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International Federation of Robotics Elects Wyatt Prez

Steven Wyatt (ABB, Switzerland) has been elected as the new President of the International Federation of Robotics by its Executive Board.

Association for Advancing Automation Brings Together Industry Experts, Leaders for 2020 Business Forum

Keynotes feature everyday innovation, market projections, and more.

U.S. Manufacturing Technology Industry Generally Optimistic About 2020 Despite Decrease in November Orders

U.S. manufacturing technology orders fell 15 percent in November from the previous month to $320 million, according to the latest U.S. Ma...

Exact Metrology Helps Sculptor Create Life-Size Statues of First Responders

Cincinnati native Tom Tsuchiya is a well-known artist whose previous work includes bronze statues of former Cincinnati Reds players near ...

Discovery

Do you recall the last time something stood in your way to achieve success?

Adapting

For those who lived through the 90's there was a realization that decade was a time of rapid change.

Call for Papers Now Open for 2020 CMSC

Abstracts are welcome from master practitioners of portable, traditional CMM technologies.

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Automotive

Trends in Automotive Inspection

Genevieve Diesing

Although automotive parts suppliers use a variety of testing equipment to conduct a wide range of tests and inspections—and within specific tolerances, which warrant highly precise tools and processes—original equipment …

Quality 101

Why Flexible Gaging?

Joe Soistman

Need convincing? Here’s a quick overview of some of the reasons why flexible gaging is a good choice. …

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Vision & Sensors

Using “Just Noticeable Difference” to Automate Visual Inspection of Displays According to Human Visual Perception

Shaina Warner

Human perception is the ultimate standard for determining the visual quality of a device. However, the use of human inspection as a quality control method for development or production of …

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Test & Inspection

A Quality Assurance Toolset for Modern Manufacturers

Ron Pulicari

The official definition of “machine vision” encompasses all industrial and nonindustrial applications in which a combination of hardware and software provide operational guidance to devices in the execution of their …

Software

Quality's 20th Annual Spending Survey: Let the Software Spending Begin

Michelle Bangert

Once the gift-giving ends, it’s time for the quality equipment spending to take off. January is typically when quality professionals start filling their quality wish list. …

Test & Inspection

Analyzing Unexpected Structural Defects in Electronic Components

Tom Adams

An electronic component on its way to being installed in a system has, it is hoped, no cracks, voids or other internal structural defects that may cause an electrical failure …

Vision & Sensors

Design Considerations for New High Resolution and Frame Rate CMOS Sensors

Nicholas Sischka

Lens and camera sensor technology tends to co-evolve. As cameras drive to smaller and smaller pixel sizes with growing formats, lenses need to be designed to match those higher capabilities. …

Partners

IDS USB3 Vision Cameras

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is expanding its USB3 Vision camera range by more than 100 models in the coming weeks. The company integrates the entire range of Sony sensors in several camera families, which it currently already offers with a GigE Vision interface.

Vision & Sensors

Teledyne DALSA Xtium2 Frame Grabber Series

Teledyne DALSA announced its Xtium™2-CXP series of high-performance frame grabbers. The new series transfers image data to the host memory at maximum acquisition rates with zero CPU utilization, allowing host applications to operate at maximum efficiency.

Blogs

Discovery

By Jim L. Smith

Do you recall the last time something stood in your way to achieve success?

Adapting

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Sustained Effort

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Vision & Sensors

JAI Microscopy Cameras

JAI announced the availability of four new 3-CMOS prism color cameras designed for use in microscopy-based systems where maximum control of dust, lint, and other foreign object debris particles (FODs) in the optical path is critical.

New Products

Allied Vision Prosilica GT Cameras

With three new models incorporating the latest 2nd Generation Sony IMX sensors the camera manufacturer Allied Vision expands its robust high-resolution camera family Prosilica GT for demanding applications.

New Products

Laser Components Custom Quartz Glass Lenses

Laser Components USA manufactures high-quality custom quartz glass lenses within a very short time. At the production site in Olching, Germany, substrates with diameters from 0.5 to 2 inches can be shaped into plano-convex, plano-concave, biconvex, biconcave, and meniscus lenses with radii of curvature from 12 mm to 15,000 mm.

New Products

Lucid 2K Triton Line Scan Camera

Lucid Vision Labs, Inc., announced the series production of its new 2K line scan Triton GigE Vision camera.

Quality Magazine

2020 January

Check out the January 2020 edition of Quality: CMM networking and automation, tensile testing, trends in automotive inspection and much more!

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