Metrology

Ask anyone who’s bought a handheld 3D scanner with optical tracking system in the last few years about what sold them, and you’ll hear about speed. More points per second. Larger scanning areas. Faster data capture.

Those improvements matter. But when you look at the entire…

False rejects quietly impede manufacturing efficiency, yet most quality teams treat them as an acceptable cost. This article examines why they persist, what makes them hard to eliminate with conventional systems, and how AI-based visual inspection is helping plants address the root cause.

High-mix manufacturing has become the norm. Production lines are expected to produce more part variants in smaller batches and at a faster pace than ever before—all while maintaining very high quality.

To keep up, many manufacturers turn to automated quality control (AQC). Robots…

As we celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary this year, NIST experts have been working to preserve our nation’s history for the next 250-plus years. Among other historic preservation efforts, NIST engineers and scientists created a bespoke time capsule with artifacts from around the…

Inbound receiving operations (aka goods-in) in the electronics industry are under increasing pressure.

Countless components from a wide range of manufacturers arrive with constantly changing label layouts, multilingual markings, and ever shorter throughput times. What once could…

Audit week has a way of revealing gaps that stay invisible during normal operations. Your methods are sound, and your data look clean. Then the assessor asks for the calibration certificate on the torque wrench used last Tuesday, and someone heads off to find it.

That small gap, a…