Items Tagged with 'First Article Inspection'

In business since 1986, Geoform specializes in dimensional inspection services, first article inspection, reverse-engineering and 3-D scanning.

DISCUS Software Company specializes in software tools for accelerating manufacturing and quality engineering in the aerospace, automotive, medical and heavy machinery fields.

Force measurement devices like load cells, torque transducers and data acquisition devices are used across industries to design and test hardware. 

Ever since the revolution of Henry Ford’s assembly line, it has been possible to produce identical complex products in drastically less time. It was the inception of mass production as we know it today.

People who work in manufacturing or quality control roles must ensure that produced goods meet a client’s exact specifications. One of the ways to do that is through a first article inspection (FAI).

To save time and money throughout the course of product development, quality professionals rely on first article inspection (FAI), which is a popular way to examine and test products in the early stages of production.

Inspection reports that take less work can be a great way for an organization to save time and money. Manufacturers have always been interested in being efficient, but during these uncertain times, it makes more sense than ever. 

Inspection reports are an invaluable part of the manufacturing process in many industries, and first article inspections are especially common in aerospace, defense, automotive and medical devices. In other words, if high quality is essential, these reports often are too.

In today’s aerospace manufacturing environment, compliance to standards such as AS9100 is often not optional. A critical part of the AS9100 process involves first article inspection reports.

First article inspection is a vital part of the manufacturing process for many companies.