The Gage Selection Process

Feb. 4, 2009 - PRLog -- The most common question we receive from our customers is; “what kind of gage do I need for this application?”

Picking the right gage for your application requires three pieces of information.

1) What is the Tolerance or GD&T specification?
2) What is the production volume?
3) What is the degree of flexibility required?

Birdsall Tool & Gage Company (http://www.birdsalltool.com) has the staff and experience to help you with your gaging needs. Give us a call or send us an email with your part prints and some information on your volume and special requirements and we will provide you with solutions that reduce your total cost of gaging. We also have flexible electronic controls that can be recycled when your gaging needs change and/or a gaging system is no longer in use.

When dealing with tolerance issues, it is best to work with a 10 to 1 ratio. So, for a tolerance of +/-.002, you would require a gaging system that was accurate within +/-.0002. Sometimes, your end customer will want your gage systems to pass a “10%” GR&R study. It is very important that a gage house like BTG with years of experience is there to make sure the rest points can support a Gage Repeatability and Reliability study. A great looking gage that is well built with precision and quality components can totally fail a GR&R study if part deformities, surface finishes, repeatable location points, and part rotation are not carefully studied to see how they will affect the results.

Give BTG a call to learn more about the implications of GR&R studies on your parts. We have the expertise to help you determine the proper gaging systems you will need for total gage cost savings and success in measuring your products.

Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages, CMM fixtures, special tools and tooling with customer satisfaction in mind. Call 248-474-5150 for more information about our company.

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Birdsall Tool and Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages.