Digital calipers made in same factory?

Hi, it is a possibility that the frames are made in the same factory or maybe not in their own factory. Very often factories supply components in a standard raw condition and the individual companies that supply the items to the market will finish them to their own standards. As far as the labels are concerned, they can be printed again from the same factory but using standard artwork, which can be arranged as required. I've done installation work in a factory where they print sleeves for plastic bottles, their range is quite vast and is on bottles of very many brand names you see on the High Street. Below is a photo of two callipers that I have, one is about ten years old and the other is about nine years old. They were both about the same price and both read the same by my mic standards that I have and are very accurate and repeatable. Wonder if anyone can guess where I bought each of them.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 16/08/2019 09:23:39

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I honestly wouldn't know, Dave

All the ones I have seen looked real enough ... but I suppose that's where lies the skill of fakery.

MichaelG.

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Edit: These must be getting pretty close:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Electronics-Silver-CE-Certificate-Stickers_663718812.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.81.12d812benwoef6

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 16/08/2019 09:57:54

Hi, I agree with MichaelG about knowing if a CE mark is genuine or fake. I watch that programme on TV Fake or Fortune very often and very often the artwork comes to within a hair's breadth of being genuine and having convincing but misleading provenance and a lot of painstaking research has to be done before an expert gives the final verdict.

Regards Nick.

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Barrie,

Problem is, isn't operating under a series of misunderstandings likely to result in bad decisions?

What's the value of self-certified goods compared with the value of Notified Body certifications? Surely it's a mistake to confuse volume with value.

There is no such thing as 'China Export', it has no official standing anywhere. If the mass of Chinese goods in the country haven't been certified, why not? Importers are responsible for doing it, not the Chinese. It's a failure to enforce the system, not a failure of the system itself.

As we share a common language, a rather popular route for American goods seeking certification is to have it done in the UK. This business will probably move to Eire.

Personally I like systems like UL that require open traceability, but they are expensive overkill on most ordinary items, extra bureaucracy and cost. Not done previously in the UK where most manufactured items weren't produced to a British Standard.

As I remarked earlier, we don't need to argue about it. The die is cast. Bet you 50p CE Marks survive! We'll come back to the subject in a year and take stock...

Dave

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