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Event: 2011 International Conference on ISO 9000 and QMS Standards
(ISO 9000 Conference: Pittsburgh) -- The European Quality Initiative has announced that the 19th annual International Conference on ISO 9000 will be held March 13–15, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas, at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk hotel. The conference’s Call for Papers was also announced, with the due…
Book: Design and Analysis of Experiments with SAS
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The new book, Design and Analysis of Experiments with SAS, is a culmination of author John Lawson’s many years of consulting and teaching. It provides practical guidance on the computer analysis of experimental data. The book connects the objectives of research to…
Product News: GAGEtrak’s Portable Calibration Solution
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- CyberMetrics Corp.’s Quality Management Division introduces a new product offering, the GAGEtrak Portable Calibration Solution (PCS). Now you can export gauge calibration data from GAGEtrak software to a netbook or laptop to perform calibrations in the field. All of…
ASQ Awards Social Responsibility Medal for the First Time
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) presented the first Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal for Social Responsibility to Joanne Adrienne Vincenten during its annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement in St. Louis on May 23. The medal recognizes the achievements of someone…
Color Imaging at High Frame Rates
(DALSA: Boston) -- A global provider of machine vision technology, Dalsa Corp. recently launched four new models in the Falcon high-performance area scan camera family. Three of the color models are part of DALSA’s Falcon High Gain (HG) series, and one is part of its extended dynamic range (XDR)…
Given Two Numbers, Only One Can Be Larger
Customer satisfaction data resulting in various quality indexes abound. The airline industry is particularly watched. The April 10 Quality Digest Daily had an article with the title "Study: Airline Performance Improves" and the subtitle "Better on-time performance, baggage handling, and customer…
Compromised Training Programs Can Sabotage Quality
If analysts are correct, the recent economic downturn may be slowing and even changing direction. The recession's effect on operations, however, has barely begun to manifest. Training budgets are typically the hardest hit when economic times are tough or corporate purse strings are pulled more…
A Survey of Training in the Portable Dimensional Metrology Industry
E xpensive, highly technical metrology equipment, which is used worldwide to measure critical parts in aerospace, automotive, nuclear, and communications industries (to name a few), has increased productivity and quality of virtually every product manufactured today. There’s an accompanying…
Aircraft OML Reverse Engineering Enables Complex CFD Analysis
There are many reasons why firms need to model the exterior contour of existing aircraft outer mold lines (OML). Most aircraft flying today were not designed in a modern 3-D CAD system. Even with a current 3-D digital design, the actual as-built contour deviates from the intended shape, at least…
Get Your Game On!
Yes, it’s time to get your game on—metrology game, that is. I invite you to join us in Reno, Nevada, where the Coordinate Metrology Society is in the final preparations for its 26th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC). This year’s conference, sure to be a landmark event, will be…
ASTM Standards Serve as Technical Resources to Support Oil Spill Response
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Standards developed by ASTM International’s technical committees—Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response and Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate—play a role in both the initial response and follow-up to oil spills. The…
Book: Essential Project Management Skills
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A new book published May 19 by CRC Press, Essential Project Management Skills, examines the trends affecting projects today using case studies from real projects. Author, Kerry R. Wills, an expert with a career of hands-on experience in project management, describes…
Semantic Technology and the Health Care Revolution
A woman in Southern California’s Inland Empire, age 53, is suffering from an unidentified neurological disorder. It started as an odd numbness in her left arm, and now she feels an uncomfortable, persistent tingling and prickling pain from the bottom of her feet to the top of her eyebrows. She…
Product News: Advanced XRF Standardless Analysis with Omnian, MiniPal 4
(PANalytical: Almelo, the Netherlands) -- PANalytical has extended the compatibility of its Omnian advanced standardless analysis software to now include the compact benchtop MiniPal 4 X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. This combination offers a premium XRF solution that is both easy to use…
Product News: Direct VGA Output OPTION for Cognex In-Sight Systems
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced a new option to deliver its VisionView operator interface to any VGA display. VisionView VGA is a low-cost DIN rail-mount adapter that provides direct VGA output for the VisionView application software, allowing operators to connect to any size…
MIT Performs 3-D Scan of Record-Holding Electric Car
I n 2006, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) kicked off a project called the Vehicle Design Summit (VDS), which today has grown into a large international consortium of teams from universities and innovative companies seeking, among other pressing global needs dealing with energy and…
SME Lean Book Author Honored With the Shingo Research Award
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- A long-time advocate of lean practices, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) member and author, Mark Hamel, has been awarded The Shingo Prize Research and Professional Publications Award for the Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for…
Time To Shine a Red Apple for a Teacher
A s the school year is winding to a conclusion, scores of children are anxiously awaiting the beginning of their summer vacation. I suspect that there are also an equal number of teachers preparing to clean out their desks and use the next couple of months to unwind and re-energize. The…
Reconstruction of a 19th Century Plaster Piece Mold and Recreation of a Casting
Hiram Powers (1805–1873) is considered one the America’s great neoclassical sculptors. His works were popular in his time and remain so today. The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has one of the most comprehensive collections of Powers’ work featuring major sculptures in marble, as well as…
Product News: X-ray Inspection Systems for Pharmaceutical Applications
(Eriez Manufacturing Co.: Erie, PA) -- Eriez’ E-Z Tec X-ray Inspection Systems deliver the highest level of product and packaging integrity for pharmaceutical applications. “When it comes to foreign object detection, most companies leave themselves vulnerable as they restrict inspection of…
Product News: Leica Enhances ScanStation C10
(Leica Geosystems: Norcross, GA) -- Following the successful Q4 2009 release of its Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner, Leica Geosystems announces new system enhancements that provide increased versatility and productivity for as-built and topographic surveys. Based on new versions of scanner…
FARO Announces FARO Scene Software for the Laser Scanner
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has announced the release of FARO Scene 4.7, the latest version of its scan processing software for the FARO laser scanner. The new Scene 4.7 features…
Nikon Forms Nikon Metrology Inc. for Industrial-Based Metrology Customers
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon has formed Nikon Metrology Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc.’s industrial instruments business with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009. Nikon Metrology Inc., headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, will…
Success for Canon Communications’ Inaugural Quality South Show
(Canon Communications: Los Angeles, CA) -- Canon Communications has announced that its biennial regional edition of Quality Expo enjoyed a successful debut last month in Charlotte, North Carolina. Quality Expo South attracted 1,426 qualified manufacturing professionals nearly 100 top suppliers…
Book: Craig Cochran’s New “Problem Solving in Plain English”
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- That people and companies will have problems is a given: It’s the way that they face and respond to their problems that will dictate success or failure. This insight is a central tenet of Craig Cochran’s newest book, Problem Solving in Plain English (Paton…

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