(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a global company providing 3D technology for digital reality, showcased innovative, digitally designed facial prostheses, implants, and surgical guides at the International Congress on Maxillofacial Rehabilitation recently held in in Baltimore, Maryland.

In yet another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer, scientists working at Princeton and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have shown how a major hurdle in transferring information from one quantum bit, or qubit, to another might be overcome.

Enterprise quality management software (EQMS) can play a vital role in both analyzing and reducing the cost of qualit

(DMSC: Arlington, TX) -- At the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2012 in Chicago, Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Inc., a standards developing body for dimensional metrology, successfully demonstrated the exchange of quality data via the emerging Quality Inform

(Renishaw: New Mills UK) -- Renishaw’s new SFP1 probe option for the REVO five-axis measurement system is the first to allow surface finish inspection to be fully integrated within coordinate measurement routines.

Well, it’s finally happened. The late-night unsolicited phone calls, the lawn signs, the brochures that clogged our mailboxes, and the interminable television and radio commercials have come to an end.

Many manufacturing facilities use equipment that contain rollers, idlers, press drums, and web-handling systems, and their alignment has a major effect on their efficacy.

Integration is a broad term used in quality circles to describe anything from manually merging data output from two different systems, such as material requirements planning (MRP) and statistical process control (SPC), to commanding programmable logic controllers (PL

Remember the early days of TQM? When I present to healthcare audiences, all I have to do is mention “lab turnaround time” to get a collective groan and smile.

Have you ever wondered how most politicians are made? Where do they come from? It’s as if they live in a different dimension than the rest of us. They are definitely different from average quality folk.