Hey guys/gals I am wondering how you and your CMM are used. aside from CMM operator, what titles do you carry? many? Engineer? Programmer? Metrologist?
Quality Automation and Systems Integration Engineer. 2 Plants, same town. I have (3) 4.5.4 SF and (2) Tigos, Probably going to buy 2 more Tigos in the next couple of months. They are used in manufacturing cells. Start with a forging, goes to a CNC lathe, then mill, then deburred, then to the CMM for inspection, then to an assembly area, assembled, then gets placed in a pressure test stand, if passes pressure test, goes on a paint cart, if fails, they troubleshoot. All by 1 person in the cell, the machinist. No CMM operators here. Each CMM inspects the same part over and over with almost no variation. Machinists place the part in a fixture, hit execute, scan the barcode and review the report. Works very well here. High volume, very low mix.
At my other plant, I have a 7.10.7 and an Optiv 321 Tp that runs a low volume high mix and my coworker (same title). No manufacturing cells, traditional manufacturing plant layout. Idea is that the 7.10.7 can replace much of physical QC work but its hard setting up a machine like that with no operator. Lots and lots of training.
Quality Automation and Systems Integration Engineer. 2 Plants, same town. I have (3) 4.5.4 SF and (2) Tigos, Probably going to buy 2 more Tigos in the next couple of months. They are used in manufacturing cells. Start with a forging, goes to a CNC lathe, then mill, then deburred, then to the CMM for inspection, then to an assembly area, assembled, then gets placed in a pressure test stand, if passes pressure test, goes on a paint cart, if fails, they troubleshoot. All by 1 person in the cell, the machinist. No CMM operators here. Each CMM inspects the same part over and over with almost no variation. Machinists place the part in a fixture, hit execute, scan the barcode and review the report. Works very well here. High volume, very low mix.
At my other plant, I have a 7.10.7 and an Optiv 321 Tp that runs a low volume high mix and my coworker (same title). No manufacturing cells, traditional manufacturing plant layout. Idea is that the 7.10.7 can replace much of physical QC work but its hard setting up a machine like that with no operator. Lots and lots of training.
