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Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 108.0% in 2011
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- The May 2011 U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $388.27 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.…
PPT VISION Expands M-Series Machine Vision and Software
(PPT VISION: Minneapolis) -- PPT VISION, developer and manufacturer of machine vision solutions, has announced the addition of two high-performance cameras to its M-Series embedded machine vision system line. The two cameras—from JAI, creator of digital CCD/CMOS camera technology—include an…
Book: <em>Lean Sustainability: Creating Safe, Enduring, and Profitable Operations</em>
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance defines safety as “the maintenance of peace of mind.” Without peace of mind, or the serenity brought about by a safe working environment, employees will be unwilling and even unable to focus their energies on…
Linear Motion Manufacturer Reduces Time, Errors with InspectionXpert
(Extensible CAD: Apex, NC) -- In 1983, a small company, Pacific Bearing Co., tackled what had become an industrial headache: failing linear ball bearings. With patented and innovative technology, the company has grown significantly since its founding, expanded its technology, and now operates as…
Stream Microscope Software Gets Intuitively Easier
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus Stream Microscope Software v. 1.6 offers robust new features for users in industrial laboratory environments. Stream software uses an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) to guide users from simple-image capture to multifaceted material science…
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Website to Compare Hospitals, Physicians
(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Princeton, NJ) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched the nation’s most comprehensive online directory for patients to find reliable information on the quality of health care provided by physicians and hospitals in their communities. From Maine to…
Contest: Measurement Hall of Fame
A surprising (and eclectic) number of scientists, mathematicians, and astronomers have some form of measurement named after them. We found close to 100 names; no doubt there are more. For this Quality Digest Daily contest, you must match the names of all 20 of these measurement…
Verisurf Validate Eliminates Translation Uncertainty
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are keenly aware of the potential for translation errors in rapidly emerging 3-D model-based definition (MBD) environments. Manufacturing suppliers rely on OEM-provided 3-D CAD models as the authority data source for downstream…
Eight Tips for Optimal Machine Vision Lighting
Machine vision systems rely on quality images for quality output. High-quality images enable a system to accurately interpret the information extracted from an object under inspection, resulting in reliable, repeatable system performance. The quality of the image acquired in any vision…
Newport Corp. Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Ophir Optronics
(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment. The consideration to be paid by Newport is $8.43 per share, or a…
Nemo Compact Gauge Computer Launched at Quality Expo
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its Nemo ultra-compact gauge computer in booth No. 514 at Quality Expo, Sept. 20–22, 2011, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The new Nemo computer, which is designed for use on the shop floor, has intuitive features that enable quick…
Free Webinar: The Swiss Army Knife of Process Charts
(Pyzdek Institute: Tucson, AZ) -- Learn to use the most versatile of all control charts at the webinar “The Swiss Army Knife of Process Charts,” featuring Larry W. Dyer and Thomas Pyzdek. Join Pyzdek Institute Master Black Belt Larry W. Dyer for this exciting free webinar. The individual chart…
Remote Inspection System Uploads to Cloud Service
(OptoFidelity: Tampere, Finland) -- A picture tells more than a thousand words, and a live video tells more than a million words. Research and development (R&D) and production nowadays often take place in different countries, but the details, design, and other issues concerning devices must…
Geomagic and Nikon Metrology Partner to Offer Integrated Scanning Solution
(Geomagic: Leuven, Belgium) -- Geomagic and Nikon Metrology recently announced a cooperative agreement that enables Nikon Metrology to fully integrate and offer its entire range of handheld 3-D laser scanners with Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Qualify, and Geomagic Wrap software. This partnership…
ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed ISO Activity on Facilities Management
(ANSI: Washington) -- The British Standards Institution (BSI) has submitted a proposal to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for a new field of technical activity on facilities management. As the U.S. member body to ISO, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)…
Book: <em>The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment</em>
Of the 100 companies named to Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s largest companies in 1956, only 29 of them remain on that list today. Many lost their way because they failed to recognize the changes taking place, or were too big to react quickly enough to shifting market conditions.…
Innovate Like a Movie Director
I love films. I just love that cinematic experience. It’s the best experience you can have in a darkened room when someone has spent $200 million on two hours of entertainment. I often truly can’t believe how creative and brilliant some minds are. Do you remember the last movie you saw and walked…
World Class Manufacturing Day at CAR Management Briefing Seminars
(Plex Systems: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., a provider of Plex Online cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) for manufacturers, will be the exclusive sponsor of World Class Manufacturing Day and social media at the 2011 Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars…
Perform Profile and Roughness Measurements on Nearly Any Material
(Keyence: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) --The Keyence VK-X Series 3-D laser scanning microscopes combine the capabilities of SEMs and noncontact roughness gauges with the simplicity of an optical microscope. This newly released system now boasts an unprecedented 0.5 nanometer Z-axis resolution with a…
Webinar: A Manufacturer’s Guide to Best-in-Class Supply Chain Traceability
(Apriso: Long Beach, CA) -- Learn how top manufacturers are taking a global approach to traceability to gain visibility and control across their entire manufacturing operations and supply chain. Join Adrienne Selko, online editor of BusinessWeek, and Apriso’s industry directors Rick Gallisa and…
Upgrade Available to SpectraMagic NX
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has announced the availability of version 2.10 of SpectraMagic NX Color Quality Control Software. SpectraMagic NX is designed for the easy…
A Positive Prognosis: Transforming Health Care in America
In the U.S. health care system, quality and safety have developed into strategically important issues. Progress is being made at the local level, even if it is slow and doesn’t get much of the public’s attention. Health care improvement has certainly come a long way since the early 1990s, when an…
NIST Prototype: ‘Optics Table on a Chip’
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a single microwave photon (a particle of light) in two frequencies, or colors, at the same time. This curious “superposition,” a hallmark of the quantum…
UK’s National Physical Laboratory Launches the ‘Learning Zone’
(National Physical Laboratory: Teddington, UK) -- The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) occupies a unique position as the United Kingdom’s National Measurement Institute and sits at the intersection between scientific discovery and real world application. In addition to conducting cutting-edge…
Tracking Public Health Trends from Twitter Messages
Twitter allows millions of social media fans to comment in 140 characters or less on just about anything: an actor’s outlandish behavior, an earthquake’s tragic toll or the great taste of a grilled cheese sandwich. But by sifting through this busy flood of banter, is it possible to also track…

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