Metrology

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…

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created a new tool that can catch and correct potential mistakes in real time while 3D-printing large plastic parts.

The automated system could help U.S. manufacturers produce large,…

Quality Digest recently spoke with David Isaacson, the executive director of portfolio marketing at Octave. Besides his work on marketing strategies, he also helps people manage, understand, and better control their operations with software solutions that protect industry assets and people while…

Artec 3D is best known for professional 3D scanners. So it may come as a surprise that the company also offers a low-cost, accessible solution: AI photogrammetry.

Available via an Artec Studio Lite subscription or the full version of Artec’s flagship software, Artec Studio Pro,…