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ALCOA
Alcoa is the world leader in the production
and management of primary aluminum,
fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined,
through its active and growing participation
in all major aspects of the industry:
technology, mining, refining, smelting,
fabricating, and recycling.
The Lafayette, IN location produces
aerospace components as well as aluminum
extrusions and tubes for customers
worldwide. To help assure quality, Alcoa
Forgings and Extrusions chose GAGEtrak as
their calibration management system.
While there are over 30 Alcoa US and
international facilities that have GAGEtrak
installed, the Lafayette, IN location is
responsible for managing thousands of gages
and test equipment and conducting thousands
of calibrations each year to ensure accurate
and reliable measurements. Alcoa chose
GAGEtrak Calibration Management Software to
track their metrology assets, schedule their
calibrations and maintain a system that is
compliant with their corporate quality
requirements and standards.
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Quick info
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Industry
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Aerospace |
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Location
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Lafayette, IN |
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Software
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GAGEtrak Calibration Management Software |
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Principal user
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Scott
Lockwood |
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On using GAGEtrak
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“Good
program to keep tool
calibrations up to date.” |
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Scott Lockwood, at
Alcoa has used GAGEtrak for 3 years and
notes that GAGEtrak was chosen because
of its tracking features.
Prior to GAGEtrak, the company used
paper files to track calibrations.
GAGEtrak has helped Alcoa most by
tracking which tools and gages are due.
When asked about his
favorite feature, Lockwood highlighted
“tracking and cloning records” as the most valuable
for his day-to-day needs.
The Lafayette location has participated
in product training classes and also
subscribes to the maintenance and
support offered for GAGEtrak.
Lockwood notes that
GAGEtrak support services and training
are good and that he has received “great
service when I call in.” In addition
to training (regional classroom, on-site,
and consultation services) and support
services, CyberMetrics offers many
optional enhancement products for
GAGEtrak to help customers get the most
out of their GAGEtrak software.
Alcoa’s global technology organization
is comprised of thousands of scientists,
engineers and researchers around the
world dedicated to discovering and
developing the next-generation of Alcoa
products, processes and services.
CyberMetrics is proud that GAGEtrak is
the software used by Alcoa to help
assure quality and ensure measurement accuracy.
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