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Pinpoint Laser Systems
(Pinpoint: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing a multipurpose universal alignment kit to improve machinery alignment and enhance production efficiency. Misaligned rolls and web systems, uneven travel on CNC machine tools, misaligned extrusion casings, and poorly aligned bore…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Geospatial information modeling and mapping has become an important tool for investigating and managing natural resources at the landscape scale. Spatial Statistics: GeoSpatial Information Modeling and Thematic Mapping, by Mohammed A. Kalkhan, Ph.D. (CRC Press,…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Presenting an alternate approach to supply chain management, Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers (CRC Press, 2011) explains why the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an enterprise resource…
BSI
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI Group America Inc. (BSI), a global provider of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards-based assurance, compliance, and information solutions, has upgraded the quality management module in its Entropy Software solution. The enhancement provides…
LaserLinc Inc.
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc, a leader in design and manufacturing of noncontact, laser, and ultrasonic measurement systems, has added ultrasonics to its popular BenchLinc benchtop inspection systems.
The fixture is based on LaserLinc’s UltraGauge+ ultrasonic wall measurement system.…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: West Springfield, MA) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) RAPID Conference and Exposition is North America’s definitive additive manufacturing event, held in conjunction with the 3D IMAGING Conference and Exposition. This year’s event will be held May 23–26, 2011, in Minneapolis…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
“I hate you! I’m going to kill you tonight after you fall asleep,” screamed 9-year-old Jerry to his foster mother. It was hard to believe such hateful words could come from this adorable child with big blue eyes and an impish face.
Dee loves Jerry (I have changed their names to protect their…
NIST
Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular molecule—a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of acetone—in a vast sea of others, underlies many important applications, from medical tests to air pollution detectors to bomb sniffers. Now, a sensor recently developed at…
Laser Design Inc.
Fact or fiction? Data acquired with 3-D scanning is inferior to that acquired via a touch probe and a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). This most certainly is fiction. The fact is that 3-D scanning captures tens of thousands of points per second, an enormous amount of data that makes the…
ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions
(Carl Zeiss IMT: Oberkochen, Germany) -- With DuraMax RT Gear, Carl Zeiss has developed a special compact-class gear wheel horizontal-arm measuring machine. Now featuring a rotary table, it fits into any small or large workshop, is suitable for inline process control and thus close to production…
Microscan
(Microscan: Renton, WA) -- Microscan, a global technology leader for track and trace solutions, has introduced a free online barcode generator that allows visitors to create, save, and e-mail custom barcodes from the Microscan website.
More than 19 different symbologies ranging from linear…
Association For Manufacturing Technology AMT
March U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $511.15 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA), and the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology…
John Flaig
In the article, “Four Control Chart Myths from Foolish Experts,” by Davis Balestracci (Quality Digest Daily, March 30, 2011) the following comments were made regarding what Balestracci considers statistical process control (SPC) myths:
“Myth No. 4: Three standard deviation limits are too…
Quality Transformation With David Schwinn
As we continue our sabbatical journey, more opportunities for the improvement of management practices continue to appear. This month, the overriding theme that I have observed is the lack of front-line performance that seems to be a result of the system. I have been reminded of the many times we as…
National Science Foundation
(NSF: Arlington, VA) -- The Kids’ Science Challenge has announced the winners of this year’s competition in which third through sixth graders from all over the United States come up with creative ideas for solving science and engineering problems. The winning students, chosen from more than 1,…
ISPE
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global, nonprofit association of more than 22,000 professionals, will feature seven educational sessions, including two sessions focusing on the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical…
Denise Robitaille
The headline’s question seemed a bit far-fetched to me when it was originally posed. The answer provided another delightful illustration of the myriad analogies we find in our everyday lives that relate so effortlessly to our work as quality professionals. The comparison demonstrated the complexity…
Toyota Motor Sales
(Toyota Motor Sales: Torrance, CA) -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A. Inc. has announced the five winners in its Ideas for Good initiative, a unique program that invited consumers to share their ideas on how to repurpose Toyota technologies beyond their automotive applications. The winning ideas,…
Rockwell Automation
(Rockwell Automation: Mayfield Heights, OH) -- Your plant floor generates valuable performance data virtually every second during a production cycle. Readily accessing and sharing this control system information produces tangible value for many companies that have leveraged the benefits of…
Mettler-Toledo
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo announces the latest installment of its free, on-demand webinar series, “Best Practices in Piece Counting.” The webinar offers scale-based piece-counting essentials and explores how it can be used to solve various manufacturing…
TÜV SÜD America
(TÜV SÜD America Inc.: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America announces that its Industry Service division is approved as a verification body to provide verification services under several greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting programs in Canada.
As an ANSI-accredited verification body, TÜV SÜD offers third-…
Toyota Motor Sales
(TMS: Torrance, CA) -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. (TMS) has opened the first hydrogen fueling station in the United States that’s fed directly from an active industrial hydrogen pipeline. The station is a collaborative effort between Toyota, Air Products, Shell, South Coast Air…
Revware Inc.
(Revware: Raleigh, NC) -- Revware Inc., a leading developer of CAD-driven concept-to-product engineering software and manufacturer of the MicroScribe portable measurement system, announces another addition to its metrology product portfolio, the Skiron laser scanner. Produced by…
FasTest Inc.
(FasTest: Roseville, MN) -- FasTest Inc. announces Cal Mate flange connectors to provide quick, temporary calibration connections for gauges, transmitters, and other devices equipped with sanitary, tri-clamp style fittings. CalMate flange connectors quickly attach to sanitary flanges in seconds…
Mike Micklewright
Editor’s note: This column first ran May 10, 2011, more than five years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. We think it's worth reading now not so much for political reasons but rather to emphasize the enduring usefulness of quality management tools. We’re also…
