Whether it be for ISO, government, aerospace or medical requirements, or for smaller shops, the need for accurate data is crucial for traceability to demonstrate qualified parts or to trace back any manufacturing errors. Wireless precision measuring tools are engineered for efficient data collection for a wide range of end uses. Wireless provides speed, convenience and ease of collecting and storing data. In this way, operator subjectivity and recording measurement errors are removed, and time is saved when not manually transcribing data. Also, by eliminating backpacks and cables, there is less equipment to purchase, so startup costs are decreased, and related maintenance requirements are reduced within the manufacturer’s shop tool calibration program.Ĭollecting and transmitting measurement data is faster and less error-prone, facilitated simply by measuring and pressing a button to send the data to a mobile phone, tablet, or PC. The need for bulky and cumbersome hardware such as backpacks and cables which can be safety hazards is eliminated. Key benefits of using wireless gages, including using them as a gage only or within an advanced data collection system, are as follows:

Relatively recently, wireless precision gages were introduced. Properly used, the data collected can provide printouts for analysis and can help a machinist control processes, as well as predict and prevent out-of-tolerance conditions. Yet, it was not until after the Civil War that machines and measuring tools approaching the accuracy of modern standards were developed.Įlectronic gages are capable of transmitting data through cables or wireless without cables, to collection devices to provide a permanent record for SPC, required for many industries today. There was tremendous growth in mass production of all types of goods during the 19th century. Eli Whitney first conceived the basic idea of mass production through interchangeable parts, and it was only through improved methods of measurement and mechanically powered machines that would make mass production possible. However, today’s mass production demands precision measuring because the parts in any product must be uniform to be interchangeable. Of course, the tools of the past did not demand great accuracy as most products were manually and custom made, so a fraction of an inch in one way or the other made little difference to satisfactory operation. from such measurements, there evolved the inch, hand, span, foot, cubit, year and fathom – the first standards of measurement. In fact, at the dawn of civilization, man began to use parts of the body to estimate dimensions, and in about 6,000 B.C. Precision has not always been associated with measurement.

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