Air gaging gets better with age: around for more than 50 years, air gaging still offers measurement solutions.(QUALITY MEASUREMENT)(Cover story)

From: Quality | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Schuetz, George | Copyright information

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Air gaging was the breakthrough measuring technology of the 1940s and 1950s. Introduced decades before electronic gaging was widely accepted, it provided the first high performance--50 microinch or better--gaging on the shop floor. Today, air gaging is just as important and actually growing in popularity. There are many reasons for this, including speed, ease of use, high-precision results even under the toughest shop conditions and gages that can ...

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