Inspection moves to the front of the line.

Part rework wastes man hours and restores spindle in-cut time. To minimize this waste, many stores check parts on CMMs. However, this after-the-fact check wasn't the answer for individual Boeing tooling shop. "A CMM sum ups us when there is an error upon the part but not if there is a repeatable error traceable to the machine tool itself," says single company official. This manufacturer of assembly jigs and fixtures for aerospace constituents wanted to verify its CNC machines prior to the proces Renishaw Inc., located in Schaumburg, Ill., made it possible.

With the Renishaw ML10