PQI
TECHNICAL SERVICES

Back in 1991 PQI had one sales person and two product support people; today we have six sales people and fifteen product support people. We've maintained this sales-to-support ratio because we know that customer support is a partnership between the company that builds a product and the distributor who sells it. Our engineers work hand-in-hand with factory engineers to keep your equipment running at full throttle.

Machine Tools

CNC laser calibration
Ten years ago a CNC machine tool was laser-calibrated only after a crash or during a rebuild. Today routine annual calibration is becoming as common for CNCs as for CMMs or digital gages, and not just for traceability reasons, either; updating control compensation values sharpens a machine's accuracy and improves performance on tight tolerance jobs. Ask us to show you how CNC laser calibration can help you.

CNC ballbar analysis
The telescoping ball bar is the best and fastest way to baseline machine tool performance. The ball bar quickly diagnoses squareness errors, backlash, servo mismatch, cyclic errors and machine vibration. Baselining all the machines on your plant floor is an economical way to boost performance and reliability. Contact us for a proposal.

CNC machine spindle analysis
"Predictive maintenance" schedules maintenance procedures to prevent machine failures before they happen. The best example of this method is machine spindle analysis, which seeks to anticipate spindle failure by checking performance over a wide range of speeds, letting you schedule maintenance on a non-emergency basis. We recommend a spindle analysis with every machine tool calibration. Contact us for more information.

Hand Tools & Gaging

Proper calibration of your measuring instruments is the cornerstone of quality assurance. PQI calibrates & repairs all kinds of measuring tools and hard gages: micrometers, calipers, indicators, height gages, gage blocks, ring and plug gages, and surface plates, to name just a few. Our name on your calibration cert means your tools will give you results you can count on.

Most of services we offer can be performed in your shop. On-site calibration minimizes downtime, saves you money, and avoids the risk of loss or damage in shipment. PQI is an A2LA-accredited lab; consult our scope of accreditation for details. Click here for a no-obligation quote, or call us at (763)249-8130 or (800)772-0620.

Coordinate Measuring Machines

CMM calibration and repair
Our service engineers calibrate, repair and certify all makes and models of CMMs while specializing in Brown & Sharpe CMMs. Certifications comply with national standards and all of our calibration equipment is traceable to NIST. Need a quote? Just ask.

CMM retrofits and upgrades on all makes
A perfectly good CMM can become obsolete simply because its operating software can't handle today's demanding applications. We'll bring your "old" CMM up to date with a new computer and cutting-edge software. We'll train your people on the new system and your "new" CMM will be up and running in no time. Why not ask us for a proposal now?

Click here for a price quote on CNC or CMM calibration.

For quotes on multiple machines, call us at
763.249.8130 or fax to 763.249.8150.

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Last update: 4/28/2003

PQI is A2LA accredited
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