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2019 Manufacturing Leadership Awards Winners Announced

80 Outstanding Projects and Individual Manufacturing 4.0 Leaders to Be Honored at the Manufacturing Leadership Summit.

Hexagon Hosts Third Annual PC-DMIS Users’ Group Meeting at HxGN LIVE 2019

Major Multi-Day Event Provides Users with an Intimate Look at PC-DMIS 2019 R1 and what is behind the Development Curtain.

Zetec Names Jenstead Director of Sales for the Americas

Zetec Inc. announced the hiring of Wade Jenstead as Director of Sales, Americas.

DOE Announces New Manufacturing Challenge Winner

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a winner of the Novel Concepts fo...

Stepping Into the Future of Process Monitoring

For manufacturers, even the smallest improvements to processes can have a big impact – both on efficiency and the bottom line.

Coordinate Metrology Society Celebrates 35th CMSC Conference in July 2019

The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced registration is open for its annual Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) from ...

Imagination

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Quality 101

GD&T, Manufacturing Imperative

Ernie Husted

Today’s manufacturing industry relies on the use of GD&T definitions, and the ability to verify parts directly to them for first article and production inspection and reporting. Only then do …

Test & Inspection

Can You Save Time and Money by Automating your Quality Processes?

Amanda Weiner

More and more industrial manufacturers are moving towards automated solutions both to improve efficiency and solve staffing dilemmas. These jobs are often boring, repetitive, and/or prone to injury due to …

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Vision & Sensors

Designing a Better Sensor for Small Parts Inspection

Terry Arden

In industries like consumer electronics, battery, and solar, the race for ever faster scanning, measurement, and control is critical to delivering 100% inspection of small parts moving at production speed. …

Vision & Sensors

Patterned Area Lighting Simplifies Imaging of Reflective and Transparent Surfaces

Jeremy Brodersen

Lighting selection and setup play a critical role in the success of a machine vision application. Vision systems rely on specific types of lighting to optimize contrast or to highlight …

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Q&A: 3D Smart Sensors, Deep Learning, and The Future of Automated Quality Control

Leah Pickett

For quality professionals, the modern 3D smart sensor has moved to the center of conversations around quality in the automated age. Though 2D imaging remains popular, the rising affordability and …

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Vision & Sensors

How to Choose a Precision Measurement Sensor: Key Considerations

Dana Holmes

Quality control applications that require precise measurement can be some of the most challenging applications to solve. Very tight tolerance requirements demand a reliable solution that can measure parts in …

Software

How to Decide on your Next Gage Management Solution

Eric Gasper

Each new journey begins with a single step. That common proverb applies to most aspects of life, including the decision to start a new business or organization. A company can …

Partners

Bridging the Gap

Darryl Seland

Bridging the gap is a popular idiom derived from Old English. In its earliest use—and not surprisingly—bridge meant “to make a causeway” and gap meant “an opening in a wall.” So, to the drywallers, civil engineers, and road construction crews of the early 14th century (Ha!), bridging a gap was quite literal.

Measurement

In Search of Precision Measurements

Gregory S. Gay

I am in my tenth year as a part-time instructor at Western Michigan University, currently working with junior- and senior-level engineering students. I instruct the hands-on metrology lab of Dr. Pavel Ikonomov’s metrology class. We have about 15 weeks for this three-credit hour class to introduce metrology, focusing on precision measurement. We have about 45 students taking three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.

Blogs

Imagination

By Jim L. Smith

Where are the limits of human potential? Where are the limits of your own personal potential?

Reverse Negative Beliefs

By Jim L. Smith

Positive Reinforcement

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Measurement

Do I Have to Calibrate That?

Hill Cox

I have received a couple of emails from readers recently concerning what does or does not have to be calibrated within a quality system. In both cases, the companies already have a program in place to ensure their measuring equipment, masters, etc., are calibrated on a regular basis but an odd item has popped up leading to debate within the company on whether that odd item has to be included in their calibration program as well.

Modernize SPC

3 Big Reasons to Consider a Cloud-Based Quality Management Solution

Software-as-a-Service (Saas) solutions are everywhere in our lives. What advantages does a cloud-based software solution bring to manufacturing quality management?

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Why Use Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing Quality Management?

Applying Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodologies to the right data will help you proactively control processes and prevent manufacturing quality problems before they occur.

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Overcome Roadblocks to Standardization in Manufacturing Quality Control

Standardization in manufacturing yields tremendous benefits and efficiencies. However, the path to truly standardized operations isn’t always straight.

Quality Magazine

2019 March

Check out the March 2019 edition of Quality: 2019 Quality Plant of the Year, handheld gages, gage management solutions, and much more!

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