The Gage Selection Process

The most common question we receive from our customers is; “what kind of gage do I need for this application?”

Picking the right gage for your application requires three pieces of information.
1) What is the Tolerance or GD&T specification?
2) What is the production volume?
3) What is the degree of flexibility required?

Birdsall Tool & Gage has the staff and experience to help you with your gaging needs. Give us a call or send us an email with your part prints and some information on your volume and special requirements and we will provide you with solutions that reduce your total cost of gaging. We also have flexible electronic controls that can be recycled when your gaging needs change and/or a gaging system is no longer in use.

When dealing with tolerance issues, it is best to work with a 10 to 1 ratio. So, for a tolerance of +/-.002, you would require a gaging system that was accurate within +/-.0002. Sometimes, your end customer will want your gage systems to pass a “10%” GR&R study. It is very important that a gage house like BTG with years of experience is there to make sure the rest points can support a Gage Repeatability and Reliability study. A great looking gage that is well built with precision and quality components can totally fail a GR&R study if part deformities, surface finishes, repeatable location points, and part rotation are not carefully studied to see how they will affect the results.

Give BTG a call to learn more about the implications of GR&R studies on your parts. We have the expertise to help you determine the proper gaging systems you will need for total gage cost savings and success in measuring your products.

Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages, CMM fixtures, special tools and tooling with customer satisfaction in mind. Call 248-474-5150 or email us at blog@birdsalltool.com for more information about our company.

Organizing Attribute Gages Saves Money

Birdsall Tool and Gage Co. offers attribute gage system management.

Attribute gages are notoriously hard to keep track of. When left laying around, they find themselves under benches, in baskets, and tossed with the garbage. The Birdsall Tool and Gage bench system provides individually marked locations for each attribute gage. Elevated for easy view by staff leaving plenty of room on work surfaces. In some cases, attribute gages are stored in order of use for increased accuracy during inspection.

Management is able to pass by a gaging station and immediately locate any attribute gages that are missing. In many cases, the cost of a Birdsall Tool & Gage management system is less than the price of one or two gages. Check out our web site for more information on how we can reduce your total cost and lower the stress of losing your hand gages.



Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages, CMM fixtures, special tools and tooling with customer satisfaction in mind. Call 248-474-5150 or email us at blog@birdsalltool.com for more information about our company.

Birdsall Tool and Gage Launches New Campaign

Birdsall Tool & Gage in partnership with 7 South Consulting is launching a new sales campaign. This web based program will include news releases, blogs, web site updates, and feedback to improve the sharing of knowledge between our staff and our present and future customers.

Our focus will be proper gage design and development as well as a strategic total cost quality management related to in-line gage design and off line part inspection of manufactured parts and assemblies.



Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages, CMM fixtures, special tools and tooling with customer satisfaction in mind. Call 248-474-5150 or email us at blog@birdsalltool.com for more information about our company.

Web Resources

The team at Birdsall Tool & Gage recommends the following websites and Internet resources for quality information and expertise in the areas of gage design and tooling.

www.AirGages.com
www.AttributeGages.com
www.BirdsallToolandGage.com
www.BlueprintTooling.com
www.bptooling.com
www.contourgages.com
www.DesignandBuildGages.com
www.FixtureGages.com
www.GageSystems.com
www.GonogoGages.com
www.IndicatorGages.com
www.InspectionGages.com
www.MechanicalGages.com
www.PlugGages.com
www.RingGages.com
www.RunOutGages.com
www.SnapGage.com
www.SnapGages.com
www.SplineGages.com
www.StandardGages.com
www.TemplateGages.com
www.VariableGages.com

About Us

Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. designs and builds fixture gages, fixed gages, inspection and gaging accessories, ring gages, plug gages, thread gages, snap gages, electronic gages, mechanical gages, data collection gages, masters and setting gages, CMM fixtures, special tools and tooling with customer satisfaction in mind. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK FORM CLICK HERE
Birdsall Tool & Gage Co.'s Quality Management System (QMS) is designed to support the organization's efforts to achieve this mission and to comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000. Appropriate quality objectives for the QMS are set and reviewed by management. Birdsall Tool & Gage Co. 24735 Crestview Ct. Farmington Hills, MI 48335 248-474-5150 www.BirdsallTool.com or blog@birdsalltool.com