Gauges
A measurement taken with an out-of-calibration gauge is not a measurement — and every result since the last good calibration is in question.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Control
- Section: Measurement & Traceability
- Screen: Gauges
Address in the console: /mfg/gauges
List · 12 columns · 18 fields on its form · 1 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Gauge | Code | gauge_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Text | gauge_type |
| Serial | Code | serial_no |
| Work center | Code | work_center_code |
| Resolution | Number | resolution |
| Unit | Code | uom |
| Last calibrated | Date | last_calibrated_at |
| Next due | Date | next_calibration_due |
| Days | Number | days_to_due |
| Calibration | Status | calibration_status |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type | Text | Caliper, CMM, torque wrench, scale… | |
| Manufacturer | Text | ||
| Model | Text | ||
| Serial number | Text | ||
| Work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Machine | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Custodian | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Where it is kept | Text | ||
| Range minimum | Number | ||
| Range maximum | Number | ||
| Resolution | Number | ||
| Unit | Text | ||
| Accuracy | Text | ||
| Calibration interval (days) | Number | ||
| Fixed asset | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Status | Choice | active, in_calibration, repair, quarantine, retired | |
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Calibrate primary
Record a calibration
Asks for: As found* As-found deviation As left As-left deviation Certificate number Standard used Traceable to Calibrated by (external) Next interval (days) Cost Notes
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.