[He...] Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I'm a bit curious regarding the jobs of people in this forum. Maybe this can get people to know each other a bit more and stop acting like dicks to each other. What business are you in and what is your main task? I live in the west of Sweden and I work in the Aerospace industry at a company called GKN Aerospace (formerly Volvo Aero Corporation). My primary tasks is to make CMM-programs for parts in aircraft-, space- and power turbine engines. All our programs are made offline and then tested and proven in the machine. Our parts are quite big and a complete program takes everything from 8 hours to two months to prepare. I work in a group of 4 other Calypso programmers (I am of course the best one 😉). In addition to the programming I do a lot of support work to other functions in the company. Everything from training operators to helping with drawing interpretation and definition for our in house designs. Some of "my" parts: https://giecdn.azureedge.net/storage/fi ... &mode=crop https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... L&usqp=CAU https://media.aerotrainees.se/2014/09/LPT_Case2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I live on the correct side of Sweden, east. And work for Siemens Energy. At our site the main focus is gas turbines for power generation. My main pourpose is for me somewhat unclear. But most of my days is occupied by making cmm-programs in Calypso, working with GOM software and 3d scanners or developing and designing various softwares to aid both r&d, quality, and production. Im pretty much alone when it comes to making measurement plans in Calypso and GOM. So when Im finished with something, I have 4 new things in my queue. So I have learned to be efficient 🙂 There is a lot of different parts in a turbine and the "package", the ones we measure range from 10 mm to 5 meters. One of the parts take 16 hours to run in the cmm, but most parts range from 10 minutes to 4 hours. The thightest tolerance I've seen is a roundness of 5 microns. But usually we work in the range of 0.01-0.2 Bigger parts don't always equal bigger tolerances here... 😉 Here is a commercial movie showing off one of the best turbines ever designed. 100% of all blade inspection is programmed by me. And if I'll make a rough estimation, 90% of all the cmm controlled parts in this one is either done by me, or audited by me. Some I think is done by Henrik Lindahl when he was at Zeiss. And the other ones by varous people who worked here thru time. So you can be sure to recive quality 😃 https://youtu.be/c12Gh8BN0Io Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I work for a 3rd party inspection company in Dayton, Ohio. My day consists of mostly creating programs and doing layouts for anything and everything that comes in the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Je...] Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 I'm a CMM programmer and currently working in TX, Austin. Looking to change my current location and company though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 very interesting to read here what you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Da...] Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I work as a QA Technician in Madison, SD. We build skid loaders here. I also travel a bit to one of our other facilities not to far away to help them inspect their related products. One of the unique things for me is using 2 different inspection software packages. They essentially do the same things, just somewhat different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[An...] Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Small town shop in Fostoria, OH making high performance engine components. We make crankshafts, camshafts, and connecting rods for all sorts of racing applications. Main task is checking production parts but I'm also the only one who programs our Zeiss, Faro Arm, Adcole, and Jenoptik. There is also quite a bit of reverse engineering involved within all of that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Da...] Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I'm in a Chicago suburb and I work for a precision grinding service job shop, Tru-Grind inc. We get parts from all over and do grinding operations on supplied parts. I am unofficially in charge of the CMM department. After years of operator / programmer, now I mostly oversee, troubleshoot, train and still program difficult jobs. Our group of 4 Micuras check small parts to unbelievable tolerances, (roundness and cylindricity to .00127 mm, size to .0025 mm) Every day. I also repair most of our in process gaging and engineer new gaging for difficult inspection tasks. This has led to a very interesting project. I am building our own indicating micrometer. On a sad note, Etalon , who makes high precision indicating micrometers, has discontinued making them. They cannot find suppliers that can meet their required levels of accuracy. As I near retirement, It seems that the company pretty much gives me quite a bit of freedom to help wherever possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Yo! I am the quality manager for a small (but mighty) family owned production machine shop in Western Montana. We primarily deal in components for firearms (commercial and government), some medical tools, some mining equipment, and whatever other random jobs that pop up and look interesting. My days mostly consist of final inspections, CMM programming and maintenance on our two Duramax CMMs, creating in-process and final inspection plans, maintaining shop measuring equipment calibrations, managing our QMS system, first article inspections, and a variety of other hats that get flung my way. I have been in my current role for over two years now and really enjoy the challenges and cool tools I get to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I'm a Quality Manager (part time CMM Programmer - cant find anyone yet) for Mac Machine, in Baltimore, MD. We have 3 Contura G2 CMMs, measuring parts from bushings for race applications to medical parts (mainly curved osteotomes), to aerospace parts for Honeywell, Raytheon, etc. and some parts for space suits and satellite systems. We are a small shop of about 50 people, but have been doing very well in the last few years, averaging $16-18 million in sales per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Cl...] Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 CMM programmer Autocam Medical Device since 2011. Retiring in 3years (or less). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Je...] Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 . Please sign in to view this quote. . Come to Minnesota and work in the medical device industry. It's booming. Wherever you go, know that CMM programmers are in demand, and you can leverage that fact to your advantage. When I accepted a role with my current company, I interviewed at and had offers from 14 companies. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Je...] Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Please sign in to view this quote. Clarke, After you retire, you should be admitted to the Zeiss Programmers Hall of Fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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