Quality Magazine

Check out the February 2020 edition of Quality: Hardness testing, leak testing, driving production and shortening cycle time, shaft gages and much more!

Hardness Testing Changes with the Times

As 2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of the world’s first commercial hardness tester, the technology is as significant as ever.

Genevieve Diesing

February 1, 2020

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Component manufacturers across the manufacturing spectrum—such as in automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical, energy and other fields—must ensure that their parts meet engineers’ specifications.

Data Collection Evolves

Automatic, wireless measurement data collection today is easier, faster, and more powerful.

Tim Cucchi

February 8, 2020

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When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole.” – Nikola Tesla (1926)

Quality Leadership 100 2020: The Quality Leaders

Meet the quality leaders dedicated to continuous improvement in our annual Quality Leadership 100.

February 1, 2020

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Making it to the top requires dedication, persistence, and continuous improvement.

How Leak Testing Works

A leak test is a procedure used to determine if an object, product, or system functions within a specified leak limit.

Jackie Vars

February 8, 2020

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Leak testing is a broad term that includes a multitude of technologies. For the purposes of this article, different leak test methods will be referenced but not described in full detail.

At the Corner of Digital Twin and Perfect Part

Consider driving production with the shortest possible cycle time.

Scott Everling

February 1, 2020

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The perfect part. The Holy Grail of manufacturing today is to produce parts with absolutely no quality defects, zero scrap rate, and no time required for changeover to new product builds when required.

How you merge says something about you

Movement of people and parts should follow best practice.

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Ian R Lazarus

February 8, 2020

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The plane landed, we began to taxi to the gate, and passengers started to shift in their seats. I took my briefcase from under the seat in front of me and placed it in the aisle. It’s a ritual I’ve repeated for years; I am sure everyone has their own process.

At the Corner of Where You Want to Be

Darryl Seland

February 8, 2020

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The English language is complex, often logical and illogical, and, as with many languages, can be further confounded by culture, dialect, and its passing from generation to generation.

From Collection to Analysis

February 8, 2020

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Quality is based on a series of facts and statistics collected and analyzed. To produce a quality product—and continue producing a quality product—you need data.

Whose Acceptance Limits?

Part 2 of 2 - Practical Acceptance 'Limits' are a judgement call.

Hill Cox

February 8, 2020

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In my last column I noted that I would give some hints to help you avoid problems with assigning and applying acceptance limits, so let’s go back to square one.

Build Better Customer Relationships

A good experience is key to customer advocacy.

Jim L. Smith

February 8, 2020

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We have all experienced how frustrating it can be when an interaction with a company doesn’t materialize the way we expect.

Boom Breaks the Barrier on Enterprise Measurement Solution

It improves quality, increases speed to market, and reduces cost.

Ernie Husted

February 6, 2020

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Boom Supersonic has its sights firmly set on the return of supersonic civilian air travel with the development of Overture, its 55-75 passenger, Mach 2.2 commercial airliner.

Do You Need a Dedicated Shaft Gage?

Whether you chose an optical, tactile, or hybrid shaft gage will depend on your unique needs.

Darren Dawes

February 15, 2020

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When a shop begins the manufacture of rotating shafts, they frequently turn to their conventional CMM for part validation. However, this is often a case of using the tool that is at hand, rather than one designed for the job.

Figure 1: Coordinate system used in this paper.

TFM Acoustic Influence Map

The total focusing method (TFM) is a synthetic aperture beam forming technique that has been under active development in the NDT industry over the past decade.

Benoit Lepage Chi-Hang Kwan Guillaume Painchaud-April

February 8, 2020

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In this paper, we introduce a newly developed semi-analytical model to predict the total focusing method (TFM) amplitude sensitivity map for both nondirectional and directional flaws.

Thinking Inside the Box

A Guide to Cardboard Compression Testing

Landon Goldfarb

February 8, 2020

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We tend to take cardboard packaging for granted, despite its increasing importance in our everyday lives. With the advent of online shopping, more and more of our purchases are shipped to our homes inside cardboard boxes of all shapes and sizes.