what are the measurement strategies used in manufacturing?
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What type of manufacturing are you talking about.  what industry?
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Process Model.  It's a modeling tools that allows you to measure cycle-time, value added time, and other metrics.
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try the conversion table. europe uses metrics
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Laser Micrometers are used in a variety of industries and employed in a wide range of applications. Industries like Fiber Optics, Cable and Wire manufacturing, Plastic or Metal Tubing manufacturing, SMT component placement equipment or "Pick and Place" machines, Semiconductor, Biotechnology and many other industrial factory automation applications, that require FAST, RELIABLE and ACCURATE measurements of objects at the LEAST possible price.
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Don’t confuse Accuracy, Resolution with Sensitivity. \n\nAccuracy \n\nAccuracy describes the amount of uncertainty that exists in a measurement with respect to the relevant absolute standard. It can be defined in several different ways and is dependent on the specification philosophy of the supplier as well as product design.\n\nResolution \n\nIn relative amounts, resolution describes the degree to which a change can be detected. It is expressed as a fraction of an amount to which you can easily relate. For example, printer manufacturers often describe resolution as dots per inch, which is easier to relate to than dots per page.\n\nSensitivity \n\nSensitivity is an absolute quantity; resolution is a relative quantity. Sensitivity describes the smallest absolute amount of change that can be detected by a measurement, often expressed in terms of millivolts, microhms, or tenths of a degree.\nSensitivity should not be confused with accuracy—they are entirely different parameters. For example, a device specified with 1-mV sensitivity may only be accurate to 10 mV with an applied input of 10 V. Yet if the 10-V input signal changed by 1 mV, the device still could observe the difference. Sensitivity sometimes can be improved by averaging. \n\nhttp://www.evaluationengineering.com/archive/articles/1298pct.htm\n\nAccuracy is usually determined at 4 points 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of full scale. This is accomplished by:\n \n1.Placing the dial indicator in a stand.\n2.Place the stand on a clean surface plate.\n3.Select a gage block of any size.\n4.Preload the indicator a few divisions (insure the lever is horizontal to the plate).\n5.Spin the dial until the DI reads zero. \n6.Place another gage block (or wrung gage blocks) under the lever that’s 25% of full scale. DI should read desired value +/-1 div..\n7. Repeat at 50%, 75% and 100% of full scale.\n\nSensitivity is the smallest value that an instrument can measure. What makes this confusing on a dial indicator is it is generally also +/-1 division but the method to measure it is different. \n\nAfter step 6 perform the following:\n\n8.Remove the 25% gage block.\n9.Select a gage block 1 division from the 25% block. (Normally 0.001”) \n10.Place the block under the DI and verify it reads +/-1 div.\n11.Repeat at 50%, 75% and 100% of full scale.\n\nWe use a lot of GIDEP calibration procedures. They’re military manuals available to the public because well; we paid for them with our tax money. It’s worth it’s weight in gold.\n\nhttp://www.gidep.org/\n\nWhat is GIDEP?\n\nGIDEP (Government-Industry Data Exchange Program) is a cooperative activity between government and industry participants seeking to reduce or eliminate expenditures of resources by sharing technical information essential during research, design, development, production and operational phases of the life cycle of systems, facilities and equipment.
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Measure them with an accurate measuring device.
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Sales estimates, inventory levels, raw material prices, interest rates, labor availability & costs.\n\nLots of stuff to consider.
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Depends on what you are fabricating. \nAre you talking about making the material itself or fabricating structural components from stainless materials?\n\nAnd what type of material? What grade of stainless? What configuration? Angle iron or I-beam? Welded or bolted?\n\nSounds like you need to talk with an experienced estimator and/or structural engineer.
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yeah.. what do you want to measure????? be more specific.
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Surveyors have equipment that does that.\n\n If you need a rough # you can stand back and use a fixed item like a person (at that same point) use it as a baseline with a scale measure the person and then measure the tank take the # of time you repeated the scaling and multiply it by your know distance. Its rough but will get you close.
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Thea answer is basic:\nBecause one can measure mass to a higher degree of accuracy than volume.
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Got a ruler or tape measure?  Get busy.
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Look for caliper (spelling counts).  Specifically, Vernier Caliper, and micrometer.  \n\nThose are the two major precision measuring tools.  Try the starrett.com web site.  They have a sterling reputation for quality.
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This is part of what is now called lean manufacturing. It is the idea of manufacturing in an efficient way. No wasted time, material etc...
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Metric measurements are a typically European concept.\n\nBear in mind most people agree that Computers will play a great role in the future, and they aren't metric why should anything else be. 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit - do they sound metric to you?\n\nI'd rather stick to miles and gallons, pounds and ounces etc.
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Design, Design, Design\n\nIf you try to Plan the manufacturing, you will never see the product released. \nPlanning is only going to work with parts which have been properly designed. The design must take in consideration of manufacturability. You can design on paper something that can Never be manufactured.\n\nThe design must follow good manufacturing practices. Be able to be Tested and meet some kind of standard.\nThe design must have Component Eng, Mfg Eng, Quality & Purchasing all working together upfront. Not after the fact.
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It depends on what you want to optimize.\n\nIf you want time to production optimized, assign weights based on the activities ability to delay the timeline.\n\nIf you want cost to be optimized, weight based on time and cost functions.