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News Release from: Bowers Metrology UK | Subject: Checkmatic Bench Gauge
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2008
Precision bench gauge is flexibly
configurable
A bench gauge system solved a measuring problem for a mould maker as the extremely flexible gauge can be configured for internal and external measuring tasks to micron accuracy.
Portsmouth-based precision mould and plastic s injection mould maker ENL had been searching for the best way of measuring difficult, complex components ENL's quality manager, Vince Barton, had investigated many different gauging systems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Barton had decided that the sheer volume and diversity of the company's plastics parts rendered dedicated fixtures an unfeasible financial proposition.
Eventually, Barton found the answer to the measuring problem - novel Checkmatic Bench Gauge from Bowers Metrology.
* Flexibility and adaptability - the extremely flexible Bowers Gauge can be configured to perform a very many different internal and external measuring tasks to micron accuracy.
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The Checkmatic's comprehensive range of retrofitable accessories ensures that previously difficult gauging tasks can be performed rapidly with a minimum of operator input.
The Checkmatic also withstands rigourouss shop-floor working, yet provides excellent accuracy and speed of use, Bowers told manufacturingtalk.com.
The inexpensive gauge has its own built-in multi-function digital readout or alternatively it can be fitted with mechanical/electronic indicators or transducer probes.
Barton was entusiastic about the Checkmatic: "Our new Checkmatic gives us the best of both worlds, as we are able to set it up to perform dedicated measurements on a particular part, then quickly re-configure the gauge for our next production run.
Although our new Bowers gauge has its own comprehensive range of accessories, its flexible nature means that we have been able to manufacture our own contacts and adapters to suit some of our more unusual applications.
The unit's speed of operation and accuracy enables it to keep pace with the large volume of work passing through our department and ensure the continued quality of our output".
* About ENL - for more than 50 years, Portsmouth, UK-based ENL has been dedicated to excellence in the manufacture of high quality mould tools and technical injection moulding.
As a renowned total service supplier, the company is able to move products seamlessly from concept, through prototyping and into high volume production.
ENL's proven track record in the design, development and manufacture of countless successful products has attracted a diverse range of blue chip organisation.
ENL's customers are attracted by the company's ability to offer a single, fully integrated source for design, Tooling, technical moulding, insert overmoulding, horizontal and vertical machining, assembly and printing.
The company's steadfast commitment to quality is recognised by the ISO9001: 2000 standard.
ENL is also an approved supplier to Airbus Industries and BAe - the Aerospace equivalent - AS9100.
These accreditations demand that ENL's policies and working practices are subject to continual improvement, they must also meet the special procedures required as a supplier to the safety critical Aerospace industry.
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