Classroom Training for PC-DMIS Advanced Training - Bundle at our Hexagon Technical Centre - All Five Modular Courses - 5 days

Aims and objectives

To provide:
• The level of competence and understanding required of PC-DMIS and hardware by anybody involved in the measuring process
• The principal knowledge and practical training for people who are required to use dimensional measurement techniques to complete their daily tasks
• The tools to instil and encourage a questioning culture

Enabling:
• An advanced understanding of the metrology process and how your PC-DMIS software is used to maximise efficiency.

Course summary/agenda:
• What is metrology?
• Importance of accurate measurement
• Manufacturing tolerances
• How small are ‘Microns’?
• Basic approach to measurement uncertainty
• Common terms used in metrology
• Importance of calibration, verification, and traceability
• Practical set-up and correct use of basic measurement instruments including micrometers, callipers, gauge blocks and dial indicators
• Basic understanding of coordinate principles relating to CMM’s

Intended audience:
• Anyone using measurement equipment in the workplace
• Manufacturing and engineering personnel
• Design staff
• Production supervisors and managers
• Quality control personnel
• Measurement technicians
• Process planners
• Apprentices
• Those who have completed Level 1

Prerequisites
PC DMIS Level 1 certified by Hexagon – Prerequisite (Ideally with several weeks of programming experience)
Introduction to dimensional metrology – Advised
NPL Level 2 – Advised
NPL Level 1 – Advised
Basic level of Basic computer literacy – Essential