Quality is the cornerstone of Howard Precision Metals. As tolerances continue to get tighter, we strive to stay ahead through the addition of technology and equipment. Although we are a metal distributor, our Quality department is equipped with measuring instruments you will find in a precision manufacturing environment. We define ourselves by our ability to measure and certify our product to your specifications.

Capabilities

• Smartscope Flare Optical Comparator – A multi-sensing metrology system that delivers
  ultra-high accuracy measurements on three dimensional parts.
• Surfometer - Indicates RMS on any surface.
• SPC data collection and analysis software.
• Barber-Colman Aluminum hardness tester.
• Rockwell hardness tester.
• Twenty four inch by twenty four inch squareness indicator.
• Twelve foot micrometer certified to .001"
• Certified four by five foot granite table.
• Six foot and Twelve foot certified straight edges.

Although our list of inspection equipment far exceeds the typical service center, we engineer quality into our process by making certain our equipment performs with the utmost accuracy from job to job.  Through the use of two interferometers, a geometric laser, and having a full time journeyman machinery builder, we are able to check positioning of our back-gauges and verify the straightness of cut with our own internal staff and equipment.