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(Spectronics: Westbury, New York) -- Spectronics Corp., manufacturer of UV, UV/blue, and LED products for inspection, testing, monitoring, diagnostics, has introduced the OPTI-LUX 365 Series UV-A (365 nm) LED flashlights, which are perfect for a wide variety of nondestructive testing (NDT)…
(Methods Machine Tools: Sudbury, MA) -- Methods Machine Tools, supplier of precision machine tools, automation, and machine tool accessories, has introduced the new 300 Series VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparators, developed by Vision X, based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada.
The 300 Series…
(5SToday.com: Lake Oswego, OR) -- 5SToday.com, which provides products and services relating to 5S, the Japanese process for minimizing errors and mistake-proofing, is offering customers a free 5S guide for the proper implementation of the process.
Frequently used for implementing and maintaining…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development: Applications and Case Studies (CRC Press, 2012), written by chapter authors, is edited by Elizabeth Cudney, Ph.D., and Sandra L. Furterer, Ph.D.
The book discusses how DFSS is linked to organizational…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- AIAG will release the results of a first-of-its-kind Global Quality Survey it is commissioning through J.D. Power and Associates at AIAG’s inaugural Quality Summit in September. The summit, “The Future of Quality: Performance Rules,” will feature keynote addresses by…
(Fischer: Windsor, CT) -- The MMS NICKELSCOPE, from Fischer Technology, a manufacturer of coating thickness measurement and materials testing instrumentation, is a multimeasurement system that uses the Hall Effect test method for nondestructive coating thickness measurement of electroplated nickel…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In order to succeed in today’s increasingly competitive environment, corporations, companies, governments, and nonprofit organizations must be conversant with modern project management techniques. This is especially true for individuals looking to remain…
(KVH Industries: Middletown, RI) -- KVH Industries, designer and manufacturer of communication and sensor systems for mobile applications, has introduced the Series 1750 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an advanced six-degrees-of-freedom sensor designed to integrate easily into the most demanding…
(Intergraph: Madison, AL ) -- Intergraph, developer and creator of industry-specific engineering and geospatial software, has released Validation, Transformation and Loading (VTL) 2012, a comprehensive SmartPlant Enterprise solution capable of managing data import from multiple sources. This…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 25th anniversary year of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will see 39 organizations vying for the honor of becoming an award recipient. Applicants for the Baldrige Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published an international standard addressing business continuity management to help organizations in both public and private sectors become more resilient.
ISO 22301:2012—“Societal security—Business continuity management systems—…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released the latest volume in the Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation (PQLI) series, Change Management System as a Key Element of a Pharmaceutical Quality System. The guide, which is part three of the PQLI…
(Creaform: Lévis, Québec) -- Creaform, a leader in portable 3-D measurement solutions and 3-D engineering services, has unveiled its redesigned and optimized website, as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. The new website has been aligned with Creaform’s revitalized visual identity and will…
(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- Social Business by Design: Transformative Social Media Strategies for the Connected Company, by Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim (Jossey-Bass, 2012), is the definitive management book on how to rethink the modern organization in the social media era. Based on…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- H. James Harrington was honored by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) when it presented him with the Ishikawa Medal on May 20, 2012. He was selected to receive the medal in recognition of his many contributions in promoting the understanding of process improvement and…
(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- Experience NIWeek, August 6–9, 2012, is the 18th annual global conference and exhibition on graphical system design from National Instruments (NI), developer of software and hardware solutions for engineering. Join more than 3,000 decision makers from…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In many testing laboratories, it can be necessary to qualify a new test method, instrument, or the lab itself with respect to one or more performance characteristics. One such characteristic is bias, or mutual agreement of average test results run on the same…
(Qualitest: Fort Lauderdale, FL) -- The 2000kN Universal Testing Machine, Q2000, by Qualitest, a developer and manufacturer of high-technology testing products and solutions, is fully loaded with many advanced technical features and state-of-the-art design. It meets the highest demands for quality…
(UL: Northbrook, IL) -- UL Knowledge Services, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and an authorized educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, is offering a two-day workshop on the Shingo model and the principles behind the Shingo Prize philosophy and approach…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- For almost every sensationalized media report of product failure, a closer look often determines these failures occurred due to inadequate reliability theory and methodology. Current theories and practices cannot solve these problems, mainly because test…
(GDO: Eygelshoven, Netherlands) -- GDO BV is a designer and builder of production automation and visual inspection systems based in The Netherlands. In 2007 a major European stent manufacturer came to GDO with a request: Could the company develop a system to automate stent inspection?
Out of this…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex, the a global supplier of machine vision systems, has released SensorView 2, a smart display for Checker machine vision sensors. With SensorView 2, production engineers can fully configure, test, and monitor Checker 4G vision sensors without a PC being required at any…
(Kistler: Novi, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 4550A KiTorq system, designed to add greater measurement flexibility of the highly dynamic torque…
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems (DCS), a provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, has announced that DCS vice president Donald Jasurda will address product design and manufacturing professionals at the 2012 International Forum on DFMA. The event will…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Thurs., May 24, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a $26 million federal funding opportunity for the multiagency Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension…