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CyberMetrics Corp.
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- CyberMetrics Corp.’s Quality Management Division introduces a new product offering, the GAGEtrak Portable Calibration Solution (PCS). Now you can export gauge calibration data from GAGEtrak software to a netbook or laptop to perform calibrations in the field.
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ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) presented the first Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal for Social Responsibility to Joanne Adrienne Vincenten during its annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement in St. Louis on May 23. The medal recognizes the achievements of someone…
Teledyne DALSA
(DALSA: Boston) -- A global provider of machine vision technology, Dalsa Corp. recently launched four new models in the Falcon high-performance area scan camera family. Three of the color models are part of DALSA’s Falcon High Gain (HG) series, and one is part of its extended dynamic range (XDR)…
Paul Leavoy
If analysts are correct, the recent economic downturn may be slowing and even changing direction. The recession's effect on operations, however, has barely begun to manifest. Training budgets are typically the hardest hit when economic times are tough or corporate purse strings are pulled more…
Davis Balestracci
Customer satisfaction data resulting in various quality indexes abound. The airline industry is particularly watched. The April 10 Quality Digest Daily had an article with the title "Study: Airline Performance Improves" and the subtitle "Better on-time performance, baggage handling, and customer…
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xpensive, highly technical metrology equipment, which is used worldwide to measure critical parts in aerospace, automotive, nuclear, and communications industries (to name a few), has increased productivity and quality of virtually every product manufactured today. There’s an accompanying…
Michael Raphael
There are many reasons why firms need to model the exterior contour of existing aircraft outer mold lines (OML). Most aircraft flying today were not designed in a modern 3-D CAD system. Even with a current 3-D digital design, the actual as-built contour deviates from the intended shape, at least…
Ron Rode
Yes, it’s time to get your game on—metrology game, that is. I invite you to join us in Reno, Nevada, where the Coordinate Metrology Society is in the final preparations for its 26th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC). This year’s conference, sure to be a landmark event, will be…
ASTM International
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Standards developed by ASTM International’s technical committees—Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response and Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate—play a role in both the initial response and follow-up to oil spills. The…
CRC Press
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A new book published May 19 by CRC Press, Essential Project Management Skills, examines the trends affecting projects today using case studies from real projects. Author, Kerry R. Wills, an expert with a career of hands-on experience in project management, describes…
Tony Shaw
A woman in Southern California’s Inland Empire, age 53, is suffering from an unidentified neurological disorder. It started as an odd numbness in her left arm, and now she feels an uncomfortable, persistent tingling and prickling pain from the bottom of her feet to the top of her eyebrows. She…
Malvern Panalytical
(PANalytical: Almelo, the Netherlands) -- PANalytical has extended the compatibility of its Omnian advanced standardless analysis software to now include the compact benchtop MiniPal 4 X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. This combination offers a premium XRF solution that is both easy to use…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView operator interface to any VGA display. VisionView VGA is a low-cost DIN rail-mount adapter that provides direct VGA output for the VisionView application software, allowing operators to connect to any size…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- A long-time advocate of lean practices, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) member and author, Mark Hamel, has been awarded The Shingo Prize Research and Professional Publications Award for the Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for…
Bill Kalmar
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s the school year is winding to a conclusion, scores of children are anxiously awaiting the beginning of their summer vacation. I suspect that there are also an equal number of teachers preparing to clean out their desks and use the next couple of months to unwind and re-energize.
The…
GKS Global Services
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n 2006, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) kicked off a project called the Vehicle Design Summit (VDS), which today has grown into a large international consortium of teams from universities and innovative companies seeking, among other pressing global needs dealing with energy and…
Hiram Powers (1805–1873) is considered one the America’s great neoclassical sculptors. His works were popular in his time and remain so today. The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has one of the most comprehensive collections of Powers’ work featuring major sculptures in marble, as well as…
Eriez Manufacturing Co.
(Eriez Manufacturing Co.: Erie, PA) -- Eriez’ E-Z Tec X-ray Inspection Systems deliver the highest level of product and packaging integrity for pharmaceutical applications.
“When it comes to foreign object detection, most companies leave themselves vulnerable as they restrict inspection of…
Leica Geosystems
(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Following the successful Q4 2009 release of its Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner, Leica Geosystems announces new system enhancements that provide increased versatility and productivity for as-built and topographic surveys. Based on new versions of scanner…
FARO
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has announced the release of FARO Scene 4.7, the latest version of its scan processing software for the FARO laser scanner.
The new Scene 4.7 features…
Nikon Metrology Inc.
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon has formed Nikon Metrology Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc.’s industrial instruments business with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009. Nikon Metrology Inc., headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, will…
UBM Canon
(Canon Communications: Los Angeles, CA) -- Canon Communications has announced that its biennial regional edition of Quality Expo enjoyed a successful debut last month in Charlotte, North Carolina. Quality Expo South attracted 1,426 qualified manufacturing professionals nearly 100 top suppliers…
Paton Professional
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- That people and companies will have problems is a given: It’s the way that they face and respond to their problems that will dictate success or failure. This insight is a central tenet of Craig Cochran’s newest book, Problem Solving in Plain English (Paton…
FARO
(FARO Technologies: Minneapolis) -- Laser Design Inc. and FARO Technologies have partnered in developing a next generation scanning technology system, the Magnaline 240. This strategic partnership will allow both companies to bring their combined technologies to a wider base of innovative…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS has announced that Donald J. Wheeler will be the keynote speaker for Infusion 2010, the fourth annual user conference for InfinityQS quality systems. Infusion 2010 will be held at The Westin Grand in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 24–27.
Wheeler is a fellow…