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Olympus
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus is pleased to announce the introduction of the new i-Speed LT, i-Speed TR, and i-Speed FS high-speed video cameras. These new units complement an already wide range of industrial high-speed video cameras from Olympus and offer users a choice to select from a…
Mike Richman
Here at Quality Digest, we get a lot of mail: Some of it’s critical, some of it’s praiseworthy, some of it’s cantankerous, and some of it’s challenging. All of it is insightful. And then, every once in awhile, something comes along that simply... well...
The following was sent to us from a…
“The consumer’s concept of quality will no longer be measured by only the physical attributes of the product—it will extend to the process of how the product is made, including product safety, environmental compliance, and social responsibility compliance.”
—Victor Fang, chairman of Li and Fang…
(Mountain Home Training and Consulting: Denver) -- Mountain Home Training and Consulting Inc. announces it has signed a teaming agreement with Playsmint, one of the industry’s leading veteran placement service providers, to offer transitioning veterans an opportunity to get the training and…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
My sons recently started talking about being cool, and I recalled my own teenage years and the need to be cool. That driving desire dictated the clothes I wore, the music I listened to, and what subjects I became conversant in. And, yet despite all my motivation and effort, it remained elusive…
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) – The TDS3052C digital phosphor oscilloscope (DPO) provides a bandwidth range of 500 MHz and five GS/s sample rates for accurate representation of your signal. Providing a greater level of insight into complex signals, the TDS3052C combines a whopping 3…
TÜV Rheinland PTL
(TÜV Rheinland: Newtown, CT) -- TÜV Rheinland PTL LLC, North America’s largest solar and photovoltaic testing center, will unveil its Solar Thermal and Combined Heating Power (CHP) Systems services, including domestic and international testing and certification, at the Greenbuild International…
Dazor
(Dazor: St. Louis) -- Microscope work can be very straining on the visual and musculoskeletal systems. Workers are typically forced to sit in one fixed position with their bodies conformed to the machine for extended periods of time. Worker discomfort coupled with less advanced…
Magnatag Visible Systems
(Magnatag: Macedon, NY) -- Manufacturers are choosing Magnatag CardView Kanban boards to coordinate inventories and lean workflow. “The boards are great for managing inventory movement,” says a materials manager from St. Clair Shores, Michigan. “As the item cards are removed, the yellow and red…
Keithley Instruments Inc.
(Keithley: Cleveland) -- Keithley is offering a free webinar on "How to Get the Most From Your Low Current Measurement Instruments," on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. EST.
This seminar is designed to cover the the basics of low current (from nA to fA) electrical measurements, including how to select the…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- The just-published new edition of ISO 9004 provides organizations with a model for sustained success in today’s complex, demanding, and ever-changing environment.
ISO 9004:2009—“Managing for the sustained success of an organization—A quality management approach,” is the third…
Scott Paton
During my sabbatical from writing this column this summer, I watched an interesting program on the National Geographic Channel’s “Mayday” series1. It serves as a terrific example of how a good root cause analysis can get to the heart of a seemingly complicated problem.
The show focused on the…
Turbines that are housed in aircraft engines are subjected to pretty tough conditions. They must perform at speeds of 30,000 rpm in temperatures greater than 800ºC for hours at a time.
The engine manufacturers fully understand that even small surface defects can reduce performance, increase…
Nikon Metrology NV
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology NV announces the compact, yet versatile, XT V 130 X-ray inspection system that efficiently traces failures inside complex electronic devices and multilayer circuit boards.
To maintain highest quality standards in an environment of…
Mettler-Toledo
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Periodic balance testing is an important factor in quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and established testing procedures are needed to ensure that instruments always perform to the required specifications.
Mettler Toledo’s GWPExcellence balance…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA: Washington) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new information on EPA and state enforcement of hazardous waste and air regulations. In addition, the EPA posted data that allows the public, for the first time, to compare toxic releases with compliance data from…
UBM Canon
(Canon Communications LLC: Los Angeles) -- Join 16,000 medical product development professionals from around the world at MD&M West, the world’s largest medical design and manufacturing event, Feb. 8–11, 2010.
Whether you’re planning to attend the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD…
Chene Canada Inc.
(Chene Canada Inc.: Montreal, Canada) -- Chene Canada Inc. is a service provider in the nondestructive testing (NDT) field who is currently assessing the market potential in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1988, Chene has developed a unique value proposal for companies who have NDT needs…
Nikon Metrology NV
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) -- The corporate name of Metris has been changed to Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regard to technology, marketing, and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with…
Gallup
Jim Clifton, Gallup’s chairman and CEO, says businesses have, in most cases, maximized every possible benefit from practices based on neoclassical economics, such as Six Sigma, reengineering, and total quality management (TQM). The significant competitive advantages from these practices have hit a…
J.D. Power and Associates
(J.D. Power Asia Pacific: Shanghai) -- Overall new-vehicle initial quality in China has improved by 14 percent in 2009, compared with 2008, as the quality gap between China’s domestic brands and international brands narrows, according to the recently released J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 China…
J.D. Power and Associates
(J.D. Power Asia Pacific: Shanghai) -- Overall new-vehicle initial quality in China has improved by 14 percent in 2009, compared with 2008, as the quality gap between China’s domestic brands and international brands narrows, according to the recently released J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 China…
Denise Robitaille
There have been a couple of great columns in recent weeks in Quality Digest Daily dealing either directly or indirectly with the subject of root cause analysis. Mike Micklewright gave us his spin on medical consequences of inadequate root cause analysis and Dirk Dusharme illustrated the pitfalls…
Baumer
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- To eliminate the problems associated with fluid leaking from tanks, pumps, vessels, trays, and other containers, Baumer has introduced the FODK 23 optical sensor for leak monitoring. The evaluation electronics for this sensor are housed in a chemically-resistant, IP67-…
In the fast growing market for wind power systems, quality assurance according to international industrial standards has become an important issue. Wind power plants are no longer a niche playground for environmental proponents, but a serious business where cost efficiency, life-cycle costs,…
