The Most Dangerous Sentence in Manufacturing
It’s one of the most dangerous sentences you can hear on a factory floor: “The drawing is updated, and we’re good to go.”
It sounds like the finish line. We fixed it! Nothing else to do here.
It’s one of the most dangerous sentences you can hear on a factory floor: “The drawing is updated, and we’re good to go.”
It sounds like the finish line. We fixed it! Nothing else to do here.
(InnovMetric: Québec City, QC) – InnovMetric has unveiled
Cyrus Daugherty (left) and Jacob LaManna with the scroll they used to help work toward solving an ancient mystery.
Four years ago, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Cyrus Daugherty developed an algorithm to virtually unroll the tightly wrapped layers of a cylindrical lithium-ion battery.
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw has announced the launch of its new XC100 environmental compensator.
Making its debut in 1970, the Pinto was Ford Motor Co.’s first subcompact. In 1978, Ford was compelled to recall the car due to its propensity to burst into flame when struck from behind.
Leadership responsibility is included in ISO 9001:2026, Clause 5.1.1, to promote quality culture and ethical behavior. A strong argument could be made for adding safety as well.
(Amada Weld Tech: Monrovia, CA) -- Amada Weld Tech, a leading manufacturer of welding, marking, cutting, sealing, and bonding equipment and systems, will highlight its advanced, application-focused technologies for medical de
Given that AI has been this century’s biggest disruptor for nearly every industry in the world, it has been met with justifiable levels of angst, anger, questioning, and skepticism.
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek GE series spring-loaded LVDTs provide high-precision displacement measurement for structural health monitoring.
As food companies stand up digital traceability platforms to meet FSMA 204 requirements—now due by July 2028 after the compliance date extension—a quieter problem is showing up behind the deadline itself.
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- As much as 15.2 terawatt-hours of electricity could be generated annually at nonpowered dams—enough to supply more than 1.4 million homes, according to an updated assessment of hydropower technical potenti
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