Author: Contributing Editor Bruce Morey
Date: 5/1/2013
Medical device manufacturers have unique and heavy reporting requirements. Providers of metrology equipment and inspection software are making strides towards helping them respond.
Full Article Author: Doug Fair, Vice President of Technical Services, Six Sigma Black Belt, InfinityQS International Inc.
Date: 5/1/2013
In the last several years, I have visited many manufacturing plants including those for packaging, medical devices, electronics, consumer goods and food. One thing I keep noticing is that many companies cannot cut their addiction to paper-based data collection systems. It seems strange, considering the advancements in information systems and mobile technology, to see that paper check sheets are not only alive, but thriving.
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Author: By Robb McIvor
Chair
Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS)
Benbrook, TX
www.cmsc.org
Date: 4/1/2013
Like other high-tech industries, metrology is a fast moving target due to mergers and acquisitions, new products, and steady innovations from forward-thinking OEMs. While software and hardware advances continue to remove complexities from measurement and inspection processes, metrologists still need to understand the fundamentals of the discipline.
Full Article Author: Contributing Editor Bruce Morey
Date: 3/1/2013
Noncontact metrology increasingly used to reduce costs, assist in automation and speed up manufacturing and assembly lines.
Full Article Author: Eric Ostini
Applications Engineer
GF AgieCharmilles
www.gfac.com
Date: 3/1/2013
In-process gaging/probing is nothing new with conventional machine tools or even sinker-type electrical discharge machines (EDMs). The capability is, however, very new for wire EDMs--mainly because while all the necessary individual technoloical components were availalbe, it took EDM OEMs years to figure out exactly how to integrate them into a wire machine.
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