Affordable, compact scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) are providing fast, direct access to high- resolution imaging to an expanding number of engineers and technicians. A new generation of personal electron microscopes delivers usable magnifications up to 24,000X.
Document control software automates an organization’s standard processes, providing a structured revision process and documented audit trail. Many packages contain functionality that accommodate typical industry and regulatory requirements, helping keep an organization compliant through correct use of the application.
Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems-Clearwater Operations, the 2009 Quality Plant of the Year in the large plant division, makes quality and continuous improvement a priority.
Just in time (JIT) gave a new name to the Toyota Production System (TPS) and a set of good tools. However, I feel that the word lean undid all of that. Look what our economy has become: We are lean and we are sick.
There’s the dream of buying auctioned equipment at half-or less-of what you might pay a normal supplier but, alas, in many cases it remains a dream when all the expenses are taken into account.
We definitely are facing a recession. But, is it as bad as we have been led to believe? Evidence would suggest it’s not as bad as it has been in the past.
As has been reported by numerous news outlets, new car sales have significantly decreased for the auto industry, but you might never guess that by the number of interested consumers who attended this year’s Chicago Auto Show.
In only a few short years the concept of modular fixturing has piqued the interest of many in the varied and distinct worlds of quality. Manufacturing has never had so many work holding choices for use in inspection and assembly applications.
Cole Manufacturing improves inspection through the use of a FaroArm from Faro Technologies Inc. The arm reduced measurement and inspection times, simplified design routines and ultimately improved Cole’s products and processes.
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