Quality Applications

Shop-Floor Scanning Gage Speeds Measurement ScanMax Flexible Gage In today's competitive market, automakers require manufacturers to verify and document the reliability of airbags and other safety products. To meet this demand and help ensure component quality, VAW of America, a Phoenix-based aluminum extruder that produces parts for Toyota, General Motors, Ford and others, invested in the ScanMax manual flexible gage from Carl Zeiss IMT Corp.

 

Software Improves Pricing Efficiency for Steel Maker
Cognos Business Intelligence Software

The Timken Co., the world's largest manufacturer of tapered roller bearings and mechanical seamless-steel tubing, was in search of a way to accurately track and set product costs to achieve fairer pricing for customers globally. The finance, sales and marketing departments adopted Cognos' enterprise business intelligence software to accomplish this goal.