The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) are jointly publishing the new AIAG-VDA SPC Manual.
The robotics industry has entered its prove-it era. The main evaluation criterion is whether it works in real-world deployments, not just controlled demos.
In metal additive manufacturing, “traceability” has become a badge of seriousness. We can trace powder batches. We can trace build jobs. We can trace post-processing steps. We can trace inspection results. Great.
Nearly 90% of material resources across the European Union are lost after their first use, highlighting how linear today’s manufacturing economy remains.
Let’s look at several steps in a typical seamless production process and how they ultimately ensure that quality products are produced and delivered on time.
Manufacturing teams continue to use handheld gages during daily quality work, even as they expand their automated inspection systems and adopt more software-driven processes.