We all know that quality is important. Assuring quality delivers an array of benefits – from utilizing less resources, promoting customer loyalty and brand satisfaction, and of course, overall savings when things get done right the first time. According to Gartner’s 2022 Market Guide for Quality Management Systems, "The often-repeated but seldom-followed notion that 'quality is everyone’s job’ is now being realized at an unprecedented scale."

Does residual stress affect quality? The short answer is “yes.” The better question is, “How does residual stress affect quality?”

Engaging an audience on the technical aspects of quality work can be a challenge: inspection, audits, and measurement systems analysis are hardly the stuff of a lecture that you will find gripping and inspirational.

Inspection division to acknowledge William C Meyer at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement.

Adaptive will provide current NobleTek customers with access to, and support for, the Dassault portfolio of simulation and PLM software.

Las Vegas event explores data-driven ecosystems and the smart factory.

Kruk will lead the continued expansion of Pantone and X-Rite’s product and solution portfolio beyond color to material appearance. 

Flextron deployed two 3D SPI systems from Koh Young Technology in addition to post-soldering Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) provided by a Nordson YESTECH F1S AOI system.