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Washer System Solves Tricky Cleaning Needs

May 5, 2003
That is a daily challenge for VMP Inc. (Valencia, CA), which produces a variety of small parts for customers including Boeing, General Electric and Lockheed Martin-Marietta.
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Quality's Role in Recovery

May 5, 2003
As a kid in 1957, I remember lying awake at night, convinced that I could faintly hear the sounds of the Soviet-launched Sputnik satellite as it passed hundreds of miles overhead.
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Quality Spending Outlook

May 5, 2003
Amid the aftermath of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Quality magazine forecasts spending for 2002.
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Divining Edge Quality by Reading the Burrs

May 5, 2003
Deburring expert LaRoux Gillespie acknowledges that specifying and measuring burrs is an arcane art, but he disagrees profoundly with the majority of manufacturing engineers who believe that doing so is a waste of time and money.
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Quality Counts

May 5, 2003
"I found a way to alleviate your fear of anthrax in the workplace," says the cigar-smoking boss seated behind his desk.
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Graduate to an Accredited Laboratory

May 2, 2003
Many manufacturers rely heavily on outside metrology laboratories to tell them that their processes are where they should be.
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Leak Detector Checks Fuel Tank Valves

May 1, 2003
The hiss caused by removing a gas cap has been eliminated because of a vacuum cut valve that routes vapors to the engine instead of the gas tank.
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Near-Net Forges Quality

May 1, 2003
Near-net shape forged gears can be produced at lower costs and better quality.
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Mailbag: Way Off Base

May 1, 2003
Scott Dalgleish is way off base in the story "ISO 9000: More Hinderance Than Help" (Quality, Oct. 2002, p. 64).
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Quality

May 1, 2003
When DaimlerChrysler decided to go after the growing entry-level sport utility market segment, the company designed a brand new vehicle and built a brand new plant in which to produce it.
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