Case Study: Leading Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Company cuts warranty claims with Sciemetric leak testing

OEM Cuts Warranty Claims With Dramatic Improvement To Leak Test Gage R&R

A leading agricultural machinery manufacturing company was struggling with an unreliable third-party leak testing platform in its transmission plant. Poor Gage R&R, inconsistent pass/fail results, and weak temperature compensation caused operators and quality engineers to lose trust in the system, leading to missed leaks, higher warranty claims, and limited data for root-cause analysis. The company turned to Sciemetric and its 3520 Series Leak Tester to address the problem.

Sciemetric implemented the 3520 Series Leak Tester, which provided precise pressure regulation, high sensor sensitivity, and full waveform data capture for better real-time leak detection and reporting. In a head-to-head trial, Gage R&R improved dramatically from about 40% to 5%, and the system paid for itself within weeks after catching a leak the old system would have missed. With Sciemetric’s solution, the manufacturer reduced warranty issues, improved yields and quality, and later deployed the technology across eight plants.