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ARTICLE GHM edia B usiness was another challenge: Transporting the plate without damage over 550 miles (883 km), parts of the journey over mountainous sections, was coordinated and achieved with the same precision for which GMT is known for its products. The truck reached the customer’s site in record time. The plate was mounted on vibration dampers and commissioned at the customer’s site 4: Loading the onto the truck, with 4 Cranes working in tandem within the factory. It was finished in the open air. Once rough finishing was completed, a temperature-controlled room was built around it to finish and inspect it. Surface Plate ready for inspection in a specially built temperature-controlled room Once finished, packing and transporting it to the customer 21 | january-february 2019 | “This was a huge achievement for us, experience in the production of metrology equipment over five decades has helped us in this project” explained Jayashree S.Mani, Vice Chairperson and mentor of GMT. “The fact that we were able to achieve plate flatness of 50 micron and T-Slot straightness of 10 microns per meter, speaks volumes for our expertise. We are confident to take on such projects with all the QC challenges involved in producing metrology products for inspection of large components, to meet the needs of especially the marine, automobile and other industries requiring very special precision dimensional measurements. https://www.gmt.co.in/ Global MDA Journal Global MDA Journal