# A five-axis aerospace machine shop automated tool-offset measurement and in-machine part gauging and says setup times fell by up to 30%

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20240701-machinist-8
Date: 2024-07-01 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/machinist

## Scope

New York, United States. The federal manufacturing-extension programme's success story says the shop implemented probing for accurate tool length and diameter measurement with automatic tool offset calculation and correction, and process gauging for in-machine part measurement and adjustment so that every part is in tolerance; its president says the project helped reduce setup times by up to 30% with higher precision for complex parts. One shop; this is probing automation rather than AI, and the 30% is the owner's 'up to' figure for the whole project.

## Source

- NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (New York MEP / NextCorps) — success story 'Machine Optimization and Training' (McQuillen Manufacturing; 2024) — https://www.nist.gov/mep/successstories/2024/machine-optimization-and-training (primary source)

## What this means

Measuring tools and parts during setup is moving from the machinist's hands into the machine.

## What it does not show yet

One shop's figures, and it is probing automation rather than AI.

## How to verify it yourself

Open NIST MEP's success story 'Machine Optimization and Training' and find "automatic tool offset calculation and correction".


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