Calspex Screenshots
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Overview
Calspex creates professional calibration and GR&R reports. The figure on the right shows a typical screen at the start of the calibration report. The flowchart on the left side of the main window always indicates what sections of the calibration report have been completed (by turning yellow) and those that need to be done (still white), and those parts of the calibration process which do not apply to this gage (grayed).
This screenshot shows the gage information which is entered. Notice that several fields have drop down boxes where the user can select field information from pick lists which would be previously setup, or you can simply type text into the boxes.
During the calibration, you may collect the data points from two different inputs:
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Manual keyboard entry
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RS-232 input from a gage
This screen shows the master values, the measured values and their corresponding deviations. The last column gives you a visual indicator of whether the value is in or out of the tolerance you selected.
Once you have completed all of the numerical Datasets for this gage, Calspex summarizes all the various Datasets so you can either determine the Pass/Fail status for the gage.
You can also select a next calibration due date from
the screen below. Popup menus facilitate selecting common date intervals
(such as 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, etc...). If instructed, Calspex can
also check the old calibration records and use the same calibration increment
which was last used for this gage and enter that appropriate date here.
Also on this screen is the information which ties this calibration back to NIST
or other standards. You simply select which master gage(s) was used to calibrate
this gage. All of the information for your master gages are stored in a
separate database.
You can also setup master sets by combining multiple master gage records. When you select
a master gage set, Calspex will print the NIST traceability information for
all of the gages in that set on the calibration cert.
Gage Types
One of Calspex most useful features is its ability to "learn" the types of gages you want to calibrate and the kinds of reports you want to generate. When you choose to define gage types, you essentially teach Calspex about the properties of your gage, about the kinds of data sets you wish to take (if any), and about any necessary parameters you'd like to see included in a report.
This screen shows the main "Gage Definition" setup. From this screen (and the other tabs of this window) you tell Calspex exactly what fields you want Calspex to ask for when calibrating this type of gage.
The Gage Type or Gage Definition File stores all the data or "rules" which tell Calspex how to perform the calibration. This window tells Calspex what numerical Datasets to check for that type of gage. In this instance, we're calibrating a Caliper.
The next level of the Gage Type (GDF) setup has another window which allows us to further define a specific Dataset (in this case, the Go Pitch Diameter). From this screen, we can select different ways of calculating the masters, select default tolerances, and assign master values (if necessary).
Check out a sample calibration report from Calspex. If you have a color printer, it will even print the out-of-tolerance measurements in red.
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Last Updated: June 02, 2007
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