Case Study
NPL Huddersfield and King of Shaves
The King of Shaves Hyperglide System Razor (image courtesy of King of Shaves Company Ltd) NPL Huddersfield and King of Shaves The UK shaving and skincare company King of Shaves set NPL Huddersfield the challenge of measuring the dimensions of the key features of one of its shaving products, a cartridge for the Hyperglide System Razor that contains five individual blades. The measurements needed to be made on regular batches of the cartridges to monitor the consistency of the products and assess the effects of any changes made to their design. The project evolved continuously to ensure that NPL Huddersfield supplied the best and most suitable measurements throughout. Measuring the dimensions of razor blade cartridges is complicated by the small size of the individual components, as well as