Quality System & Inspection

Quality System & Inspection

Test Devices by SCHENCK is committed to providing high-quality spin pit testing services and products that meet or exceed our customer’s requirements. Our quality system is updated on an annual basis, and internal and external audits are conducted to ensure its robustness. Test Devices has held an AS9100/ISO9001 certificate since 2006.

Quality Policy

“To be a Dependable Partner”

We believe being a dependable partner to our customers includes….

Serving customers who work with challenging mechanical equipment.

Listening to our customers’ needs as they work to improve the quality, efficiency, reliability, and safety of their products.

Promoting innovation, invention, and quality as an integral part of the value we deliver.

Continuously striving to improve and be reliable, flexible, and collaborative with our customers.

Investing in our team of dedicated individuals who share our passion for excellence.

Anticipate – Innovate – Commit – Sustain

Commitment to Quality

Zeiss Contura Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

Test Devices’ quality management system, commitment to continual improvement, and certification status is proof of our desire to provide customers with the best quality equipment and testing services. Examples of our commitment to quality include:

1. 100% of all hardware manufactured to Test Devices’ drawings are dimensionally inspected by our inspectors.
2. Measurement accuracy for measuring a diameter: 0.000018 of an inch (CMM in scanning mode)
3. Spin tests are carried out to comprehensive technical plans approved by our quality group and customer.
4. All test data is reviewed and approved by our quality group, then documented on a certificate of conformance (COC)
5. Test data for low cycle fatigue tests are audited to ensure compliance to speed and temperature requirements for each cycle and reported to the customer.
6. Testing projects are subject to a gated review system including:
   1. Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
   2. Critical Design Review (CDR)
   3. Assembly Readiness Review (ARR)
   4. Test Readiness Review (TRR)
   5. Post Test Review (PTR)
7. Three customer-trained designated quality release personnel (DQRs) for self-release of parts.
8. Approved vendor list with yearly quality audits and ranking based on vendor performance.