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Jim's Gems: Containers

The shape of your life is determined by the size and shape of the container in which you hold it.

Study: U.S. Demand for Skilled Tech Workers Rises While Optimism for Finding Talent Shrinks

Many companies are looking ahead for ways to reskill their current workforce and retain their top talent.

Renishaw Employee Joins Expert Panel for International Trade

Iatalese answered the audience’s questions about the challenges related to international trade that she had faced and how she overc...

JMP Solutions Achieves Second RIA Certification for Robot Solutions

The RIA Certified Robot Integrator program was established in 2012 in response to an industry need for a benchmark for evaluating technic...

Allied Vision at VISION 2018: Focus on New Camera for Embedded Vision

With the slogan "Rethink Embedded Vision," Allied Vision will welcome visitors to the world's leading machine vision t...

Group Four Acquires Cooper Instruments

Cooper Instruments is a manufacturer and supplier of standard and custom test measurement solutions.

Machine Vision and Automation Merging

New OPC UA Vision standard simplifies machine vision in Industry 4.0.

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Measurement

Calibrating Surface Gages for Success

George Schuetz

Surfaces are designed into products to reduce friction, “store” lubricants, provide a high luster finish or be the proper texture to hold paint (but not show the actual surface of …

NDT

Computed Tomography: Optimizing Large Quantity Automated Measurements

Ryan Peitsch

The need for nondestructive evaluation on large quantity production components is becoming more achievable with CT technology due to the advances in machine hardware and processing techniques over the past …

Use of Method D Hydrophilic Emulsifier

Cheri Stockhausen

Of the four available methods to remove surface penetrant during the fluorescent penetrant inspection process, the hydrophilic post emulsifiable penetrant process (Method D) is used when tighter control of the …

NDT

Using Full Matrix Capture to Maximize the Capabilities of Your Portable Phased Array UT Device

Daniel Richard

Portable phased array ultrasonic testing systems hit the market nearly 20 years ago, and today the latest generation of these tools delivers better amplitude resolution, faster data acquisition rates, and …

Management

Quality Cost: The Number One Reason Companies Are Reshoring

Sandy Montalbano Harry Moser

Quality is the most frequently cited reason for reshoring manufacturing to the United States. According to the Reshoring Initiative’s 2017 Data Report, quality cost ranked number one as the most …

Software

Document Control Software: Trends and Tips

Leah Pickett

Keeping track of documents is essential for maintaining an audit-ready quality management system (QMS). Document control software has existed in some form since the late 1980s, but has evolved over …

NDT

Magnetic Particle Testing 101: A Tutorial

Charles J. Hellier

It is true that magnetic particle testing (MT) is one of the oldest NDT methods, and over the years has proven itself to be not only reliable, but cost effective, …