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A joint project of NCMS called Volumetric Accuracy for Large Machine Tools (VALMT), partnering Automated Precision, Boeing, Siemens and Mag Cincinnati, has pioneered an innovative process and established new methodology in volumetric error compensation for large machine tools. Volumetric error…
Testing times for the automotive industry continues as uncertainty looms over an anticipated sales rebound in developed markets in 2010. While some forecasters expect demand contraction owed to scrappage incentives in 2009, most expect full year sales in Western Europe and North America to grow…
Have you noticed that the world is getting crazier by the minute? Every day we hear about someone in search of his or her 15 minutes of fame or someone who operates on a different wave length than the rest of the civilized world, and in some instances, quality and performance excellence have taken…
(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology and Magestic Systems Inc. (MSI) jointly introduce an innovative fabrication solution for increasing production of right-first-time composite parts that harnesses the vast capabilities of both Nikon Metrology’s Laser Radar technology and MSI…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology announces the release of DataPage+, a completely new version of the long-running DataPage product, which provides seamless integration with PC-DMIS, the de facto standard measuring software. DataPage+ provides meaningful,…
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) -- In today’s ultracompetitive manufacturing world, knowledge is power, especially when it comes to knowing about the industry’s most advanced measurement and inspection systems.
To that end, FARO Technologies and Quality Digest are partnering to offer…
Delcam’s PowerINSPECT can now label individual points within point clouds from laser scanners.
(Delcam plc, Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has launched the 2010 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software, which offers even easier inspection of parts,…
(Automated Precision Inc.: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. today announced that its pioneering efforts in volumetric accuracy for large machine tools (VALMT) was recognized this week with a Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award presented by the National Center for Advanced…
(3D Engineering Solutions: Cincinnati, OH) -- 3D Engineering Solutions helps OEM’s take advantage of 3-D laser scanning (link to www.3d-engineering.net/3d-digitizing.htm) data collection and CAD modeling tools to reduce overhead/capital expenses in the design, tooling, and quality assurance…
Although he’s not one for clichés, Rus Emerick, process improvement specialist at Schneider-Electric, endorses this one: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
This concept, which dates back to Aristotle, is at the core of an approach called functional analysis that has…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A new survey from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) asking medical device manufacturers about industry trends and challenges shows a majority (64.7%) identify health care legislation as having a negative effect on the industry in the year ahead. Increased FDA oversight and…
(Wiley Blackwell: Woodland Hills, CA) -- Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are payment models that reward workers for meeting certain performance measures for quality and efficiency. In the health care setting, P4P programs use a variety of methods to reward physicians financially for achieving…
(Renishaw: Torino, Italy) -- GE Oil & Gas, in Florence, Italy, has transformed the performance of a DEA Global coordinate measuring machine (CMM) with a REVO retrofit scanning probe system from Renishaw, producing higher data collection rates to allow form analysis—a function previously not…
(Jon M. Huntsman School of Business: Logan, UT) -- The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business announced that Stephen R. Covey, an internationally recognized authority on leadership and a best-selling author, has agreed to join its faculty as a tenured, full professor at Utah State University and the…
(Shaw Resources: Issaquah, WA) -- Shaw Resources, developer of Scorebook Navigator (SBN) software for scoring Baldrige-based performance assessments, has announced that Nebraska Furniture Mart successfully demonstrated a new use for the software during a recent internal self-assessment.
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As “Old Man Winter” continues to toss his wrath at many of us, it is quite easy to turn our thoughts toward warmer, sunnier places. One of those locations we are all starting to think about is Reno, Nevada, the location for the 2010 Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) hosted by the…
(Leica Microsystems: Heerbrugg, Switzerland) -- Digital technologies have revolutionized everyone’s work and everyday lives. In particular, industrial quality control—which places the most stringent requirements on macroscopic and microscopic imaging and image processing—benefits from innovative,…
With a silicone rubber “stick on” sheet containing dozens of miniature, powerful lenses, engineers at Harvard are one step closer to putting the capacity of a large laboratory into a microsized package.
The marriage of high-performance optics with microfluidics could prove the perfect match for…
A spring-loaded guided core AC-LVDT is an air-extended, spring retracted LVDT offering consistent measurement for dimensional gauging, factory automation, and similar position measurement applications.
Linear variable…
(Xpect Solutions: Wixom, MI) -- In recent years, Southfield, Michigan-based Bradley-Thompson Tool Co. has focused its precision machining know-how on the aerospace industry—particularly on complex gear box castings.
“We’ve been successful in carving out a niche for ourselves on specific parts…
(Toyota Motor Corp.: Tokyo) -- At a press conference on Feb. 17 in Tokyo, regarding quality related issues, the Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) announced the following:
Japan-market recall progress
The company has completed preparations for recall repair for the Toyota “Sai” and Lexus “HS250h,” and…
In today’s ultracompetitive manufacturing world, knowledge is power, especially when it comes to the industry’s most advanced measurement and inspection systems.
To that end, FARO Technologies and Quality Digest are partnering to offer the rare opportunity to experience a live, no-cost video…
Some experts could barely hide their disappointment when the total number of ISO 9001 certificates recently failed to break the long-awaited million-certificate mark—as if it isn’t enough to have the world’s most widely used voluntary quality standard of all time.
With 982,832 third-party…
(TÜV Rheinland PTL: Tempe, AZ) -- Figures from 13 years of solar technology testing—including the top three quality failures and strongest influences of new manufacturers on module design—show some photovoltaic (PV) modules required a tune-up to pass international qualification standards.…
(ISM: Tempe, AZ) -- The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will present the 95th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit April 25–28 in San Diego, California. The event includes four days of supply management professional development, training, and networking…
