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One of Maclean Vehicle Systems’ (MVS’s) many automotive fastener products is stainless steel capped wheel nuts. The nuts are assembled on an index machine that processes two parts simultaneously at each station. The fasteners must be inspected to verify the nuts are properly threaded. MVS…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The A3 format was developed by Toyota for telling the story of improvement. It provides a way of communicating a proposed idea or a problem on a single A3-sized sheet of paper, encouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking. A3 problem solving identifies a…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America jumped 60 percent in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period in 2009, according to new statistics from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the industry’s trade group.
Second quarter sales were…
(ISO: Geneva) -- To ensure that medical devices do not irritate the skin or eyes, or cause other adverse reactions, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a testing standard for checking their safety prior to marketing and use.
ISO 10993-10:2010—“Biological…
(GSI: Melbourne, FL) -- Geodetic Systems In. (GSI), a global designer and manufacturer of industrial 3-D measurement systems, recently added a new line of V-STARS systems based on its new series of “DynaMo” cameras.
The new “V-STARS/D” systems incorporating the DynaMo retain all the features…
With the recession finally in our rearview mirror (so they say), most companies are beginning to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and at least try to get back to business. But the past year has left its mark: Employees are in a funk. They are fearful, overworked, distrustful, and have less…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- With the new TS 249, HEIDENHAIN Corp. offers an extremely compact touch probe primarily for use in numerical-controlled grinding machines and lathes. This small device is based on well-proven HEIDENHAIN sensor technology, providing immediate connection to all common…
Story update 10/7/2010: We edited the last sentence of the first paragraph to reflect an amendment from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
Known for the past 23 years as the Baldrige National Quality Program, the nation’s public-private partnership dedicated to performance excellence…
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(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a…
You can check a person’s vital signs—pulse, respiration, and blood pressure—manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Health and Sciences Technology program is working on a system that could measure these health…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ERCQM) software solutions, is the recipient of business analyst Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the ERCQM…
(Buker Inc.: Antioch, IL) --The Lean Manufacturing Assessment, a new booklet produced by Buker Inc., offers manufacturing companies the opportunity to benchmark themselves in their lean efforts against the “best in class” lean manufacturing standards. The Lean Manufacturing Assessment focuses on…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) --The MAXIMA ML-3500 series ultraviolet lamps use advanced micro-discharge light (MDL) technology, plus a unique filter and bulb/reflector, to deliver up to 10 times the UV-A (365 nm) output of conventional high-intensity discharge (HID) inspection lamps. With…
(Six Sigma Management Institute: Scottsdale, AZ) -- Business leaders, improvement experts, Six Sigma professionals, and consultants are cordially invited to attend “The Social Convergence of Six Sigma,” a two-day leadership event to be held Oct. 27–28 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Discover new…
(Summit Optimization Group LLC: Lizella, GA) -- Summit Optimization Group LLC (Summit OG), a woman-owned consulting firm specializing in the implementation of process improvement methodologies, has announced HEART and HEARTRx for change management with new deployment strategies and leadership…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Three-dimensional laser scanning is an emerging technology that holds great promise for capturing dimensionally accurate information about an object or scene by collecting millions of dense measurements quickly. ASTM International Committee E57 on 3-D imaging…
(ZWSOFT: Guangzhou, China) -- ZWCAD Software Co. Ltd. (ZWSOFT), a provider of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, announces the release of ZW3D 2010, a complete 3-D CAD/CAM suite that provides ease of use, performance, and super-fast modeling functionality…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- Thousands of aerospace manufacturers and engineers around the world use AS9100 as a guide to making quality parts and a way to comply with governmental regulations, but the upcoming revision to the standard—revision C—is still somewhat of a mystery. In this…
(Promess: Brighton, MI) -- Promess Inc. has launched a new microprocessor-based, handheld meter for calibration, certification, and verification of both laboratory and production measuring equipment. The new PRO-CM16 includes a digital sensor interface, for automatic detection of torque and force…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Representatives from Kraft, Medtronic, Procter & Gamble, and others will be giving presentations about how their companies are leveraging manufacturing quality to increase productivity and lower costs at InfinityQS’ fourth-annual SPC software user conference,…
(Quantros: San Francisco) -- Quantros, a provider of clinically-focused data management and decision support solutions for the health care industry, demonstrated several new patient safety and quality improvement solutions at the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) Annual…
(Macro Sensors: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Macro Sensors’ linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) position sensors offer right-angle configurations, double-ended accessibility, and debris-free operation. Due to the radially mounted electrical connector and bending radius of the mating cable, the…
(Trimble: Sun City, South Africa) -- At the XIV International Congress of the International Society for Mine Surveying in South Africa, Trimble Navigation Ltd. introduced two new advanced features for its Trimble 4D Control software solution for monitoring systems. The new features include support…
(Automation Technology: Bad Oldesloe, Germany ) -- With the new CX-Compact Sensors, Automation Technology presents a new generation of detector-heads for high-speed 3-D scanning. Its core comprises the world’s fastest high-resolution-sensors, available with a resolution of 2352 × 1728 pixels and a…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- In the past 12 months, the food and beverage industry has seen major recalls due to contaminants and bacteria present in a multitude of products. These recalls have cost companies millions of dollars in revenue, resulted in discarded supplies, and even caused…
