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(ZEISS: Maple Grove, MN) -- ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions has opened a new Quality Excellence Center in Bloomfield, Connecticut, as part of its continuous expansion of support for U.S. manufacturers. The facility will provide advanced resources for precision metrology, technology…
Elizabeth Weddle
The quality systems most medtech teams are stuck with aren’t built for how they work today. 21 CFR Part 820 was authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1978, long before the software industry even existed. And while the regulations themselves aren’t going anywhere, the world they…
Quality Digest
(ZeroTouch: Tualatin, OR ) -- ZeroTouch introduces the ZT-EV solution suite, its latest advancement in electric vehicle stator measurement.
Designed for high repeatability and throughput, ZT-EV delivers precise gauging across three stator configurations: • Stator stack • Stator stack with paper…
Adam Zewe
A robot searching for workers trapped in a partially collapsed mine shaft must rapidly generate a map of the scene and identify its location within that scene as it navigates the treacherous terrain.
Researchers have recently started building powerful machine-learning models to perform this…
Blake Griffin
T he year 2025 has been rife with uncertainty for industrial automation OEMs and their customers. A cataclysmic shift in U.S. trade policy led to a marketwide mentality of “wait and see.” For automation OEMs, this has manifested broadly as delayed orders from customers rather than outright…
Quality Digest
(Evident: Waltham, MA) -- Evident announces the launch of its LEXT OLS5500 hybrid 3D optical profilometer, an award-winning platform that sets a new standard in precision surface measurements. Uniting laser scanning microscopy (LSM), white light interferometry (WLI), and focus variation microscopy…
Quality Digest
(Women in HVACR: Tallahassee, FL) -- Women in HVACR, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration trades, recently hosted its Bet on Yourself conference in Las Vegas, where it introduced its new president, honored award…
Manfred Kets de Vries
A young manager told me about the day she nearly quit her job. A major restructuring had left her team reeling. As targets shifted overnight, colleagues departed and rumors spread faster than facts. “I felt like I was living in a storm without a compass,” she said.
What changed her mind wasn’t a…
Adam Zewe
What can we learn about human intelligence by studying how machines “think?” Can we better understand ourselves if we better understand the artificial intelligence systems that are becoming a more significant part of our everyday lives?
These questions may be deeply philosophical, but for Phillip…
Ken Feinstein
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) -- Rockwell Automation, one of the world’s largest companies dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, announced the first autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have rolled off the production line at its global headquarters in Milwaukee.
The…
Stephanie Ojeda
Implementing a new quality management system (QMS) is no small task, especially for life science companies faced with stringent regulatory requirements and a high validation burden. Entrenched legacy systems compound the problem as organizational inertia and complacency lead companies to make do…
Quality Digest
(Evident Scientific: Waltham, WA) -- Whether you’ve been working with a microscope for years or are just beginning your journey, you have the potential to uncover something truly remarkable.
The unseen world is full of wonder—and Evident invites you to share the beauty you’ve discovered. Explore…
Quality Digest
(Flexxbotics: Boston) -- Flexxbotics, delivering digital solutions for robot-driven manufacturing at scale, announced that CEO and co-founder Tyler Bouchard made a presentation at the Innovation Expo 2025 co-hosted by the Ford Motor Co. and Industry 4.0 Accelerator. The full day conference was held…
Brian Brooks
The arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) in quality management has been met with a mixture of hype and skepticism. Is it just a faster anomaly detector, or is it truly transformative?
The answer depends on how we frame the problem. If we see AI merely as a way to speed up quality processes we…
Quality Digest
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam, a global leader in continuous improvement training and software, and the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality professionals, have announced an expanded strategic partnership that will make MoreSteam’s EngineRoom software…
David Schwinn
I’ve been in and around the quality profession for decades. When I first started, we were most concerned about products failing in our customers’ hands... too often and too soon. I worked at General Motors in those days, in the Frigidaire division when Frigidaire was part of General Motors. We made…
Quality Digest
(Evident Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Evident Scientific is setting a new standard in life science imaging with its launch of the new FLUOVIEW FV5000 confocal and multiphoton laser scanning microscope. The next-generation platform is designed to capture sharper, fully quantifiable data faster and…
Mike Figliuolo
Have you ever been in line for a promotion or a transfer to a new role only to find out your boss was quashing your efforts to make that leap? Here are some tips on how to deal with a boss sabotaging your career.
Many of us have been there—you hear about a cool new role somewhere else in the…
Quality Digest
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek Sensor Solutions is expanding its capabilities. Now, its large‐bore LVDT position sensors are customized for applications where standard or small-bore position sensors can’t provide the required performance, durability, or measurement range. These specially…
Creaform
Your company works hard to bring quality products to market, but your current inefficient development process slows you down. Your engineers rely on traditional tools like measuring tapes, calipers, verniers, or photos to gather dimensions and document how to shorten time to market and lower…
Ken Feinstein
For decades, the one-dimensional (1D) barcode, the familiar pattern of black lines found on virtually every product, has been the universal language of global commerce. Yet, as the supply chain grows more complex, data-driven, and compliance-heavy, the limitations of traditional barcodes are…
Quality Digest
(Creaform: Lévis, QC) -- Creaform, a business of AMETEK and a worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, has announced the launch of the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series, a powerful handheld 3D laser scanning solution. This innovative series features a built-in touchscreen…
Quality Digest
(The L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co., a leading global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gauges, metrology systems, and more, has partnered with H. Gerstner & Sons to offer 120 limited-edition, American-made Starrett machinist wooden tool chests.
The Starrett…
Quality Digest
(PI: Auburn, MA) -- Physik Instrumente, a global leader in precision motion control and air bearing motion systems, offers the A-688 rotary stage, a groundbreaking motorized, air-bearing-based rotation stage engineered for nanometer-scale precision, frictionless motion, and long-term reliability in…
James Glover
Your facility has detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs), ISO certifications, and quality management systems that would impress any auditor. But operators still skip calibration checks when production is behind, modify machine settings without authorization during shift changes, and forget…