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.
I always prefer to take the initiative to present the information—be it in a customer meeting, an audit, or other situation—rather than ask: “What do you want to know?”
In the Quality function of our organizations, we deal with a variety of activities: problem solving, decision making, project management, systems development, and much more. But few of them have the impact of communication.
In the early 1980s, my Quality career emphasized variation and corrective action. Although I’ve attended various solution-branded workshops, many organizations still struggle with understanding variation and effectively implementing corrective actions.
Modern automated ultrasonic testing solutions designed to perform 3D scanning of complex aircraft parts are generally programmed from the inspected part CAD coordinates, assuming exact geometric conformity.
Amtivo, a leading global provider of certification and assurance services, announced the appointment of Randy Daugharthy as President of Amtivo’s operations in the United States, effective immediately.