Enterprise Report Scheduler™ - ERSTheEnterpriseReportSchedulerprovideshigh-levelsummaryreportingatthefactoryorcorporatelevel.Reportscanbescheduledatregularintervalstocomparethequalitycapability across departments, plants, and multiple locations.

QC-CALC® SPCQC-CALCSPCisourcomprehensivestatisticalprocess control application designed to moni-tor, manage, analyze, and report the results of your inspection data right from your desktop.

SPC Office Buddy™Although QC-CALC SPC is our main QA analysis tool,theSPCOfficeBuddyprovidesafastandeasymethodofmovingyourdatadirectlyintoMinitab®, JMP®, and Excel. Integrating with externalprogramsallowsemployeestolever-age existing software purchases and streamlines acceptance within your organization.

QC-CALC® Real-TimeWrittenin1983,QC-CALCReal-Timeisatthe heart of Prolink’s software suite since it is the central hub of all data collection. This stand-alone program is required by most companies since it collects, analyzes, and reports the inspection results.

Reaction Plan Manager™ (RPM)This ground breaking software package providesproductivitytoolsbeyondSPC.Itallowsyoutocombine measurement data with engineering knowledgetoproduceveryspecificoperatorinstructionsusedformachineadjustments.

QC-Gage®

QC-Gageisdesignedtocollectinspectiondata directly from electronic gages or operator typedvalues.

QA LabQA Lab

EDL / ERS

Enterprise Reporting

SQLDatabase

Corporate Corporate Management

QC-CALC SPC SPC OFFICE BUDDY

QC-CALC Real-Time

Reaction Plan Editor

Reaction Plan ViewerQC-Gage

QC-CALC SPC

FileServer

EnterpriseReports

Six Sigma Analysis / Excel

Real-Time Trends

On DemandSPC Reports

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Process Engineer

Shop Personnel

Quality OfficeQuality Office SPC Engineer

SPC Inspector

ProcessAdjustment Reports

CMMs

Parts Are Made Parts Are Inspected

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Software Solutions

Prolink offers an entire suite of software solutions to address and automate the data collection and quality analysis tasks performed throughout your organization. As depicted below, the collected datacanthenbesharedateachlevelofyourorganizationusingourvarioussoftwaretools.Thediagramandbriefsummary

explains how each program fits into the big picture. Each color-codedlevelinthediagramhasacorrespondingcoloreddatasheetprovidingthedetailandkeybenefitsoftheproductdescribed.

Pre-ControlPre-control is a technique that is used to detect shifts or upsets in the process that may result in the production of nonconforming units. The three pre-control zones are set at fixed percentages of the Tolerance.

Sigma Lines1, 2, and 3 Sigma zones can be represented on the Plots by either lines or colored areas.

Gage R&R WizardInspectiondataisuselesswithoutfirstprovingthereliabilityofthemeasurementsystemonwhichitiscollected.AGageRepeatabilityandReproducibility(GR&R)studydoesn’thavetobeapainfulprocess.WithourGageR&RWizard,wehelpyouset up the study, guide you through it, warn you of potentialproblems, and help you analyze the results.

WithQC-CALC’sguidance,youneverneedtoworryaboutallofthe combinations of Part, Trial, and Operator numbers. The next part for you to measure is clearly displayed at the bottom of the Real-Time screen, and QC-CALC takes care of the rest.

AsyouperformthestudyQC-CALCprovidesyouwithanestimatedGR&Rvaluethatisupdatedthroughoutthestudy.Thisallowsyoutosavetimeandmoneybystoppingastudywhenoneormorefeaturesarehavingaseriousproblem.

Analyze the Results QC-CALC includes a set of concise reports that allow you to quicklylocateproblemfeatures.YoucanalsoflaganyGR&Rvaluesthatareoveracertainpercentageinred.

How it WorksThe seamless integration with automated gages is thecornerstone of QC-CALC Real-Time. Our relationships with theequipment suppliers enable us to understand how their gageoperates and to automate reading its output. We eliminated anyeffort on your part to read the data directly into QC-CALC so youhaveabsolutelynothingtodobutwatchthegraphsplot.Pleaseread the features presented in this fact sheet to gain a betterunderstanding of QC-CALC’s capabilities.

IntroductionQC-CALC Real-Time is used to collect and display measurement results from all CMMs, Video CMMs, and hand gages without operatorintervention.Youcancreatereportsandexportdatatospreadsheets, databases, and other SPC programs. This means youcantransferdatafromallofyourmeasurementdevicestoany SPC package using one program!

Thisisthefirstprogramtoprovideoneinterfaceforallmachinesand one interface for all outputs. Our goal is to make your data collectionseamlessnomatterwhatequipmentyou’vepurchasedor software you use.

Key Benefits •Fullyautomaticdatacollectionfromover150types

of machines. •Visuallyseeupto1200liveplots(dimensions)while

collecting data for thousands •Onecommoninterfaceforallgages •Manualandautomaticexportcapabilitytoover

20 different SPC formats. •Emailreportsautomatically •Manualandautomaticexporting •21CFRPart11 •Trenddetectionwithemailalerts •Dynamicfilteringofparts

Real-Time

QC-CALC Running on shop floor

Real-Time ReportsReal-Time Chart

QC-CALC databases are stored on a centeral network server.

Real-Time Process Flow

Out of Control

Scatter Plots

Out of Spec Condition

QA Lab

operation key

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Please download a 30-day trial version from our website and try it out!

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Reporting QC-CALC Real-Time reporting allows you to print the following reportsmanuallyorautomaticallywithoutoperatorintervention:

• FirstArticle–1Piece• FirstArticle–5Piece• RawData• StatSummary• PlotReport• VisualPartReport

• Single-PartGageReportP/TRatio• Multi-PartGageReportP/TRatio• FullGageR&R(ANOVAor

Range method)• GageR&RSinglesheetMSA• 21CFRPart11AuditReport

Report Formats The Real-Time and SPC Reports can be printed to the file formats listed below. You can also manually or automatically attach your reports to an email message and let QC-CALC notify when your process goes out of control or tolerance, or below configurable limits.QC-CALCusesMAPI,Prolink’sSMTPServer,oryourcompaniesSMTPServer. • PDF• PDF(signedelectronic)• RichTextFormat(RTF)• Excel• ExcelTable• XML• HTML

• Metafile(EMF)Enhanced• MIMEHTML• Multi-MIMEHTML• Bitmap(BMP)• TIFF• Text

Record Filtering Real-Time record filtering allows you to quickly show and report onjustthedatayouneedatthemoment.Dynamicfilteringallowsyoutochangethedisplayedvaluesbasedonthepartjustreceived.

Dimension Filtering Createandsavedifferentcombinationsofdimensionfilterstoquicklychoosebetweenthedifferentfilters.Thisprovidesarapidviewofcriticalfeaturesyoucareabout.

Pinpoint On-Screen Information Each plot contains many points and each point has many properties. With the click of a button, point and plot information isavailableinapanelontheleftsideofthescreen.

View the Quick Stats panel when you click the calculator button. Highlightagroupofpointsandseethelivecalculationsupdate.

Trend Analysis Use any of the Trend Analysis tests below to monitor your process and automatically trigger a report or log file. Optionally forceoperatorstoassigncausesandcorrectiveaction,orsimplydisplay the trend on the plot.

•DriftTrend•Stratification•Mixtures•InstabilityTests

•PointOutside3Sigma•Controllimitviolation•Speclimitviolation•Cp,CpkExceptions

Trends are depicted as thick lines superimposed on the plots, with background color change.

Monitoring many processes can be time consuming. Let QC-CALC Real-Time do the work by alerting you when exceptions occur.

Parts are Made Parts are Inspected Numbers are Plotted and Analyzed Plots are Filtered Trends are Monitored Exception Reports are Printed Reports are Emailed to QC Manager

ReactionPlan Manager TM

21 CFR Part 11 The control of inspection information as it applies to the medical industry is defined by FDA title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR Part 11). QC-CALC’s data collection, storage, and report-ing adhere to this important standard. This option has had an increase in use by industries other than medical, but this option can be disabled for industries not requiring such strict control.

Exporting QC-CALC Real-Time exporting allows you to export data manually or automatically. The following formats are supported:

SPC Formats•DataPage•InfinityQS•IQS•JMP•Q-DAS•Lighthouse•MeasurLink•Minitab•QMCCM4D•ProficyShopFloor•StatgraphicsCenturionXV•VisualSPC•WinSPC

Database Formats•Access•QMDClass1,2,&3•Oracle•ReactionPlanManager•SQLServer•XML

Spreadsheets•Excel•Lotus123

Assignable Causes/Corrective Actions Indicateassignablecausevariancebyright-clickingontheplotsand assigning a cause to your parts.

Trace Fields Extranon-measurementdatavaluesareautomaticallyaddedfromtheinspectionmachineandavailableforlivefiltering.

automatic data collection From Your cMM . . .auto Exporting to Your Favorite SPc Software Package . . .