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Great answer dbooker630, this helps me move my company in the correct direction and get “for reference only” removed from gauges that actually determine a parts conformance to print. I am still annoyed why the ISO 9001 surveillance auditor allowed such a blatant misinterpretation to exist for...

Thanks for the informative posts. Perhaps I was vague in my question. Where does it state what instrument/gauge is to be calibrated. What is the criterion for calibration? A nice simple answer would be helpful. Thanks Again!

Pertaining to control of measurement devices. I just started work for a new company which is ISO 9001 certified and they are trying to get away without calibrating measuring instruments by labeling everything but a few micrometers and calipers "For Reference Only". I can’t find a clear...

Greetings, For a Semi-tubular rivet, is there a specification as to the condition of the formed end of the rivet. Such as, if I was inspecting parts connected with a Semi-tubular rivet what guidelines dictate a pass / fail for the formed end. I have found much information on the rivets(ASME...

Thanks for the replies. I posed this question for discussion only, probing to see if any quality professionals have the same concerns as me. I am not a newbie, I have set-up ISO 9001, AS9100, NADCAP, TS16949 QMS systems for companies over the last 15 years working as an employee and sometimes...

I would like to present a topic for discussion. The elimination of registration to ISO 9001-2008 Quality Management Systems. If a company followed the ISO 9001-2008 as a guideline for their QMS and used this system to its fullest with the discipline required to gain the most out of it but...

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Clarification on increasing my marketability. I am a quality engineer/manager well versed in statistics, lean manufacturing, and six sigma tempered with 20 years experience in the metals fabrication industry with a proven list of accomplishment applying these skill sets. With the current...

Thank you all very much. Mandarin came up a lot in my research as to what dialect is used in the industrialized regions. I am off to Mandarin Chinese lessons. Hmm? Chinese with a Boston accent.

What would be the most useful Chinese dialect for a Quality Engineer to learn? The reason is to make myself more marketable. I have 13 years in Quality Engineering and a total of 26 years of Engineering in metal fabrication and welding.

Thanks to all for settling this debate. Much appreciated, Dave

Situation, if one has a 1 inch diameter x 6 inch long solid brass bar and a ¼ diameter hole was drilled in the center of the solid brass bar, now if the brass bar was heated to 1000 F would the ¼ hole expand or contract? Thanks, Dave

The business I owned and operated was set up to only to weld reactive metals such as Titanium, Zirconium, and Molybdenum. I used a Vacuum Atmospheres hermetic welding chamber which maintained and atmosphere of Argon with less than 20-ppm O2 and 20-ppm moisture. This unit is stainless steel...

Thanks for the input. I am familiar with ISO TS 16949 and ISO.org. I see you copy and pasted your reply from the abstract on ISO.org. Thanks anyway.

The request for TS 16949 is from a new customer with high volume potential. The automotive customer is a new prospect not our standard customer base. If we want their automotive work we must be TS 16949. As far as existing customers I do not believe any specifically requested ISO 9001-2000...