The standard known as ISO 13485: 2003 - Medical devices - quality management systems - Requirements for regulatory purposes, has become the global standard for those involved in the manufacture of medical devices.
GM brands are as widely known as their automobiles, and their brand equity has generated a highly lucrative sideline business through the licensing of GM trademarks. The trademark team looked for existing technologies producing highly accurate full-body vehicle scans-interior and exterior-to create usable models that could be supplied to trademark licensees.
The nature of quality control measurement is continually changing in response to developments in coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and other technology-laden metrology instruments.
When Cotta Transmission Co. LLC (Beloit, WI) determined their old coordinate measuring machine (CMM) was beyond its useful life, Xspect Solutions (Wixom, MI) provided a proposal that combined a new Wenzel bridge-type CMM equipped with OpenDMIS software and a level of basic gear measuring capability that optimized Cotta’s current needs.
Astro Machine Works (AMW, Ephrata, PA) specializes in building custom machinery and equipment, as well as machining precision parts to exact customer specifications.