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Allied Vision CEO Frank Grube Dies at Age 53

Grube died suddenly on April 14 while on weekend leave at his family home.

Mahr Signs Cooperation Agreement with NanoFocus

Mahr will offer confocal measuring microscopes as the new product family MarSurf CM.

Godfrey & Wing Launches X-Ray Inspection System in Toledo, OH Facility

The Godfrey & Wing Toledo facility works with OEMs and suppliers to establish criteria for acceptable levels of casting porosity and ...

MSE Manufacturing Event Continues to Bolster Offerings and Lineup

The trade show is focused exclusively on metrology equipment and systems used for assuring and improving manufacturing quality.

Metrologic Group and Stäubli Robotics Introduce Absolute Coordinate Measuring Robot

Robots manufacturer Stäubli Robotics and 3D measurement software company Metrologic Group jointly developed the first Coordinate Mea...

Edmunds Gages Launches Modular Automated Measuring Platform Gaging System

The platform aims to minimize overall delivery timing of custom automation, increase through-put, and reduce scrap through incr...

Jim's Gems: Strategy and Tactics

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Software

Missing the Point: Gage Variability and Operational Definitions

Barbara A. Cleary Eric Gasper

The process of analyzing gage variability is often highly structured, involving an examination of the gages themselves for sensitivity to temperature changes, magnetic fields, and other factors. These are the …

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Test & Inspection

Achieving Consistency and Reliability in Additive Manufacturing

Khalid Rafi

Additive manufacturing (AM) has evolved from a platform of simple prototypes to the production of mission-critical components for use in high-tech industries such as automotive, aerospace and healthcare. …

Management

Quality 4.0: The Internet of Things is Only Half the Solution

Rony Kubat

You can’t escape the buzzwords. The Internet of Things. The Industrial Internet of Things. Edge Computing. Industry 4.0. Big. Data. Every practitioner has their own, slightly different definition of what …

Measurement

Calibration Considerations

Amanda Weiner

A number of measurement devices come equipped with internal or user calibration functions. Allowing the user to calibrate their measurement equipment on a more frequent basis gives greater control over …

Quality Blog

Efficient Automotive Production with RFID Technology

Andreas Höll

The durability of RFID technology makes it ideally suited to this task. It also offers versatile connection options and can be flexibly integrated into the production system.” …

NDT

Third-Party Industrial Computed Tomography (CT) and Digital X-ray Inspection Services

Christian Guck

Virtually every manufacturer must perform some kind of testing or inspection to ensure their products meet their own internal quality standards, governmental requirements or the standards their customers set. …

NDT

Computed Tomography Analysis Techniques

Edward McMenamin

Industrial computed tomography has been a buzz-worthy technology for several years, and NDT experts know it’s a valuable tool for inspecting the complex internal geometries of 3D-printed parts, or for …

Partners

Software

With great power comes great responsibility.

Darryl Seland

“With great power comes great responsibility.” I’m guessing 4 out of 5 people would attribute this quote to Ben Parker, uncle of Peter Parker, from the Spider-Man movies and comic books.

Test & Inspection

Calibration Intervals

Hill Cox

Establishing calibration intervals for gages and instruments is a tricky business, particularly if you’re starting from scratch. Calibration data, knowledge of metrology and experience come into play in this game so before we begin, let’s look at the goal we hope to achieve.

Blogs

Jim's Gems: Strategy and Tactics

By Jim L. Smith

Focus on what's really important and supportive of the strategy.

Efficient Automotive Production with RFID Technology

By Andreas Höll

Jim's Gems: Willpower

Maintain In-Process Control

Boost Productivity, Profits with Active Controls

Leah Pickett

The proverb “time is money” applies to almost every profession today, but especially to manufacturing, and certainly to CNC machining. Lights-out facilities are becoming more prevalent, and the importance of active controls with automated feedback is growing, too.

Management

ASQ’s Influence

Jim Spichiger

My first job after college was as product assurance engineer but quality did not become my career until I began associating with ASQ six years after graduation. Though I was able to adequately fulfill my job responsibilities, I lacked the overarching understanding of the quality professionals’ importance within an organization.

Management

Problem-Solving Basics

Jim L. Smith

We’ve all heard about or experienced the blame game. The customer is upset because a product doesn’t meet expectations. Once notified, the manufacturer apologizes, makes restoration, but blames a supplier for poor workmanship. Soon the blame game between manufacturer and supplier restricts the flow of meaningful information.

Materials Testing & Analysis Features

Observation of Automobile Ignition Coil Using an X-Ray CT System

Environmental concerns and carbon-dioxide reduction have come under focus with the global warming phenomenon, and features such as the start-stop system that prevents automobile engines from idling and reduces gas emissions at traffic lights are becoming more common.

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2018 April

Check out the April 2018 edition of Quality: 2018 Quality Professional of the Year and much more!

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