What are the benefits of using a fully motorized microscope system? It’s an excellent question, and one that can be fully answered when looking at some motorized scope options.
Air gages have been reliable tools for more than 70 years, providing accurate and repeatable measures of diameter, depth, parallelism, taper and flatness.
The efficient and early inclusion of quality in the Digital Tapestry is changing the way Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems does business. We are creating a seamless link between engineering, production and the supply chain. Using virtual design tools, we use the same 3-D information from concept to cosmos, making a faster and more affordable life cycle.
High-speed data capture technique cuts calibration time 85 to 90%, minimizing downtime on key assets
January 1, 2016
The word “laser” implies “light speed” for the casual listener, but witnessing a bi-directional laser calibration run on just one linear axis of a CNC mill conjures up a completely different image of something less than light speed.
As the story goes, in an effort to improve sales and efficiency, a grocery store conducted a study to see which items were most commonly purchased together by its patrons.
In my work with quality professionals, I am constantly amazed at how many lament that their wonderful ideas did not see the light of day because ‘short-sighted’ management didn’t endorse them.
We will begin this month’s column, the first of 2016, with a scenario. It is a general scenario so consider your organization’s specifics and engage in this example.
I hate paperwork. In fact, I think the only redeeming quality most of it has is the fact that it is combustible and therefore great for starting fires in my fireplace.
Sensoray announced that its Model 2253P A/V Codec with GPS Receiver and Incremental Encoder Interfaces brings improved performance in the compact design necessary for pipeline inspection, mining, robotics and more.
Advanced Industrial Measurement Systems (AIMS) fully shop-hardened Revolution® CMMs are a mobile 5-axis shop floor CMM featuring Renishaw technology including PH20 probe, scale systems, software controller, and more.
Lloyd Instruments materials and force testers from AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments now include a specially developed jig for easy determination of peel strength of the aluminum foil on contact lens blister packs.
Inspection Arsenal™ Loc-N-Load™ fixture system is a puzzle-like, quick-swap fixture concept which consists of a docking rail (12, 18, or 30 in. lengths) into which 5 sizes of plates firmly secure and release. Open-Sight™, the Vision fixture adaptation, also interchanges for multi-sensor machines.
Optical Gaging Products (OGP®), a division of Quality Vision International (QVI®), now offers its large measurement volume SmartScope® Quest 800 multisensor dimensional measurement system to the metrology marketplace.