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News Release from: Bowers Metrology UK | Subject: Ultra-Light Sylvac Caliper at Unilathe
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2008
Bowers Sylvac Caliper measures large
shafts
Bowers recently supplied 10ft capacity Ultra-Light Sylvac Caliper to measure the length of exceptionally large shafts, an operation which was time-consuming on a CMM.
Unilathe in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, regularly makes investments in new CNC Machine Tools in state of the art measuring instruments The company recently purchased an extremely unusual gauge from Bowers UK
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Unilathe's quality manger, Jeff Bratt, said that operators had to use one of the company's coordinate measuring machines (CMM) to measure the large shafts.
Transporting the parts and use of CMM time had become a major problem, said Bratt.
He continued: "Before we discovered the Sylvac caliper, we despaired of ever finding a gauge with the capacity to measure our shafts.
Since using the gauge, valuable CMM time has been released and measuring times have been slashed".
Bratt added: "To further speed-up our shaft measuring process we have constructed two V-block saddles, containing alignment slots to accept the new gauge, and allow us to check the required lengths.
Our new lightweight caliper will help to ensure that our valued customers continue to receive the highest quality components from Unilathe".
* About Unilathe - Unilathe, a prominent Stoke-on-Trent, UK-based engineering company has enjoyed a period of 'meteoric' growth since being established by its present owners in 1977.
From the company's humble beginning with two men and three machines based in a 1000ft2 unit, Unilathe has grown into today's highly professional, multi-faceted company employing over 100 personnel on a 5-acre business park.
With a demanding client base that reads like a 'who's who' in the petro-chemical, off-highway specialised vehicles, railroad, mining and aerospace industries, the company practices stringent quality assurance procedures in accordance with the standard BSEN ISO:9001 2000 requirements.
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