Articles Tagged with ''metrology''

There are people who strive to become famous, then superfamous, before moving up to being megafamous.

Despite offering workers an average annual compensation of $84,832 in 2017, manufacturers struggle to fill positions. 

The L.S. Starrett Company has recently appointed Matthew Wells as Director of Operations and Continuous Improvement.

Recently I attended two separate meetings where the topic of Job 1 and Job 2 was discussed.  This topic was new to several of my coworkers and it was something I had not heard discussed in probably 20 years.  For those of you not familiar with Job 1 and Job 2, allow me to explain:

Regardless of what you’ve been told, there is one truism for people who must earn a living. You can expect your employer to demand more from you.

It starts with a question: “What’s the worst that can happen?” Sounds like the sentiment underlying any over-the-top movie centered on a buddy’s bachelor party.

Many of us are familiar with accuracy specifications pertaining to force measurement, usually a percentage of full scale or a percentage of reading. While this is broadly understood, the waters become a bit murkier in applications involving both force and distance measurements.

Product failures, scrap, and recalls can have a devastating impact on a manufacturer’s reputation and bottom line.

To get anywhere, first we need to know what we want.

Rapid growth in electric vehicle sales along with an increasing interest in fuel-cell-electric powertrain systems presents the auto industry with serious and largely unanticipated quality-control issues.