https://getdeburr.com/blog/ First article inspection, AS9102, GD&T and shop-floor quality, written for job-shop quality teams. en-us Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://getdeburr.com/blog/profile-of-a-surface https://getdeburr.com/blog/profile-of-a-surface GD&T Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 GD&T profile of a surface for inspectors: bilateral and U zones, datums, flatness vs profile, CMM pass/fail with real numbers, and how to report it on Form 3. https://getdeburr.com/blog/nonconformance-report-example https://getdeburr.com/blog/nonconformance-report-example Shop floor Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What a non-conformance report (NCR) is, the fields it needs, a filled-in machine shop example, dispositions, who approves, correction vs corrective action. https://getdeburr.com/blog/gage-r-and-r-study https://getdeburr.com/blog/gage-r-and-r-study Metrology Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A Gage R&R study worked by hand: 10 parts, 3 operators, 3 trials, with the AIAG K constants, EV, AV, %GRR and ndc, the acceptance criteria and what to fix. https://getdeburr.com/blog/free-ballooning-software https://getdeburr.com/blog/free-ballooning-software GD&T Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Free and low-cost ways to balloon a drawing: PDF markup, CAD, Excel, desktop auto-ballooners and browser AI. A decision table and a checklist for any output. https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-software https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-software FAI basics Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 How to choose first article inspection software: a weighted scorecard for AS9102 demos, questions to ask, red flags, pricing models, and when Excel is enough. https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-report-template https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-report-template Forms Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What a first article inspection report template must contain, a filled-in AS9102 example for a 6061-T6 bracket, and Excel vs Word vs PDF. Free templates. https://getdeburr.com/blog/dfars-compliant-material https://getdeburr.com/blog/dfars-compliant-material Audits Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What DFARS compliant material means on a mill cert: which specialty metals count, the 28 qualifying countries, exceptions, and recording melt source on Form 2. https://getdeburr.com/blog/calibration-out-of-tolerance https://getdeburr.com/blog/calibration-out-of-tolerance Metrology Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What to do when a gauge comes back out of tolerance: an 8-step OOT procedure, a worked micrometer impact assessment, and how to set calibration tolerances. https://getdeburr.com/blog/why-fai-reports-get-rejected https://getdeburr.com/blog/why-fai-reports-get-rejected FAI basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The 12 reasons customers send AS9102 FAI reports back, what the SQE sees in each case, how to prevent it, and a pre-submission checklist you can print. https://getdeburr.com/blog/ppap-vs-fai https://getdeburr.com/blog/ppap-vs-fai FAI basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 PPAP vs FAI side by side: AIAG levels and 18 elements vs AS9102 Forms 1-3, what each proves, when each is redone, and what a shop doing both can reuse. https://getdeburr.com/blog/mmc-bonus-tolerance https://getdeburr.com/blog/mmc-bonus-tolerance GD&T Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 MMC bonus tolerance: the formula plus three worked examples, a hole, a pin, and a datum at MMB where datum shift applies. Real numbers, pass or fail. https://getdeburr.com/blog/how-to-read-a-cmm-report https://getdeburr.com/blog/how-to-read-a-cmm-report Metrology Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 How to read a CMM report column by column: nominal, tolerances, MEAS, DEV, OUTTOL, true position with MMC bonus, alignment, and how to spot a bad report. https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-vs-first-piece-inspection https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-vs-first-piece-inspection FAI basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 First article vs first piece inspection, plus in-process, final, source and receiving inspection: who does each, when, what it proves and what record it leaves. https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-cost https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-cost Shop floor Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What a first article inspection costs a job shop, step by step, with a worked example to copy, plus how to quote FAI as a line item and price delta FAIs. https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-checklist https://getdeburr.com/blog/first-article-inspection-checklist FAI basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A printable first article inspection checklist in six phases: contract review, ballooning, inspection, Forms 1, 2 and 3, sign-off, and submission and retention. https://getdeburr.com/blog/certificate-of-conformance-vs-material-cert https://getdeburr.com/blog/certificate-of-conformance-vs-material-cert Audits Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 CoC, certificate of compliance, mill cert, EN 10204 3.1, CoA and special-process certs: who issues each, what it proves, what to check, and a sample CoC. https://getdeburr.com/blog/basic-vs-reference-dimensions https://getdeburr.com/blog/basic-vs-reference-dimensions GD&T Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Basic vs reference dimensions for inspectors: what each means, whether to balloon it, and a decision table for TYP, 4X, notes, flag notes and GD&T frames. https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9102-form-2-explained https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9102-form-2-explained Forms Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What goes in each AS9102 Form 2 column, a worked example for an anodized 6061-T6 bracket, tracing each line to a cert, and the cert gaps that get FAIs rejected. https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9102-form-1-explained https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9102-form-1-explained Forms Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 How to fill in AS9102 Rev C Form 1, field by field: part identity, full or partial FAI, Part Type on the assembly index, and sign-off block, with an example. https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9100-audit-fai-records https://getdeburr.com/blog/as9100-audit-fai-records Audits Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 What an AS9100 auditor pulls when sampling FAI and inspection records, clause by clause, the findings they write most, and a 30-minute self-audit.