While manufacturers have applied model-based definition to product definition for some time, they have only recently applied it as a quality assurance process.
With more man-hours being spent on programming work, differences in worker-created measurement programs, and inefficient programs being created due to proficiency issues, the industry has moved from 2-D drawings to 3-D annotated models.
Automotive polymer coatings are designed not only to improve a vehicle’s appearance, but to provide a protective barrier against destructive environmental forces.
You have just finished your R&R study. Everything has gone according to plan and you are feeling quite pleased. Yet there is something off, something wrong. Your R&R percentage is too high. Now what?
Karen Spencer had never before considered applying for the Plant of the Year award. But, one Saturday afternoon last year, she came across an application in the magazine, and felt compelled to apply.
No doubt you’ve heard the saying “Attitude Is Everything”? While attitude might not really be “everything,” in many situations it is the single most significant determining factor of success.
Some folks select the calibration source based on convenience. They reason that the best choice for them is the lab down the street or around the corner because they don’t have to ship their stuff any distance to get it done.
Improve the System, Reduce Waste, Discover More Money
March 2, 2015
When challenged to improve efficiency, increase safety, and save money, Boston Scientific Heredia’s Amplatz Super Stiff Guidewires area team chose a DMAIC roadmap to reach its goal.
Manual inspection of a 75-ton turbine is a time consuming, difficult task that takes teams of workers up to two weeks, requires high levels of precision and is prone to human error.
"In the remanufacturing business, you can take apart a transmission, clean it, replace all the soft parts and get it back to the customer when they need a new part.”
Keyence has added to its lineup of static-control products with The SK series of Electrostatic Sensors are now available in hand-held and inline models to suit every application.
RSF Elektronik unveils the MSR 40 modular rotary position feedback system to machine designers who want a quick way to measure angle on larger rotary axes.
Mahr Federal has introduced a new video measuring microscope with image processing capability, the flagship product for a new line of Mahr optical measuring instruments.
Dectris introduces a new Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) detector series, PILATUS3 X CdTe, extending the DECTRIS product palette for the detection of hard X-ray radiation.
Designed for continuous use at operating pressures up to 350 bar, the Novotechnik TH1 touchless sensors are readily integrated into high-pressure hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders.
The Sensorex S8000 Series modular pH/ORP sensor platform delivers accurate pH and ORP measurement in plant water/wastewater treatment, chemical, food production, and other process environments.