Articles with ‘OEM’ Tag

Murphy and Checking Fixtures

Murphy and Checking Fixtures
This week we have lived through a tough experience. One week before delivering a cubing for a bumper, as we where finishing the adjustings, our large CMM machine broke down. Three months of work, with a team of more than 15 people specialised in several areas, and this breakdown had to happen now… The...
30 June 2010 | Examples, Learning from our mistakes | Read More

Who Should Pay for Checking Fixtures?

Who Should Pay for Checking Fixtures?
This is a simple question with a complicated answer. There have been various tendencies over time, and they have been changing according to the point of view established by OEMs. At the beginning, checking fixtures used to be designed and manufactured by OEMs. They were the ones who began to impose...
15 September 2009 | Loud Thinking | Read More