Quality Assurance

Northwest Tool & Machine is committed to shipping high quality parts that satisfy all customer requirements. Two full-time inspectors staff Northwest Tool’s Quality Assurance department and can provide documentation of measured part features. In addition, Northwest Tool has a quality management system certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. The equipment list for our Quality Assurance department is as follows:

Inspection Equipment

• DEA Mistral DCC CMM with PC-DMIS: 28 x 26 x 18"
• Sheffield Cordax Model 1805 CMM: 20 x 14 x 12"
• Mitutoyo digital electronic linear height gage
• Gage-Master 14" optical comparator
• Wilson Rockwell hardness tester
• Mitutoyo Surftest-211 micro-finish analyzer
• Mahr Federal Pocket Surf Profilometer
• Mitutoyo digital micrometers
• Mitutoyo ceramic gage blocks QC grade
• (2) Sunnen dial bore gage sets
• Various telescoping, thread pitch, and plug gages