibrated (lots of money) we want to do an in-house verification of its calibration. (It was calibrated last year.)
According to 7.6(a) we can do this, if we have recorded the basis we are using for our verification, right? So if we can prove that the arm gives accurate measurements for the parts we need it to measure, and we've written up how we verified that, then we're good...right?
But we still won't be good with the folks who CALIBRATED the arm, right? The certificate will still say "calibration expires on xx/xx/xx." Will that make a difference to the auditor if we can verify the calibration is still accurate? Thanks for your help!
We're coming up on our first surveillance audit ISO 9001:2008. 7.6(a) says "measuring equipment shall be calibrated or verified or both....the basis used for calibration or verification shall be recorded."
Rather than get our CMM arm re-calibrated (lots of money) we want to do an in-house verification of its calibration. (It was calibrated last year.)
According to 7.6(a) we can do this, if we have recorded the basis we are using for our verification, right? So if we can prove that the arm gives accurate measurements for the parts we need it to measure, and we've written up how we verified that, then we're good...right?
But we still won't be good with the folks who CALIBRATED the arm, right? The certificate will still say "calibration expires on xx/xx/xx." Will that make a difference to the auditor if we can verify the calibration is still accurate? Thanks for your help!