Printing With Concrete: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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Here, the printer is printing a carbon fiber-infused plastic mesh on a layer of cement paste. The mesh is laying down on the cement well and is not sticking to the nozzle, which is rare.
Since commercially available 3D printers came out a few years ago, their capabilities have radically expanded. At first, they could only print little things out of plastic, but now people have begun to print working cars and even bridges.
Lean Improvements for Patient Safety
Do all employees in healthcare understand how their jobs link to patients in some way? If they do, then they are more likely to know the importance of service excellence.
Domestic Cars Fail to Keep Up With International Competition
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Lexus still leader in customer satisfaction
Five Ways to Focus and Finish
Focusing on our most important work (so that we can get it out the door and create value) is hard. It’s harder still when work suddenly picks up, is unfamiliar, or arrives with immediate deadlines when we are already busy.
Inside Quality Digest Live for Sept. 22, 2017
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Oh sure. It looks friendly enough...
Our Sept. 22, 2017, episode of QDL was decidely techie, covering artifical intelligence, the internet of things, Manufacturing Day, and a cool color-matching tool that uses your smart phone.
Modular Tower System for Inspection
(Phillips Precision: Boylston, MA) -- Phillips Precision has announced the latest in the uniquely designed, LEAN Inspection Arsenal product line—the Modular Tower System for coordinate measuring machine (CMM) inspection.
