Direct part marking customization is an excellent way for many small businesses, craftsmen, and artisans to differentiate their products and create unique pieces. However, this sort of customization often involves custom tooling, and the types of manufacturers who are capable of producing custom tooling often have difficulty doing so affordably in small runs. As a…
Checking with the gage manufacturer will help you understand what the real limits of your gages are before you go too far down this path. Maybe the gages were not designed to meet the new tolerance requirements. This could mean a new investment in gaging is required. But for some gaging, like fixed body gages,…
Portable Marking Machine Options There are a couple of portable marking machine options for applications where marking needs to be done in the field, or applications where a traditional marking machine isn’t feasible. Learn More Replacement Metal Type for Packaging Machinery From cartoners to tube fillers to hot stamp date coders, high-quality replacement for packaging…
In some plants, metal parts are made accurate to 0.01 inch. In other plants, there are products that cannot tolerate size differences of even a few millionths of an inch. Making parts to either tolerance range is impossible without accurate gaging. However, accurate gaging is impossible if liberties are taken with the design, handling, and…
If you are thinking of ways to economize these days, you may want to consider coaxing more performance out of your existing gages. Many of the gages being built today are refinements of gages built 50 plus years ago. They may have originally been designed for use with a 0.0001 inch indicator, but over the…
When digital electronic indicators were first introduced in the early 1980s, observers expected them to blow mechanical dial indicators out of the water. But despite the clear superiority of electronic indicators in terms of higher resolutions, better accuracy, and usefulness in statistical process control and data collection systems, mechanical indicators retained other advantages and continued…
COLD ROOT ROLLING is the process of burnishing the root radius of a previously cut thread, in a Rotary Shouldered Connection. CJWinter’s Cold Roll Tools are available using our (SA) Standard Attachment Series which uses our Patented EPL® Design, “Error Proof Loading’; the cold roll wheels cannot be installed incorrectly in the roll holder or…
A clear digital display, robust construction and high Mahr accuracy characterize our digital dial gages. The range includes measuring instruments for all applications. Various interfaces for data transfer and a high protection rating up to IP 54 leave no demands unfulfilled. For more information about the MarCator 1086 Ri Digital Indicator, CLICK HERE. Giving Your…
Statistical quality control (SQC) has been in use since the 1930s, when it was performed with paper, pencil, and maybe a slide rule. Statistical quality control (SQC) has been in use since the 1930s, when it was performed with paper, pencil, and maybe a slide rule. As such, it was originally somewhat time consuming, and…
The American Petroleum Institute (API), headquartered in Washington, DC, USA is a world leader in the development of standards for all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry. When using API sanctioned gages for the inspection of products or calibration of other gages, it is critical that the user have a high quality gage,…