News:
NPL Training
Iain Macleod Associates is now an approved deliverer of the NPL* Dimensional Metrology Training. We will be posting more details up here soon, but in the meantime contact us if interested.
*National Physical Laboratory
Approved Supplier status
Iain Macleod Associates is now an Approved Supplier to BAE Systems.
BS 8888 2008
The new revision of BS 8888 has now been published, and can be purchased from BSI.
ASME Y14.5 2009
The new revision of the American standard for dimensioning and tolerancing has now been completed, and is available from ASME.
New Pocket Guide
Iain Macleod Associates are the UK distributor for the GPS Pocketbook produced by Dr Per Bennich and Dr Henrik Nielsen.
Draft standards for public comment
BSI publishes draft versions of standards for public comment before finalising them at this link BSI Draft Review System.
It is worth keeping an eye on these if you are responsible for standards in your organisation. Check it out.
BS 8888 Article
The article written by Iain Macleod for SIDN was republished by the IED in their January 08 Newsletter.
You can download a copy of the SIDN newsletter here.
About Us:
Iain Macleod Associates have been providing consultancy and training services for industry since 1991.
Most of our work consists of training in Geometrical Tolerancing and other subjects related to technical product specification. Our training courses are usually delivered on-site for clients, and are generally tailored to reflect the nature of the client's business.
Iain Macleod is a member of the BSI Technical Committee TDW/4, which is responsible for standards in the area of Technical Product Realization, and has recently taken over the chair of subcommittee TDW/4/8, which is responsible for the development and maintenance of BS 8888.
Iain Macleod is also a member of ISO Technical Committee TC213, which develops the ISO standards relating to Geometrical Tolerancing and Geometrical Product Specification.
Our clients include Formula 1 racing teams, and manufacturing organisations in the defence, aerospace, automotive and transport sectors, as well as many SMEs across a wide range of industries.
In-House Training Courses
We provide training courses on-site, wherever and whenever you need them.
The training is tailored to reflect the kind of work that you do, using your products and components as the basis of some of the worked examples and exercises which are used on the courses.
We provide training courses on-site, wherever and whenever you need them.
The training is tailored to reflect the kind of work that you do, using your products and components as the basis of some of the worked examples and exercises which are used on the courses.
Public Courses
We have several people interested in a public course, and are considering running one later in the year.
If you are looking for a single place on a public or open training course, please send us your details, and we will keep you posted.
We have several people interested in a public course, and are considering running one later in the year.
If you are looking for a single place on a public or open training course, please send us your details, and we will keep you posted.
CHAIR of TDW/4/8
In January of 2008, Iain Macleod took over from Kim Spence as the chairman of BSI technical committee TDW/4/8, which is responsible for the maintenance and development of BS 8888.
If you have any questions or (polite) suggestions about the contents and future direction of BS 8888, please feel free to email us.