Bring CMM Results Into the Same Record as Everything Else
When a dimension goes out of tolerance, someone has to find the CMM report and match it to the lot, the job and the operator by hand. 10in6 CMM Integration makes that link as each part is measured.
Look up a unit, batch or job and its Coordinate Measuring Machine results appear beside its traceability, check history and production data.
The CMM report is on a shared drive. The lot number is in the production record.
Parts get measured, and the results stay where the CMM put them: in its software, in a folder, or on a printed report. Linking them to the lot number, operator, job and quality history is a manual step, and on a busy shift it doesn't always happen.
One part, several systems
To see what happened to a specific unit, batch or job, an engineer opens the CMM software for the dimensions, the production system for the lot, and the check records for the rest.
Copying results adds errors
Every result that is copied, uploaded or reviewed by hand costs time and is a chance for a missed value or a typo, and the risk grows with volume.
Complaints wait on the search
When a customer complaint, deviation or internal issue comes in, the dimensional results for the affected parts have to be found before anyone can review them.
Read from the CMM software and filed against the part
As each result comes out of the CMM software, 10in6 reads it and attaches it to the unit, batch or job being inspected. It lands in the record your team already uses for traceability, scheduled checks and performance review.
During the assessment, our team looks at the output each of your machines produces and sets up the connection to fit how your lab and lines work.
Open the record for a unit and its CMM measurements sit beside its material lot, its operator and the checks run on that shift.
What changes when the CMM feeds the quality record
Automatic result capture
Results are read from the CMM output as each part is measured, without an operator typing them in or anyone exporting a file.
Unit, batch, and job linkage
Each measurement is stored against the unit, batch or job it was taken on, and stays with that part's record.
Faster audit and investigation response
The dimensional evidence for a complaint, deviation or audit question is already on the part's record when the investigation starts.
Separately licensed add-on
Licensed on top of DQS, for plants where dimensional inspection is a formal part of the quality workflow.
- CMM reports saved in a folder, apart from the lot and job
- Results retyped or uploaded when someone has time
- A complaint starts with a hunt for the right report
- Dimensions reviewed without the process context
- Each result stored against its unit, batch or job
- Nothing retyped between the CMM and the record
- The report for a questioned part already on its record
- Dimensions reviewed next to material lots and check history
Where CMM results get used
CMM Integration questions
- What software can integrate CMM data?
- Quality management systems, SPC tools and MES platforms can all import CMM results if they can read the output the CMM software produces, commonly Q-DAS or CSV exports. The difference is what each result gets linked to. In 10in6, CMM Integration is an add-on to the Digital Quality System that ties each measurement to its unit, batch or job, alongside the rest of the quality and production record.
- Can results from different CMM brands go into the same record?
- Usually, yes. Each CMM is integrated through the output its software produces, so machines from different makers can feed the same quality record.
- Which CMM brands does 10in6 support?
- 10in6 supports most major CMM brands that output measurement data in standard formats. The integration path depends on the CMM software and its export format, and we confirm it for each machine during the assessment.
- Does CMM Integration require changes to the CMM itself?
- No. The integration works by capturing the measurement data that the CMM software already produces. It does not modify the CMM hardware, software, or measurement programs.
- Can CMM results be tied to specific parts, batches, or jobs?
- Yes. Measurement results are linked to the unit, batch or job they were measured against, so dimensional data is part of that product's production and quality record and needs no separate lookup.
- Is CMM Integration included in the standard DQS license?
- CMM Integration is sold as a separately licensed add-on to the Digital Quality System. It requires an active DQS license.
- What output formats does 10in6 accept from CMM systems?
- Most CMM software writes results as Q-DAS files, CSV exports or its own proprietary reports. Which formats 10in6 reads for your plant depends on the CMM system in use; our team reviews each machine's output during the assessment.
Set up around how your plant runs
Standardized platforms expect the plant to change to fit the software. Do-it-yourself platforms leave your team to build and maintain everything. With 10in6, we configure the system around your equipment, codes and reports, and your team runs it day to day.
Your equipment, codes and reports
Your checks, intervals and forms set up per line and product, and traceability built around your part numbers and your customers’ requirements.
Your team runs it day to day
Operators, downtime and scrap codes, products and targets, shift schedules, checks, alerts, emailed reports and real-time boards are managed by your own people. Everyday changes need no support ticket and no invoice.
A project manager for the bigger things
New machines, new modules and custom reports go through a 10in6 project manager who already knows your deployment, so nothing starts from scratch. If you would rather we made everyday changes too, we can.
Still here years later
The system keeps being refined after go-live, and new capabilities are added without rebuilding it. Some of our customer relationships have run for 12 years, and 97% of customers say they would never go back.
“Our 10in6 Project Manager has been very responsive and the software is flexible enough to be configured to our specific needs.”
How the 10in6 delivery model works →
Connect your CMMs to the quality record.
Tell us which CMMs and output formats you use. We'll show you how their results would link to your parts, lots and jobs.