The quality manager at Quality Metalcraft Inc., a precision stamping and assembly plant, turned to modular fixturing from American Modular Tooling (AMT) to decrease expenditures while maintaining or improving the accuracy required for his clients.
The FreedomView LED Fiberscope provides fast and accurate remote imaging, enabling visual inspections in hard-to-reach places, including car engines, gas tanks, jet engines, piping and storage compartments such as cargo holds.
The optical encoder has two main parts: the optical graduation and the electronic eye, called the scanning unit or reader head. Optical encoders, in a sense, are transducers, converting a measured length or movement into a series of manageable electrical counts, each count representing a precise distance.
The comprehensive listing of service companies includes those that specialize in calibration services and management services, as well as measurement, test and inspection services.
The Software Selection Guide highlights products from various companies that distribute to test, inspection and measurement markets. Products ranging from CMM programming and simulation to ISO software are highlighted.
Despite the tales of economic woes and the disagreements as to whether or not the United States is in a recession, 94% of quality professionals find satisfaction in their jobs, according to Quality Magazine’s 8th Annual State of the Profession Survey.
There are two generally accepted reasons why manufacturers measure roundness of components. The first is to sort nonconforming parts based on a customer-supplied blueprint before shipment to the customer; the second is to control the process tool with immediate feedback.
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