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Consumer Products Industry Newsletter – May 2023

How do you choose which manual task to automate first?

Automating dull, dirty, and dangerous manual tasks is a great way to free up your human labor for higher value tasks elsewhere in your facility. Choosing the right first project can set you up for success in automating future projects. Check out the video below to learn how to best select the first place to deploy a collaborative robot.

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What is the thermal coefficient of expansion and why does it matter?

If you use high precision dimensional gages, having them calibrated in a temperature controlled lab is critical. Check out this video in which Dan Blount from our quality team explains what the thermal coefficient of expansion is and why it is so important to consider when calibrating precision instruments.

Upcoming GD&T Webinar with Metrologic

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Please join us and our new metrology software vendor, Metrologic, for a webinar on GD&T on Wednesday, June 7 at 11am ET.

Senior applications engineer Treb Quesinberry will be discussing the ASME and ISO standards for GD&T and how Metrologic’s X4 software can make it easy to adhere to them.

He’ll also be covering:

  • Automatic creation of features
  • Performing GD&T evaluations from CAD
  • GD&T datum shift
  • Surface waviness evaluations

If dimensional measurement is critical to your company’s production process, this is a webinar that you won’t want to miss! Learn more about the Metrologic Group and see how our team can help you find the right products to improve processes for large campus operations.

 

Can you respirator do this?

The Draeger X-plore 8000, is a powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) that is designed to protect users from a wide range of airborne hazards. The X-plore 8000 features a lightweight, comfortable design as you can see in this over-the-top video. While you might not use the X-plore 8000 for parkour or freerunning, it is great for spray painting and welding too!

Did you know?

If you use Cross Precision Measurement for your calibration needs, all of your certs can be found in our calibration software, GageSuite. This award-winning software is completely free to you as a Cross calibration customer. Request a demo today!

Cross Provides Tangible Value for You

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Reduce Risk

The Kreon Onyx is a high performance measuring arm that offers an unprecedented level of accuracy with 3D measuring of parts and tools. With the ability to measure by probing or with a 3D scanner, the Onyx is equally suitable for use in a measuring lab or workshop.

The Kreon Onyx portable CMM arm is perfect for all sorts of applications such as quality control or reverse engineering. Reduce the risk of letting bad parts through by upgrading your inspection equipment. Contact us today for a quote!

Raise Quality

If you are relying to weight data from your tanks for blending and batching, it is critical that you have accurate measurements to ensure the quality and consistency of your product.

Cross Precision Measurement can come onsite and calibrate your tanks to make sure you are using the best data when making your product. In some areas we can even calibrate your tanks without emptying them using RapidCal technology.

Improve Efficiency

Cross has a certified UL 508A panel and integration shop with a team that brings extensive experience and quality to our panel projects.

Whether you need help from the design phase forward or just need extra hands to build quality panels that you have designed, our team is here to provide support and improve your efficiency!

See how our team can help improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce risk

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In the meantime, enjoy these fun facts…

Did you know… Cross Company is an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Our ESOP started in 1979 and as of 2006, we are 100% employee-owned! Learn more about our ESOP and how that benefits both team members and our customers.
Did you know... the precision measurement group at Cross was founded in 1939 by our current CEO's grandfather, Jim King. That's a whole lot of calibration!
Did you know... A fingerprint weighs about 50 micrograms. We know, we weighed it! The residue left from a finger can actually make a difference in weight results which is why we wear gloves when we calibrate weights. For reference, a sheet of paper is about 4.5 grams, that’s 4.5 million micrograms.
Did you know… Cross Company has grown significantly since our start in 1954. Over the years we've acquired 26 companies! Today, our five groups have expertise in everything from industrial automation to precision measurement, and industry knowledge going all the way back to 1939.