NEPG demands inspection instruments that are fast and accurate. Optical comparators from The L.S. Starrett Co. reside on the company’s shop floor and in its metrology lab, helping to maintain a high standard based on associated quality.
A new computed radiography system from Carestream Health (Rochester, NY) is designed and built specifically for nondestructive testing (NDT), not repurposed from healthcare equipment.
Companies must constantly innovate the products and services they offer as well as the systems on which they depend to design and deliver those products and services. If they do not, they get left behind by those that do.
How can cost be reduced without impacting quality and delivery? Whether you work in a small business or a major corporation, the answer is of timely importance and can make the difference between maintaining-or losing-marketshare. An efficiency and effectiveness technique known as design of experiments (DOE) can benefit from modern enhancements-particularly related to cost.
Since the introduction of the GigE Vision standard, Gigabit Ethernet is rapidly gaining market share against other camera interfaces, and there seems to be a consensus that it will play an important role in the future. However, sales figures of digital cameras for machine vision applications still put FireWire as the leading digital interface.
As recently as November 2008, Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC (Baltimore), manufacturer of steel wire baskets, hooks and shelves, used to make one check fixture every four to eight hours.
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