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(Marconi Society: Mountain View, CA) -- Robert W. Galvin, former chairman of Motorola, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marconi Society for his historic and lifelong impact on worldwide telecommunications. The award will be presented at the Society’s annual awards gala…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a nonprofit, member-supported organization that works with a wide range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, is holding two events, Sept. 27–28, 2011, that are crucial for…
(STAT A MATRIX: Edison, NJ) -- Can your organization survive a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection? Are you aware of the different aspects of your business that the FDA will be inspecting? This course, “FDA’s Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT),” is intended to facilitate…
(Renishaw: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK) -- InVia Raman microscopes from Renishaw are high-sensitivity systems with integrated research-grade microscopes, enabling high-resolution confocal measurements. inVia Raman microscopes support multiple lasers, with automatic software switching…
(RIDGID: Cambridge, OH) -- RIDGID announces the newest addition to the RIDGID SeeSnake inspection product line: the SeeSnake nanoReel industrial inspection camera system.
The RIDGID SeeSnake nanoReel N85S system is used for ultra-small diameter lines ranging from 0.75 in. to 2 in., and has the…
The EU’s co-funded COMET project, which seeks to improve the efficiency of European industrial manufacturing, is creating a revolutionary solution that enables robots to perform high-end machining. Robots of any brand fitted with the COMET plug-and-produce controller unit successfully respond to…
Management and nonmanagement personnel across a broad cross-section of U.S. organizations see eye to eye on mission, customer focus, and commitment to success but differ significantly in their views on how to best measure quality of work and customer satisfaction. These are a few of the…
(IRCA: London) -- The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) has launched a new Pharmaceutical Quality Management Systems (PQMS) Auditor certification scheme (ICH Q10), to support the assurance of global supply-chain integrity.
In a sector that has seen an increase in the…
The expression “beauty’s only skin-deep” has often been applied to the chemistry of materials because so much action takes place at the surface. However, for many of the materials in today’s high technologies, such as semiconductors and superconductors, once a device is fabricated, it is the…
I was recently in a local big-box retail store. My family had run another errand, and I was waiting for them inside the entrance of the store. It was a busy Saturday afternoon, and it was raining very hard outside. People were hurrying into the entry area to get out of the rain, and there was a lot…
(Torrey Pines Scientific: Carlsbad, CA) -- Torrey Pines Scientific Inc., manufacturer of chilling and heating laboratory equipment, announces its new EchoTherm Model SC25XT Fully Programmable Variable Speed Shaking Dry Bath for use with biological and other samples.
The SC25XT is fully…
(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has introduced an online guide to the developments in the 2011 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software. The website includes a series of videos on the functionality in the 2011 release, such as the “Quick Report” option that makes the initial analysis…
(Renishaw: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s AxiSet Check-Up is a cost-effective solution for checking the alignment and positioning performance of rotary axes. In just a few minutes, users of five-axis machining centers and multitasking mill-turn machines can identify and…
(PTI: Tuckahoe, NY) -- Oliver Stauffer, the international business development manager for PTI Inspection Systems, manufacturer of nondestructive package-inspection technologies for pharmaceutical, medical device, food, and container industries, will present “The Importance of Nondestructive…
(Eagle Thread Verifier: Sterling Heights, MI) -- Eagle Thread Verifier LLC, maker of an automated thread gauge system, will be exhibiting in booth 637 at the 2011 Quality Expo at McCormick Place North in Chicago, Sept. 20–22, 2011.
Quality Expo is the leading quality show and conference that…
(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- Keithley Instruments Inc., a global leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has published an electronic handbook titled Making Precision Low Voltage and Low Resistance Measurements. The handbook, which offers instant online access to a…
The stench rising off the dead bodies was overpowering. It was so thick you could taste it. Sandy pulled a dust-mask respirator over his face, but the smell still penetrated. To speed up the decomposition process, he quickly shoveled manure over the decaying flesh. The manure cut the odor…
I was listening to Alan Robinson present recently at the Lean Systems Summit about the power of “small ideas.” Alan wondered aloud why so many organizations continue to pursue the few million-dollar ideas while small ideas account for more than 75 percent of the innovation outcome.
I reflected…
“Please tell me how to map this chamber!” This is a plea we hear at every Vaisala current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) seminar. The question deals with environmentally controlled chambers, everything from small refrigerators or freezers, to walk-in chambers or even large warehouses…
(Manufacturing Executive: New York) -- Manufacturing Executive, the global community for manufacturing leadership and producer of the Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Awards program, has announced that nominations are open for the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership (ML) 100 Awards. The ML program…
(Renishaw: Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, UK) -- Using Renishaw’s patented RENGAGE strain-gauge technology, the RMP600 touch probe is able to achieve far greater levels of accuracy than is possible when using a standard mechanical probe, making probe suitable for a range of applications…
(Banner Engineering: Minneapolis) -- Banner Engineering Corp., manufacturer and provider of process and industrial automation solutions, has introduced the A-GAGE EZ-ARRAY two-piece measuring light curtain with IO-Link output to its line of measuring array sensors. The new EZ-ARRAY models are cost-…
(Harvard Computing Group: Marlborough, MA) -- Dozens of people attended the Simplified Process Mapping webcasts that Harvard Computing Group conducted in early August, so two additional presentations are being offered. The Simplified Process Mapping webcast is a free, one-hour seminar and will…
In order to maximize profitability while complying with government regulations regarding net package contents, food manufacturers and packagers must achieve an optimal balance. Consistent overfilling to minimize risk is inefficient and sacrifices profitability, while aggressive filling…
Few would argue with the proposition that a firm’s well-being depends upon its ability to innovate. Firms that lack the capacity to develop new and improved offerings which satisfy customer needs, together with improved means for realizing and providing those offerings, are not likely to remain…