Articles Tagged with ''quality''

New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $437.9 million in November 2025.

Whether they realize it or not, most organizations have some form of Quality Management System (QMS).  When they don’t realize they have a QMS, it’s undoubtedly not providing potential benefits of effectively managing quality. However, even recognized QMSs often fall short of their potential.

Pinnacle provides customer-centric X-ray and CT imaging solutions, combining technical expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Any conversation about automation and quality has to start with an acknowledgment that robots inherently improve quality. Robots produce more consistent work than humans. 

Automated visual quality control outperforms manual processes and has become standard across many industries and applications. 

Access and availability of Quality 4.0 based tools, techniques, and technology has increased over the past two decades. Organizations have benefitted from it in multiple ways across industries.

Additive manufacturing has matured from a prototyping tool to a production technology, but scaling into cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing poses challenges: from equipment, material, labor costs and process consistency, to regulatory and quality assurance. 

KUKA Robotics and its System Partner Autotool will be hosting a collaborative open house and educational seminar from February 25 – 26, 2026, at Autotool’s facility located in Plain City, OH.

Artificial intelligence has had an enormous effect on all aspects of the world economy—and after the initial excitement, the focus has shifted to the technology’s impressive capacity for real-world impact.