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Don't forget, this week is World Metrology Week (Monday was World Metrology Day in case you missed it). Quality Digest and the Coordinate Metrology Society have joined forces to bring you extra features, photos, games, contests, and prize drawings, all of which will appear in portions of the…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched the Hexagon Metrology Support Center in conjunction with World Metrology Day, May 20, 2013. The online portal is a centralized resource for support of any Hexagon Metrology product. Customers will have 24/7 access to a…
(Sparta Systems: Hamilton, NJ) -- Sparta Systems Inc., an industry pioneer and leader in enterprise quality management solutions, has announced the availability of TrackWise Analytics, an enterprise business intelligence (BI) solution that helps redefine the benchmark for quality systems. The…
(API: Rockville, MD/Stuttgart, Germany) -- Automated Precision Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary advancement in laser tracker technology—the world’s first completely wireless, controller-free laser tracker: the Omnitrac 2.
Built on the frame of the API’s Radian tracker, the Omnitrac 2 offers an…
(Carl Zeiss Microscopy: Thornwood, NY) -- Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC is holding two workshop series on its scanning electron microscope (SEM) products. Separate events will be held for the ZEISS Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (ΣIGMA, SUPRA, ULTRA, and MERLIN Series), and the EVO Series…
(Manufacturing.com: Hoboken, NJ) -- Frank Russo, CEO and co-founder of Fabricating.com, providers of sourcing solution for U.S. buyers seeking U.S. suppliers, will speak at the “Business Roundtable: Learn to be Better” event hosted by the New Jersey Tooling and Manufacturing Association (NJTMA),…
Karen Martin’s The Outstanding Organization (McGraw-Hill, 2012) is a 2013 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award.
Martin provides well-researched, practical advice on how to become aware of the self-inflicted chaos within your organization that cracks the foundation for…
(ASQ: Milwaukee, WI) -- ASQ, a leading authority on quality in all fields and industries, has joined the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC), a public-private partnership developing prototypes and training for next-generation manufacturing technology platforms.
Spearheaded by Alcoa and…
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software has launched Verisurf University, a new training service for customers, educators, and students seeking to improve their knowledge of Verisurf software, coordinate metrology, and their practical application in a manufacturing environment.
According to…
(D. L. Newslow and Associates, Inc: Orlando, FL) -- Going to the Food Safety Supply Chain Conference in Chicago? This workshop is geared towards anyone wanting to learn more about FSMA, including, but not limited to: Food Safety Managers, Top Management, Supervisors, Quality Managers and Food…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Innovation professionals now have a resource and organization whose vision is to prepare professionals and companies to use innovation science and methodologies to address global challenges. Quality Digest contributor H. James Harrington has been actively involved in…
(CMSC: San Diego, CA) --The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, has announced the launch of the industry’s first Level-One Certification for Portable 3D Metrology. The first examinations will be held at the 29th annual Coordinate…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Quality Digest syndicated columnist Robert Wilson's books are on their way to libraries in need as part of the effort to restock facilities destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The Annoying Ghost Kid has been shipped after being vetted by Indie Authors for Hurricane Sandy…
(TÜV Rheinland: Boxborough, MA) -- TÜV Rheinland of North America is offering certification services in functional safety (FS) and hazardous locations (HazLoc). The new business line will address the growing need for the services.
TÜV Rheinland of North America’s HazLoc/Functional Safety team is…
(Plex Systems: Troy, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, the cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, announces the upcoming videocast, “Technology in Automotive Manufacturing: Driving the Industry’s Future,” to be held on April 25, 2013, at 2 p.m. Eastern…
(InspectionXpert: Apex, NC) -- InspectionXpert Corp. and Verisurf, Inc. have scheduled two webinars in April that will introduce the efficiencies gained with their integrated solution for quality inspection departments that are struggling with ways to automate inspection and documentation processes…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -– Nikon Metrology has announced that Hajime Kosawa, managing director, has been promoted to a new position at Nikon Corporate in Japan. NMI also welcomes Hideaki Okamoto as the new managing director. Kosawa’s success in accomplishing the integration of Metris into…
(CBI: Woburn, MA) -- For the past eight years, CBI’s Product Recalls Series has led the way in providing key updates and best practices for successful execution of drug, device, and diagnostic recalls corrections.
CBI’s Annual Product Recalls Summit, being held in Indianapolis on June 11–12, 2013…
(Mahr: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring the new Micro-Dimensionair II, the next generation of its well-established Micro-Dimensionair line of portable air gauges, at EASTEC, the largest annual manufacturing education and research event on the East Coast, May 14–16, 2013, in West…
(SICK: Minneapolis, MN) -- SICK, a leading manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, encoders, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, has launched Frame Light Grids (FLG) for detecting and counting parts as small as 4 mm in size.
With the sender…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology released its preliminary agenda for HxGN LIVE, which builds on this year’s theme, “Great Stories Start Here." The annual conference will be held June 3–6, 2013, at the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas. Hexagon Metrology will host the largest…
(LVDT: Pennsauken, NJ) -- Now there’s help to quickly identify the right LVDT linear position sensor for an application. Eliminating the need for customers to peruse numerous web pages and review product specifications, Macro Sensors offers an online Position Sensor Guide that quickly identifies…
(Global Monitoring LLC: Springfield, PA) -- Nomadic Safety has installed remote monitors on its safety trailers to track operating parameters. The remote monitors will help reduce maintenance costs and improve customer service related to the performance of safety trailers used on remote works sites…
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS) and InspectionXpert Corp. have announced that \QDM Quality Management System software will deliver extended data integration with InspectionXpert that will streamline first-article inspection report authoring and management. This integration…
(ATC DigiTec: Newell, WV) -- The Automatic Timing Control (ATC) DigiTec Division of Marsh Bellofram Corp. has introduced to the global market its highly compact 758-GF86/XF86 series of industrial open-face AC tachometer generators. These tachometers, part of the WESTCON product line, are designed…
