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Although inspection systems may appear to operate normally, reliability issues can result in false rejects, machine breakdowns, inspection inconsistencies and unstable quality processes.

Design automation does not just make fixtures easier to design. It makes quality control more responsive.

X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) inspection has become one of the most powerful tools available for diagnosing quality problems that other inspection methods simply cannot reach.

The first and most critical issue to understand is that thread setting plug gages are not used to inspect product threads.

Additive manufacturing offers geometric freedom that was previously impossible, but it demands a higher standard of validation.

Learn how new technologies are redefining how manufacturers approach quality, productivity, and consistency, and companies that move early will create a meaningful competitive gap.

This article identifies process variation points by examining the defined system. It explores solutions to improve physical test systems and provides application guidance that can help ensure every result can be a reliable benchmark and indicator in your process.

Western Gage Corporation’s dimensional air gages are so easy to use and so accurate, you can perform 100% inspections on your production parts.

For more than seventy years, David B. Kirk’s illustrated lecture, Introduction to Principles of Pneumatic Gaging, existed in an unusual place in the history of manufacturing—quietly influential, widely practiced, yet almost entirely absent from the modern technical record.

Quality control programs in injection molding are often focused on monitoring production – measuring dimensions, tracking variation, and verifying consistency across runs.