DPC invests in NPL training

Training from National Physical Laboratory has brought Dawson Precison Components (DPC) staff up to an across-the-board level of competence with regard to technical drawing and measuring equipment.

Dawson Precision Components (DPC) has a range of skills across its workforce as wide as the bespoke products it develops for its customers.

Its operators are all from different backgrounds with varying levels of experience from full apprenticeships to in-house on the job training.

They have different levels of understanding with regard to technical drawings and use of measuring equipment.

DPC invested in National Physical Laboratory training to bring all these employees up to an across-the-board level of competence.

The course demonstrated that the simplest way of measuring a particular feature is not always possible due to reasons such as feature size and accessibility.

As a result, employees learnt to consider the inaccuracies of the measuring equipment being used even when operating the most advanced instruments on the market.

The benefits that the operators came away with include a clearer understanding of geometric symbols and tolerances; increased confidence in inspecting various components; a collective understanding of how to interpret drawings to avoid confusion; and an appreciation of the conditions or inaccuracies that can affect measurement as a whole.

The course provided benefits in all areas of DPC quality control - increasing production efficiency, accuracy and, ultimately, ensuring customer satisfaction.

Simon Dawson, managing director at DPC, said: 'The NPL training undertaken recently by eight personnel was very successful for DPC as, although all personnel on the course were skilled engineers, their knowledge and understanding of tolerances, inaccuracies and measuring techniques were greatly improved, giving them increased confidence and subjectivity to take back to the shop floor.

'We now plan to roll out Level One NPL training throughout the factory and also to progress key personnel to level two.

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