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Check out the December 2020 edition of Quality: Not all that is green is good; methods that hide bad product behind green numbers, additive manufacturing, calibration documentation, managing unanticipated risk and much more!

Not All that is Green is Good

There are methods to hide bad product under green numbers.

Michael Adcock

December 1, 2020

8 Comments

There is a long-standing practice in the computer aided inspection industry that includes CMMs to report in-tolerance values in green and out-of-tolerance values in red.

Managing the Unanticipated Risk: Lessons from the Pandemic

ISO 9001:2015 can ensure that actions are in place to address the risk if it occurs.

Lorri Hunt

December 4, 2020

6 Comments

Before January 2020, if you had asked an organization whether they had considered a pandemic as a risk to the organization, most would have answered no.

Remote Quality Management System Audits: An ISO 9001 Auditor’s Perspective and Lessons Learned

Planning in this remote audit environment is paramount.

Daniella Picciotti

December 5, 2020

19 Comments

It can be said that 2020 has been a year of paradigm shifts in both our personal and professional lives. Friends, families, and co-workers have had to make big changes to stay connected; so too has the world of Quality Management System (QMS) audits.

Figure 1: Traceable surface roughness master artifact

How to Successfully Establish a Correlation between Contact and Optical Surface Measurements

Contact stylus and noncontact optical can show excellent correlation.

Christian M Wichern, Ph.D.

December 3, 2020

9 Comments

Many use the phrase surface metrology interchangeably with roughness measurement, but it actually has a much wider meaning that includes measurement and quantification of periodicity; geometry; size; shape and number of discrete features and shapes; height or spacing based statistics; etc.

The Evolution of Calibration Documentation

Calibration software is the most advanced solution available to support and guide calibration management activities.

Tiffany Rankin

December 2, 2020

10 Comments

Our modern history is defined by the advent of writing. Writing is humankind’s principal technology for collecting, manipulating, storing, retrieving, communicating and disseminating information.

Keeping Up with Additive Manufacturing

AM production enables the creation of parts not possible with traditional technologies through new design concepts, new materials, and new applications, but still presents challenges.

Genevieve Diesing

December 1, 2020

4 Comments

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies continuously blaze the trail of what’s possible for part design. As such, reliably and accurately inspecting the latest parts has become increasingly complex.

Additive Drives the Adoption of CT for Nondestructive Internal Inspection

CT provides unparalleled insight into a 3D structure, including its density at every point throughout its volume.

Meghan Meinert

November 30, 2020

2 Comments

Many components and assemblies have internal features that are difficult to inspect, none more so than additively manufactured parts. Conventional quality control requires samples to be sectioned and subsequently scrapped.

The Moment of Truth

Satisfying the customer is all about the money!

Jim L. Smith

December 2, 2020

No Comments

Whether we realize it or not everyone’s job, including the quality professional, comes down to one thing; helping our companies, at least those in business to be profitable, make money!

Paradigm Shift

More than shaking the foundation.

Darryl Seland

December 3, 2020

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A paradigm shift, identified and coined by American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, is a fundamental change in the approach, concepts, and assumptions of a practice.

Benefits of Being an ASQ Inspection Division Member

An opportunity to enhance skills.

Jhair Aldana

December 1, 2020

No Comments

My introduction to quality commenced at a manufacturing plant where I started at an entry-level product packaging position.

Developments in Machine Vision Camera Interfaces

A number of data transfer hardware interfaces have been developed specifically for the machine vision sector over the years, including cameralink, GigE vision, USB3 vision, CoaXpress and Cameralink HS.

Mark Williamson

November 30, 2020

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The choice of camera data interface is a vital consideration both in traditional PC-based machine vision systems and in the increasingly important area of embedded vision.

Lighting Basics for Machine Vision

With these steps you are well on your way to finding the right light to highlight the features needed for a great image.

Paul Powers

November 30, 2020

One Comment

Much of the latest news surrounding machine vision is about machine learning and the innovations regarding algorithms. But those algorithms need data to perform correctly. The data in this case is the images. It is imperative to capture the best image possible so that the algorithms can perform at their highest level.

Ruggedization of Machine Vision Lenses

As applications and markets diversify their environmental profiles, the technology and optics must do the same.

Jaylond Cotten-Martin

November 29, 2020

No Comments

Imaging lenses are critically important components for systems deployed in all types of environments such as factory automation, robotics, and industrial inspection.

Three Cornerstones of Smart 3D Machine Vision

Modern UI design, web-enabled 3D smart sensors, and onboard inspection software.

Jordan Paul

November 28, 2020

3 Comments

Many of today’s industrial software applications are designed to run natively on the Windows platform. Accessing and controlling external hardware devices with a Windows application is usually achieved by using a driver provided by the hardware supplier and activating hardware functions using an SDK.

How Artificial Intelligence overcomes major obstacles standing in the way of automating complex visual inspection tasks

From accommodating flexibility to minimizing overdetection, the latest AI algorithms have the necessary capabilities to match the sensibility and expertise of professional human inspectors.

Felix Klebe Fernando Callejon

November 27, 2020

2 Comments

Due to rising labor costs and a shortage of skilled inspectors, today’s manufacturers are facing intense pressure to automate processes that rely on the senses of experienced human workers.

Machine Vision Trends for Today’s Industrial Age

Improvements in machine vision include advanced-imaging analysis, robotics, machine learning and 3D vision.

Amanda Nelson

November 26, 2020

One Comment

While early adopters found more promise than productivity, Industry 4.0 has finally come of age.

High QA Inspection Manager Version 5.1

December 1, 2020

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High QA has released Version 5.1 of its innovative Inspection Manager™ (IM) software. This latest version features next level Quality 4.0 standards, increased automation and enhanced workflows.

Marposs Remote Video Conference Testing, Acceptance Service

December 1, 2020

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Marposs announced its real-time Remote Testing and Acceptance Service. Marposs is enabling customers to participate in live testing, review and acceptance of their machines/gauges/applications without having to travel, enabling work to continue in an efficient manner while saving time and money.

This webinar will explore the costs and inefficiencies around paper processes and introduce Digital Clipboard for automating process workflows and improving productivity, increasing data integrity, accelerating reporting and corrective action, as well improving traceability and training.

The Quality Show is a 3-day tradeshow dedicated to connecting quality manufacturing professionals with process improvement vendors for all things QUALITY.

Quality Magazine

2020 December

Cover Story

Not All that is Green is Good

Features

Managing the Unanticipated Risk: Lessons from the Pandemic

Remote Quality Management System Audits: An ISO 9001 Auditor’s Perspective and Lessons Learned

How to Successfully Establish a Correlation between Contact and Optical Surface Measurements

The Evolution of Calibration Documentation

Keeping Up with Additive Manufacturing

Additive Drives the Adoption of CT for Nondestructive Internal Inspection

Columns

The Moment of Truth

Paradigm Shift

Benefits of Being an ASQ Inspection Division Member

Vision & Sensors

Developments in Machine Vision Camera Interfaces

Lighting Basics for Machine Vision

Ruggedization of Machine Vision Lenses

Three Cornerstones of Smart 3D Machine Vision

How Artificial Intelligence overcomes major obstacles standing in the way of automating complex visual inspection tasks

Machine Vision Trends for Today’s Industrial Age

Products

High QA Inspection Manager Version 5.1

Marposs Remote Video Conference Testing, Acceptance Service

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