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Productivity Press
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Already proven to increase efficiencies in the manufacturing sector, standard work has become a key element in reducing process waste, ensuring patient safety, and improving health care services. As part of the Taylor and Francis Lean Tools for…
L.S. Starrett Co.
(L.S. Starrett: Athol, MA) -- The SR200 Surface Roughness Tester from The L.S. Starrett Co. is a powerful, full-featured instrument that can be used either free-standing (e.g., on horizontal, vertical, or even inverted surfaces) or bench-mounted with fixtures for batch measurement and laboratory…
NSF International
(NSF: Salt Lake City) -- NSF International, a world leader in standards development, product certification,
education, and risk management for public health and safety, launched a new program to certify distributors who sell automotive aftermarket collision parts. The NSF Automotive Aftermarket…
BSI
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- Enhesa, a global environmental, health, and safety regulatory consultancy, and BSI Group America Inc., the maker of Entropy Software, an environmental health safety and quality (EHSQ) governance, risk, and compliance software, has formed a strategic partnership that will…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has launched its redesigned website, featuring a new home page. It’s one of the first steps in ASQ’s full-scale website rebuild, which aligns with the organizations’ recent brand transformation as The Global Voice of Quality. ASQ.org was…
MIT News
Power turbines may be a mature business, but they are also a booming one. This year General Electric received record orders for jet engines, and because natural gas is currently cheap, worldwide demand is increasing for gas turbines used in power plants, says Jeffrey Immelt, GE’s chairman and…
NIST
The electromagnetic force has gotten a little stronger, gravity a little weaker, and the size of the smallest “quantum” of energy is now known a little better. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted the latest internationally recommended values of the fundamental…
The QA Pharm
Responses to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Warning Letters and the FD483—a written notice of deficiencies found during inspections—are usually full of commitments. They involve what will be done to correct compliance problems, and when it will be done. The FDA has even started to ask…
Automated Precision Inc.
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has released its Radian Laser Tracker with the INNOVO Technology Platform. This new and advanced laser tracker changes the way that people use laser trackers. Radian brings with it advanced features that include I-Vision, ADM-Maxx, and a…
Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
(GLTAAC: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Small and midsize manufacturing companies in Ohio are modernizing to compete with overseas competition—and some are finding new niche markets they can dominate.
RBB Systems develops, manufactures, and delivers small batches of custom electronic assemblies and control…
Photron USA
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software, introduces the lower cost, high-definition, high-speed Fastcam SA6 camera. Ideal for automotive, military, broadcast, particle velocimetry (PIV), and digital image correlation (…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Sharing his 45 years of project management experience, best-selling author and industry guru, Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D., presents a straightforward, enlightening, and pragmatic guide to help senior managers make the transition to an organization that profits and thrives…
Stratasys Inc.
(Stratasys: Eden Prairie, MN) -- Struggling with long lead times for manufacturing tools? We’ll show you how to use proven additive manufacturing technology to produce lightweight, durable thermoplastic jigs and fixtures. Join Noah Zehringer, applications engineer at Stratasys Inc. on Thurs.,…
NIST
Terahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials—plastic, clothing, paper, and some biological tissues—making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection, and imaging skin tumors. However, to date there is no standard method for…
Tracker Handbook by Art Kietlinski
Despite a laser tracker’s many capabilities, its main function presents some limitations that can make it difficult to measure certain features of a part. Line-of-sight or scanning surfaces with a small radius or contour may be a challenge when using only a laser tracker.
Before other…
Asia Pacific Quality Organization APQO
(APQO: Rizal, Philippines) -- Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) has announced the World Class Winners of the Global Performance Excellence Awards.
“We are pleased to announce that six organizations from six Asian and Pacific Rim Countries are being recognized as exemplary companies of…
Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group
(Palmer Wahl: Asheville, NC) -- New from the Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group is the ergonomically designed Wahl C150 On-Site Multifunction Calibrator. It features built-in “easy connect” terminals, portable and bench-top flexibility, and easy-to-use intuitive embedded software. Fully…
Pilgrim Quality Solutions
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has launched “Fusion 9: Where No One Has Gone Before—Compliance and Quality in the Future,” a dynamic website for its 2012 user conference. The…
Nanovea
(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- Nanovea has introduced its patent-pending breakthrough method of reliably acquiring yield strength through indentation, which should replace the traditional tensile testing machine for yield strength measurement.
Traditionally, yield strength has been tested by using a…
LUDECA
(LUDECA: Doral, FL) -- LEVALIGN EXPERT provides an accurate and easy-to-use method for the measurement of split machine casings, the flatness and straightness of machine bases and foundations, and the flatness and parallelism of circular, rectangular, and odd-shaped flanges. The system consists…
Texas A and M News and Information Services
(Texas A&M News: College Station, TX) -- It’s complicated, an employee’s decision to leave a job—even more complicated than previously believed, Texas A&M University researchers concluded after conducting research on when job searches result in turnover.
As expected, turnover was higher…
Wiley
(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality, by Chang W. Kang and Paul H. Kvam, is an introductory book on improving the quality of a process or a system, primarily through SPC. There are numerous technical manuals available for SPC, but this book differs in two ways:…
FARO
Variation Reduction Solutions Inc. (VRSI) is an independent integrator of machine vision and applied metrology technologies for automated manufacturing. The company focuses on achieving disruptive gains in assembly-process accuracy and efficiency through the innovative application of…
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has set a goal to enlist at least 1,000 hospitals into its respected National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). The commitment is part of the ACS Inspiring Quality initiative, an effort to raise awareness of proven models of quality…
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
All types of snazzy technologies are available these days to make buildings greener: automated shades, electrochromic windows that know when to tint, intelligent lighting controls and smart cooling and heating systems, to name just a few. But how do these components work with each other and…
