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what do I need to do to enter to win? chris

U-wave contest, use of Mitutoyo wireless caliper. Left photo shows inside of circular cylinder that circulates fluid through a spiral trench that was milled on CNC machine. Each end of spiral has a 0.25" hole that connects to fluid connector on bottom side of cylinder. Holes are drilled though the  2.5" thickness to bottom side of cylinder as shown in Right photo. Measurement problem is that cylinders are different sizes and orientations on the two sides, so precise measurement is required to align second  [0.339"] holes drilled from back side that need to be threaded to accept fittings as shown. Exact position of smaller holes drilled from top will be measured by Mitutoyo caliper and wirelessly transmitted to computer, where data will be fed into cnc controller to drill larger holes for threads. In addition, the same caliper can measure drill tool position in collet so that tool table will automatically allow accurate depth of holes. Using the Mitutoyo U-Wave wireless system will allow much faster operation and more accurate and reliable results compared to current system of doing it all by hand. This difference will be much more noticable when doing multiple parts or multiple copies of one part.

we make parts for machinery repairs we check bearings and lots of diferent machine parts that need to be precise to for the machine to be able to produce good parts. we also make dies and punch holders so everything we do need to be precise.

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 The Mitutoyo Caliper would be introduced to a local community college where  many students would have access to this equipment.  This is a comprehensive Machine Tool program in west Michigan. Students in this program come from many different industries. 

I am the advisor for a student-run manufacturing business called Eagle Manufacturing in our high school in Nashville, IN. The business is run and managed by high school students.

Our student employees would use the Mitutoyo U-Wave Caliper kit to help us record inspection measurements from machined components more efficiently. In addition, they would troubleshoot how to directly send those measurements to our ERP software. This will allow the students to get experience with an additional way for them to work more efficiently with less mistakes. They can then take that knowledge and those skills into the workplace when they graduate and go into industry or further their education in the manufacturing or engineering disciplines. 

I'd set up a mobile Mitutoyo SPC station to help improve our in-process inspection throughout the shop!

@techengct

Technical Engineering, LLC

We would use the Mitutoyo wave system to gather measurements during reverse engineering projects and during production to gather in process QC checks on parts while they are still in the CNC machines. Check out the video!

Rob Little

Little Enterprises LLC

When we hear about Industry 4.0 the first evidences are products like Mitutoyo's U-Wave.  Any time we can automate redundant low value tasks like inputting SPC measurements we all benefit.  There are less mistakes and more importantly there is a more secure process which requires less manpower.  I applaud Mitutoyo for their development of this timesaving, process improving and Skills Gap impacting technology.  It is certainly worth checking out U-Wave to see if can help your shop be Better. 

We just started a new manufacturing facility. We are still very small company, but the need to measure and retain the readings for the parts we manufacture and tracking is critical for SPC. U-wave may be the best option as we begin this new phase of operation.

Cheers!

Walt

https://www.mscdirect.com/betterMRO/sites/default/files/Mitutoyo%20U-Wave-it_2260_1.pdf?357

Did you know?

Up to 100 digimatic gages can be registered to a single U-WAVE receiver.  The data can automatically be entered seperately in the Excel sheet.  This solves the issue of multiple operators using seperate gages which significantly delays data collection. 

You can learn more about the advantages of the U-WAVE system and details on how it works in the link attached. 

When the Coronavirus releases parts I will be able to get my new machine (hopefully soon, already 1+ month late) and be able to do inline SPC of parts made on the machine to verify and dial in its capabilities. Further, I can use them to design my new parts to be made on the new machine and interact with other people's parts that I don't have drawings for and therefore have to measure and model them as well. They could be quite helpful in my new startup...when this virus issue stops delaying my machine delivery.

I just recieved a new hire, and with that I have become his supervisor. I would like to welcome him to the company with a set of nice measuring instruments for him to learn along his way.

My company is currently under contract to the US Army Ground Vehicle Command to develop an in-field repair for composite structures. One aspect of our tasking is to evaluate the shelf life of candidate adhesives. To do so we have placed the adhesives, and other materials, in Pelican cases at four outdoor locations around the USA. Every 3 months, for two years, we pull a sample, make test specimens with them and load test them in the laboratory. To do so we bond two 4 x 7-3/4 inch composite plates on edge with a 1/2 inch overlap. Following full cure we then cut into 48 each 1 x 7-1/2 inch speciments on a wet saw. As the widths vary by a few mils we have to mic and record each of the 48 specimens by hand as required by the ASTM test standard. The U-wave would cut down significantly on the keyboard input into the spread sheets.

The possibility to get multiple part measurements into a spreadsheet would be a really fast way to get Max and  Average dimensional deviations on parts.

I can see this being really beneficial for certain tasks.

Hope I get a chance to try this out!

Hello!

My name is Emma and I am the Quality Manager at Cleveland Tool and Design. I run the entire quality department here and reporting various dimensions is obviously a major aspect and pretty common in my position. I use various measurement tools but micrometers, calipers, etc., always are one of my last choices because all the dimensions have to be manually recorded and then transferred into a report. With the Mitutoyo U-Wave kit I would be able to eliminate the steps that make caliper and micrometer measurements less convenient and incorporate those measurements directly into reports for our customers. Making my job easier but also helping to eliminate the chance for mistakes. Thank you for your consideration!

Hello!

My name is Mario, I used to work for the (Quality Department) as a quality inspector my duties included measuring lots of part with different types of measuring instruments, unfortunately everything is recorded in a piece of paper then exported to digital file which is time consuming. Having this instrument will reduce the time by having the measurement recorded instantly in a digital file.

This instrument can be used for different areas, One of those areas is the New Tool crib Departement, This is my new department and was created because tons of tools are unorganized around the company, Having this U-wave wireless instrument will help me collet information instantly in a excel document, organize different diameter drills, end mill, reamers, dowel pins, etc. here is a example of what i'm currently working see images.