One-hundred-percent inspection is commonly used to avoid shipping nonconforming product. Each of the items produced is measured and judged to be either conforming or nonconforming.

As robots and their control systems become more powerful and flexible, robotics are moving from heavy industrial applications into producing consumer products we all use in our daily lives.

My first job was in industrial distribution, and with distribution came learning to count inventory. An annual inventory tax was levied, so an accurate count was important. I was given a computer list of items to count.

(CEESI: Nun, CO) -- CEESI invites participants to the annual 2011 Ultrasonic Meter User’s Workshop, to be held June 21–23, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in laser and photonic solutions that makes, manages, and measures light, has announced enhanced, calibrated Integrating Sphere Detectors.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will present the first Gryna Award to Deborah L.

(IEEE: New York) -- Recent events have highlighted the importance of risk-based decision making. Modern systems are becoming more complex and the economic, safety, and other consequences of a system failure are more serious.

(Metronor: Nesbru, Norway) -- Portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) of the articulated arm type have become an important tool for many businesses.

(NQA, USA: Acton, MA) -- National Quality Assurance, USA (NQA, USA), a leading global provider of quality and environmental management system registration services, has announced the date for its East Coast Quality Conference, which will be held June 10, 2011, in Milford, Massachusetts.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- “Free wheeling” will take on a new meaning at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Pittsburgh, May 16–18.