Quality
& Inspection
Our Capability
Built in,
not bolted on
Quality is not a department at the end of the line. It is built into how we quote, tool, and run every program.
When parts leave our building, they should pass your incoming inspection without drama. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified facility, every part and assembly is inspected before it ships, with our quality assurance team reviewing the original design specifications against the measured result.
The same CMM and scanning equipment we use to prove out a first article keeps your parts in tolerance across a full production run.
CMM Inspection
Coordinate measuring,
first article to production
Every part is measured against the original design, not eyeballed. We run first article inspection on the coordinate measuring machine, then keep verifying through the production run. Our quality assurance team reviews the measured result against your drawing before anything ships.
Tactile probing handles precise features and datums, while laser scanning captures complex formed surfaces at high throughput, so challenging geometry gets measured properly, not approximated.
Inspection Equipment
Measured on
our own floor
Two coordinate measuring machines and a portable scanner, backed by metrology software for measurement and reporting. The LK Altera adds Nikon laser scanning for complex form and surface work, and the HandySCAN 700 goes to parts that are too large or fixtured in place to bring to the CMM.
- LK Altera S CMM (Nikon laser scanning)
- LK G-90C CMM
- HandySCAN 700 portable 3D scanner
- Polyworks Inspector software
- LK Studio (DMIS) software
- Tactile and non-contact probing
3D Scanning & Heat Maps
See the deviation,
at a glance
For complex formed parts, we use 3D scanning to generate colour deviation maps against the nominal CAD model. Overlaying CAD on the scan shows exactly where a surface runs high or low, in minutes, with scan accuracy to 0.03 mm (0.0012 in). The same scanning also lets us reverse engineer parts back to CAD when the drawings or tooling are long gone.
- First article approval
- Design validation
- Forming troubleshooting
- Complex surface inspection
- Reverse engineering to CAD
Documentation
Paperwork that clears
your incoming dock
Have specific quality requirements?
Tell us the PPAP level and documentation you need. We will confirm we can meet it and document it on every run.