Metrology - Articles - Page 213

Core DNA

Three attributes to achieve cultural excellence.

August 4, 2020

Some time ago, I spoke to a group about organizational culture. Considering what is happening today it might be appropriate to present a few thoughts to a broader audience. Each person can determine how it might apply to their circumstances.

State of the Art

How much has changed in the calibration field?

Hill Cox

August 4, 2020

About twenty years ago I was asked to make a presentation on calibration to a meeting of a local chapter of the National Conference of Standards Laboratories.

Electric motor hairpins dimension coating quality inspection

E-Mobility Inspection

With electric vehicles on the rise, so too are the inspection applications.

Michelle Bangert

August 1, 2020

Inspecting components for e-mobility applications is something that David Wick is very familiar with.

Zeiss Employee Working on Aerospace Metrology Solution

Pushing the Limits of Precision

As with many critical industries, aerospace requires accuracy on the shop floor.

Michelle Bangert

July 13, 2020

This year NASA and Space-X made history. For the very first time, “NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station.”

Success

July 6, 2020

How much time do most people spend thinking about success and how it is achieved? Likely not as much as we should because the world really revolves around success or elements of success.

The Unfolding Course of Events

Looking to the past provides some perspective.

Michelle Bangert

June 30, 2020

Erik Larson’s latest book begins with this quote. If you’ve ever read a book about a serial killer and the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, the last crossing of the Lusitania, an American family in Hitler’s Berlin, the inventor of wireless and Britain’s second most famous murderer, or the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, you may be familiar with Erik Larson.

Training

What's the answer for today's training needs?

Hill Cox

June 30, 2020

I was chatting with a colleague recently, a well-known supplier of precision measuring instruments. I noted, sarcastically, that his company was promoting a half-day training seminar on calibration and best of all—it was free!

Can GD&T Extraction Really Be Automated?

Yes.

Christopher Mendicino

June 28, 2020

Most quality technicians have been exposed to and probably use geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T) information in their day-to-day work duties.

DMSC Measures Success with 15th Anniversary

June 26, 2020

The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) announced its 15th anniversary as a globally recognized standards development organization.

ECM Opens Calibration Office in Wixom, MI

June 23, 2020

East Coast Metrology LLC. (ECM – Global Measurement Solutions) announced the opening of a new training, service, calibration and retrofit facility in Wixom, MI.