Quality sat down with John Vandenbemden, principal of Q-Met-Tech, LLC, as well as its 2022 quality professional of the year to discuss his upcoming presentation at The Quality Show titled, “Inspection Versus Auditing.”

The V-Jaws deliver unparalleled ease during inspections. Crafted from machinable aluminum, these V-Jaws allow for effortless customization to suit different part geometries, ultimately maximizing their versatility.

Auditing and inspection are two critical tools that organizations apply to ensure compliance, policies, procedures and products. Even though there are similarities these tools have different intent.

According to a new 187-page report from Research and Markets, the global non-destructive testing & inspection market is projected to reach USD 19.40 billion by 2030 from USD 10.77 billion in 2022, at a CAGR 7.62% during the forecast period.

The American Society for Quality, ASQ, will be hosting “Quality—Then and Now, it’s joint inspection division and greater Houston section conference Sept. 29-30 at Sheraton Houston-Brookhollow Hotel in Houston, TX.

Proper fixturing addresses several key parts of quality: It ensures that inspected parts remain in a repeatable and reproducible orientation on a measuring device.

Today’s manufactured components are more multifaceted than ever, requiring more parts, additional updates to those parts and ever tighter tolerances. 

The journey to create a standard is very interesting and requires attention to detail. Before a standard can be created one must develop the need and benefits for its development.

New metrology solutions use 3D scanning that generates almost infinitely more data points than traditional, manually based methods.

As technology evolves, so do consumers’ tastes. We want more connected products that require increasingly integrated electronic components — such as household electronics that are connect to our phones.