Quality
Inspection isn't a department here.
It's part of the machining cycle. Features get measured while the part is still clamped, on the machine that cut them.
On the machine
Probed in process.
Both Multus machines carry a Renishaw Inspection Plus probe on the spindle. It can be indexed through the B axis, so features aren't limited to one direction — bores, faces, bosses, walls, corners and hole patterns can all be measured in the orientation they were cut in.
Practically, that changes three things:
- Errors are caught while they're still fixable — the part is clamped, located and in the machine.
- The machine corrects itself. Measured deviation feeds back into offsets, so drift over a run doesn't quietly become a reject.
- Every part can be measured, not just the first and last one out of a lot.
All probing runs through protected positioning routines, so a probe never travels as an unguarded rapid.
Off the machine, final and first-article inspection is done on our Zeiss CMM against your model and print, and whole surfaces are checked by 3D scanning.
3D scanning
The whole surface, not just the points.
A CMM measures the features you ask it to. A 3D scan captures the entire part (every wall, pocket floor and blend) and compares it to your CAD model in Geomagic Control X.
The result is a color deviation map. Green is on nominal, and anything drifting high or low shows up in red or blue at a glance, anywhere on the part, including in places nobody thought to put a probe point.
- Complex and freeform surfaces: contours, blends and thin walls checked as a whole.
- Large, pocketed parts: warp and wall movement are visible across the full part, not inferred from a few points.
- A report you can see: the deviation map can go out with the dimensional data.
Documentation
Numbers you can hand to your own customer.
This is a real report off Multus 1 — every probed point with its nominal, its measured value, the deviation, the margin left against tolerance, and a pass or fail. Twelve points, eleven in tolerance, one caught and flagged.
That last part is the point. A report where everything always passes tells you nothing about whether anyone was actually looking.
Measurement results are recorded against the feature and the part, tied back to your model and print rather than to a generic form.
If your program needs first-article inspection, dimensional reports, or data on a specific set of characteristics, tell us at quote time and it gets built into the process — not bolted on afterwards when it's expensive.
- First-article inspection on the Zeiss CMM
- 3D scan color deviation maps against your CAD model
- Dimensional reports against your print
- In-process probing records
- Material certifications on request
Verified before and after the cut
Checked in simulation, checked in the machine.
Process verification isn't only about measuring the finished part. It's about knowing the program is right before a tool ever moves — and confirming the part while it's still held.
Standards
The standards we work to.
Our quality system is built to AS9100 and ISO 9001 guidelines.
What we do hold ourselves to: documented process control, traceable material, calibrated measurement, controlled revisions of programs and prints, and a real corrective action when something goes wrong.
Confidentiality
All part files, drawings and associated information are considered confidential and are held in strict confidence. Nothing you send us is shown, shared or used as sales material without your written permission — including on this website. Every part pictured here is shown with permission or is our own.
Engineering design reviews
We offer engineering design reviews before a part is cut. We go through the model and print with you — tolerances, features that are hard to machine, material and finish choices, and where a small change makes the part simpler to make. It saves time and money for both parties, and it usually ends in a better final product.
Getting it right the first time
What helps us hold your tolerances.
The most useful thing you can do is tell us what actually matters on the part.
Send a model and a print
The solid model drives the toolpath. The print tells us intent. We want both — one without the other means we're guessing.
Call out the critical features
Which dimensions are functional and which are drawing-office default? That single answer changes process, cost and inspection.
State finishes and tolerances
Surface finish requirements and true tolerance callouts, including where a blanket title-block tolerance is not what you actually mean.
Tell us the inspection you need
First article, full dimensional, specific characteristics, material certs — ask at quote time so it's designed into the job.
Have a print with real tolerances on it?
Send it over. We'll tell you what we can hold and how we'd prove it.