Cognex Checker 202 vision sensors
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Quality Applications
Error-Proofing Oil-Cap Assembly
Two vision sensors are used at the station where caps are pressed onto the O-ring loaded on the assembly dial.
A Handy Technique to Have in Your Back Pocket
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Real World SPC
Don’t let the calculation scare you; it looks worse than it is.
Given the data in my June column, “Percentage Deceptiveness,” suppose I wanted to compare the performance of months 1-33 (survival rate of 98.6%) vs. months 34-51 (survival rate of 98.1%). I could use a p-chart analysis of means (ANOM), but because of only one decision being made, the three standard deviation limits would be very conservative.
Letters
Rooting for Analysis
Would somebody please ask Mike Micklewright to stop making sense (“Why Root Cause Analysis Sucks in the United States,” http://qualitydigest.com/IQedit/
QDarticle_text.lasso?articleid=12753 )? He’s at risk of exposing a vast cottage industry of what Deming called “hacks,” and that could have incredible repercussions thereunto.
Freedom in Adversity
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First Word
Pick up any newspaper ([nüz´ pa p r], n. A roughly cylindrical, folded sheaf of paper imprinted with black marks, usually found in a moldering cobwebbed stack behind the hydrangeas), and you will most likely find a story of yet another print media group going through consolidation, layoffs, or just quietly passing on. McClatchy Co., which owns approximately 30 newspapers and just two years ago purchased Knight Ridder, recently announced that it was laying off 1,400 people.
2008 ISO Standards Software Directory
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Feature
Welcome to Quality Digest’s 2008 ISO Standards Software Directory. The software that these companies create or distribute will help you to achieve or maintain registration to various quality standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Final FDA Rule on Dietary Supplements
In June 2007, the U.S.
Enhanced Presubmission Compliance Checks
(Octagon Research Solutions Inc.: Wayne, Pennsylvania) -- Octagon Research Solutions Inc., a provider of software and services to the life sciences industry, has announced a new service offering, CheckPoint.
United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety
(HHS: Washington, D.C.) -- U.S.
Sentinel Initiative: Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care
(HHS: Washington, D.C.) -- Efforts are underway at the U.S.