Articles Tagged with ''quality control''

It’s time to calibrate your way to better quality. 

Given the limitations of check fixtures, it is not surprising that some companies have turned to the latest technology to help them eliminate check fixtures from their processes. 

The Quality department of Continental’s Chassis & Safety department recently invested in dual multi-sensor CMMs to revamp the inspection capabilities of their measurement laboratory.

Many practitioners feel intimidated by the statistics vital to Six Sigma, but you don’t need to be.

A CMM can tell that a part is out of spec, but that’s just a symptom and rarely provides enough information to identify and correct a problem. The standard first question is “Is there a trend; will this be an ongoing problem?” An ideal reporting system can help answer this question. Use this 7-point checklist for guidance.

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is an important industrial tool that enables us to see not only external surfaces but also internal features of an object without cutting or disassembling the sample.