Calibration laboratories that receive the A2LA accreditation are held to the highest standards published by the Organization for Standardization (ISO) meaning that they meet requirements for competence of testing and calibration laboratories covered under ISO 17025.
Testing the performance of components is critical to many automotive suppliers in a quality control aspect—and hugely important for research and development of new products.
In the production of automobiles, there are many different materials that require mechanical testing. When industry changes occur, this ultimately affects the types of testing being conducted.
Turn Gage R into a tool for continuous quality improvement.
October 10, 2017
Many quality engineers don’t know the Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility, or Gage R&R, of their leak test. Many, frankly, don’t want to know because they fear how poor it may be.
Joannie Chin, Ph.D., a materials scientist and the deputy director of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD, USA, will serve on the ASTM International board of directors. Chin will complete the term of her former colleague, Laurie Locascio, who resigned from the board after taking a new professional position.
The expanded Element Group will operate under the leadership of president and CEO, Charles Noall, alongside a newly-formed executive team which blends testing expertise and experience from both Element and Exova.