In an age where, if it doesn’t have a digital display it’s not modern, we tend to forget how the levels of precision we measure to came about in the first place. This is a brief look at one of the people we are indebted to for their discoveries and inventions from many years ago.
While process improvement initiatives, including SPC and its use of control charts, sometimes get the greatest attention in manufacturing environments, the backbone of a quality improvement effort is often the quiet, unnoticed measurement devices that represent an organization’s commitment to consistency and accuracy.
Renishaw Ibérica, S.A.U. is working with other Spanish engineering companies and research centres in a ground-breaking project which could change the way aerospace turbines are manufactured forever.
In the survey, coordinate measurement machines remains a bedrock of the quality field, with 22% of respondents saying they planned to increase spending on the technology.
Mahr Federal changed its name to Mahr Inc., the company announced, and will immediately begin transitioning to the new company name in all legal, product and promotional uses.