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(MVTec Software GmbH: Munich, Germany) -- MVTec Software GmbH is working closely with NVIDIA, a global leader in visual computing technologies, on developing a powerful new machine vision solution that dramatically improves the process of product inspection.
HALCON 10, machine vision software…
(Advanced Photonix: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) announces that its terahertz system, the T-Ray 4000, will be deployed on a factory line for quality and process control at a major manufacturer of extruded web products. This ground-breaking advancement in terahertz deployment is…
(GBMP: Boston) -- GBMP Inc. has released The e2 Continuous Improvement System: Managing and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation through the e2 “Everybody, Everyday” Approach (GBMP, 2011). The book details GBMP’s “lean-by-doing” process that uses continuous improvement to unlock readers’ intellects…
(Electro Standards Laboratories: Cranston, RI) -- The CellMite Model 4337 Digital Signal Conditioner with a 16-character auto identifying display is ideal for use with strain gauge extensometers used to test steel or with other industrial testing applications. The Model 4337 connects directly to a…
I am a chemical engineer by education and training. Therefore, some might expect me to work with numbers, but I don’t. Early in my career, after spending a few years in research and development (R&D) labs, I took a road that has led me to inspect and audit organizations for their continuous or…
I was a 30-year-old quality project manager on a continuous metal processing line. We coated metal for a broad range of consumer and industrial products. Just like many metal-processing facilities, particularly back then, we used a bunch of processes involving chemistry of varying evilness for a…
Every year the government struggles to prepare a new military budget in the face of serious challenges with mandated reductions in our national defense. At an Air Force conference in Denver, Colorado, in November 2010, the deputy chief management officer for the Air Force spoke about the Air Force’…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) – On Jan. 4, President Obama signed into law one of the most comprehensive changes to U.S. food safety since the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Food Safety Modernization Act gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related government agencies the…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published two new brochures aimed at the continual process improvement employed by an organization and its partners to develop international standards that provide benefits for business, government, and society.
ISO…
(American Management Association: New York) -- The American Management Association (AMA) has announced three half-hour webcasts for improving communication within companies. The webcasts are free and presented by business communications experts.
Empower Your Employees and Customers
Feb. 2, Noon–1…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Enabling management to verify that processes are being performed correctly and in an efficient manner, standardized work provides limitless opportunities for process improvements. So much so, that it has become a vital component of improvement efforts in lean…
(Invisual E: Toronto) -- Invisual E Inc. announces the offer of an in-process, real-time thermal scanning system as a tool for welding inspection and monitoring for continuous or batch processes.
Metal fabricators and tube and pipe producers are constantly managing material costs, yield,…
Many years ago, I was flipping through stations on the radio and came across a talk show. I don’t remember the topic of discussion, but something the host said stuck with me.
“Scientists,” the host blustered (and I paraphrase), “are 95-percent confident of these results! Wow!”
The sound you’re now…
A material’s internal structure or microstructure is defined as one that is viewed with either a metallurgical microscope at magnifications in the range of 25X up to 1000X or a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at higher magnifications. Features observed in microstructures include phases and…
Six Sigma has been credited with six- or even seven-figure returns in single projects, but it has not kept the manufacturing jobs of its principal exponents—Motorola, General Electric, and Maytag—in the United States. Henry Ford, on the other hand, proved that lean manufacturing can make almost any…
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) – FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, celebrates 30 years in 2011. With three decades of innovation to celebrate, FARO is having one of its valued customers, Paul Jr. Designs (PJD), build a custom FARO-…
(Riegl USA: Orlando, FL) -- Riegl USA announced the latest features for the RIEGL Software Suite. This all-inclusive suite is fast, cost-effective, and extremely user-friendly. No other third-party software is required to produce accurate geo-referenced point clouds for LIDAR with RIEGL equipment…
(The L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision tools and metrology equipment, is reducing the price of its 795 and 796 line of electronic micrometers by more than 25 percent. The line, which has been expanded with 15 new tools, offers a measuring…
(Brookfield Engineering: Middleboro, MA) -- Brookfield Engineering Laboratories Inc., a global leader in viscosity measurement and control, offers two hands-on courses that equip users of Brookfield instruments with the knowledge to get the most out of their viscosity test methods. These one-day…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- Compliance to ISO 9001 is vitally important for thousands of organizations around the world, and auditing to verify that compliance is imperative. Maintaining the knowledge and skills required to perform audits to ISO 9001 is no easy feat, though, especially…
(LRQA: London) -- Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Inc. (LRQA) has been accredited to certify the latest quality management standards specific to the aerospace industry, one of the first organizations to achieve this since the publication of the revised AS family of standards in 2009.
The…
(Delcam: Windsor, ON) -- Delcam has converted its Professional Services Group into an independent subsidiary, Delcam Professional Services Ltd. (DPS), as the first stage in a significant expansion planned for its process development activities. The new subsidiary also includes the company’s former…
A young man in PQ Systems' hometown survived a dramatic auto accident last summer in which police-captured video footage of his spectacular, airborne vehicle was broadcast throughout the nation. That was just the beginning of his problems, for during his hospitalization, his medical records were…
Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, at tiny levels of detail. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
A few years ago, I mentioned to Clare Crawford-Mason that we need to make quality cool again. Crawford-Mason is the lady who helped bring Deming into public consciousness with her production of the 1979 NBC White Paper “If Japan Can, Why Can’t We?”
Of course, the Deming Institute ain’t gonna make…
