Friday, May 31, 2013

Dimensional Inspection: A 20 Year History

  This month, Nel Pretech celebrates its 20th year anniversary as contract dimensional inspection specialists. The company started back in 1993 with limited capabilities such as the non-contact, hand-driven Micro Vu measuring machine (pictured here).
  Over the years, customer demand for more complex measurement solutions and size requirements grew. This led NPC into the realm of programmable auto-driven video systems and contact CMM inspection equipment.
  In the year 2000, NPC's quality management system became accredited to ISO 9002 and ISO/IEC 17025 for commercial laboratories. In January of 2004 A2LA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 was received. By 2013, NPC is also ITAR compliant and has completed over 10,000 jobs. These jobs have encompassed a wide gamut of product including but not limited to the industries of : plastic injection molding, food packaging, aerospace, medical, automotive, government/defense and communications.
  Other services include: 3D scanning, CT scanning, reverse engineering, true position gage design, large part inspection and first article inspection.










Thursday, May 2, 2013

True Position Gage: Update

We received the new gage from our machinist and couldn't be happier! The new gage was constructed of hardened steel and should resist the effects of environmental corrosion which caused our customer's previous gage to fail. The gage has passed the certification process with flying colors and has been shipped to our customer!  Here's a few pics of the completed gage.