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Hexagon Enhances Smart Manufacturing Capabilities with CADLM Acquisition

Hexagon AB announced the acquisition of CADLM SAS.

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Powerful digital classroom microscopes support science teachers facing the challenge of educating students through distance learning.

Training

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Multiyear Partnership with the Caterpillar Foundation Will Support Expanded Veteran Workforce Development Initiative

Three-year grant supports Heroes MAKE America Initiative connecting the U.S. military community to careers in manufacturing.

New Wohlers Report 2021 Finds 7.5% Growth in Additive Manufacturing Industry Despite Pandemic

Wohlers Associates, Inc., announced the publication of Wohlers Report 2021.

KULR Partners With Andretti Technologies to Bring Mars Rover Technology to EV Motorsports

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NDT

Force Testers Vs. Material Testers

Joel Schoubert

Deciding whether to purchase a force tester for basic testing or a material tester for advance testing could be a challenge based on the multitude of options and functions which …

NDT

The Big Deal about ECA

Jesse Herrin

To a qualified and well-equipped nondestructive testing technician, few inspections present an insurmountable technical hurdle. Technicians have a range of testing methods at their disposal, from sophisticated ultrasound and eddy …

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NDT

The 101 on XRF Analyzers

Genevieve Diesing

Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (HHXRF) analyzers verify materials quickly, reliably and cost-efficiently. They can identify a material’s elemental makeup within seconds, making it easier for manufacturers to select the right metal …

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Test & Inspection

2.5D Vision Hits Sweet Spot for Collaborative Applications

Kristian Hulgard

The days when only large companies could adopt automation are long past. Collaborative robots (cobots), lightweight industrial robot arms (LIRAs) and affordable peripherals such as vision systems and grippers have …

Management

2021 Quality Professional of the Year: Navin S. Dedhia

Michelle Bangert

Navin Dedhia has been a pillar of the quality community since the 1960s, speaking and working on five different continents about the importance of quality. …

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Test & Inspection

Best Practices for Implementing Vision Guided Robotics

David Dechow

Vision guided robotics (VGR) is an automation technology well-recognized for enabling greater flexibility and higher productivity in a diverse set of manufacturing tasks over a wide range of industries. …

Measurement

Special Gage Solutions Optimize Measurement for Many Unique Applications

L.S. Starrett Company Special Gage Division

Even with the availability of hundreds of standard precision tools and gages, sometimes measuring challenges are best solved with a specially made gage. It is critical to work hand-in-hand with …

Partners

Maximizing Quality, Minimizing Rework with Autonomous Robots

Robert Ravensbergen

High-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturers have faced extensive challenges when it comes to automation. The need for detailed planning, programming and jigging that comes with most automation systems (especially robotics) makes them fundamentally inflexible in adapting to the varied parts, processes and work methods that HMLV manufacturers need to get the job done.

Management

Organizational Culture

Jim L. Smith

Even in today’s constantly evolving world, there remains a truism. Those who are more successful produce better results than many of their peers. They do it better and faster than their counterparts. This is not intuitive for everyone. It has to be developed or redefined.

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Training

By Jim L. Smith

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Change Perspective

By Jim L. Smith

Fail Successfully

By Jim L. Smith

Management

Truth or Fallacy

Darryl Seland

Sunk costs are defined as costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Proponents of the sunk cost fallacy argue that since it is a cost paid in the past and unrecoverable, it should be removed from any future decision making.

Measurement

Thread Ring Gage Calibration

Hill Cox

In my last column I listed some basic equipment requirements for the calibration of thread plug gages so I thought it would be helpful to give mating gages the same treatment.

Data Collection & Wireless Gages

The ABCs of wireless data collection

Darryl Seland

Data collection has historically been completed manually. Before wireless gauging came onto the scene, staff would write down and physically log output data, a slow process with plenty of room for error.

Test & Inspection

Six Ways Six Degrees of Freedom Probe Technology And Laser Trackers Can Enhance Your Business

Leo Martinez

If January is the month of resolutions, April is the month of renewals, a time of spring cleaning. Like people, businesses of all sizes undergo a similar ritual. Instead of tackling overstuffed closets, C-suite executives update their quarterly economic forecasts and prepare for the second half of the year.

Quality Magazine

2021 April

Check out the April 2021 edition of Quality, featuring Navin S. Dedhia, 2021 Quality Professional of the Year, gage solutions, ERP, Automation, NDT, and much more!

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