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Guest Column

"Paper or Plastic?"

How to make binary decisions out of complex problems.
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Ian R Lazarus
January 6, 2021
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Back in the day when attending live, face-to-face conferences was “a thing,” I always looked forward to the breaks when I could join my peers around that long, huge table put out by the hotel offering a variety of Danishes, fruit, and of course, coffee.


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Standardized Leak Testing for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells

It is Essential for Automakers.
Thomas Parker Daniel Wetzig, PhD
January 6, 2021
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Automakers in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the United States are struggling with performance and safety issues associated with electric and hybrid-electric cars.


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statistical process control (SPC)

Statistical Process Control (SPC) 101

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Devin Partida
December 4, 2020
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Company leaders often talk about the necessity of making continuous improvements. Spotting problems and fixing them could lead to higher output, fewer defects or recalls, and other advantages. Statistical process control (SPC) is one of the methods commonly relied upon to make progress.


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First Article Inspection

First Article Inspection 101: What You Need to Know

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Devin Partida
December 4, 2020
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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).


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From the Editor, Darryl Seland

Paradigm Shift

More than shaking the foundation.
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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. 


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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.


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High QA Inspection Manager Version 5.1

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.


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additive manufacturing

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
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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.


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3D printer

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
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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.


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Traditional Windows Application Design

Three Cornerstones of Smart 3D Machine Vision

Modern UI design, web-enabled 3D smart sensors, and onboard inspection software.
Jordan Paul
November 28, 2020
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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.


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