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.
Full Article 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.
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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.
Full Article Author: Doug Nemeth
Sales Manager-North America
CNC Software Inc
Tolland, CT
Date: 2/1/2013
Internet forums, blogs, and message boards are full of high-minded theoretical discussions about how misleading it can be to measure parts on the same equipment they were made on. It's the metrology equivalent of letting the fox guard the hen house.
Full Article Author: Glenn Nausley
Date: 1/1/2013
Mention "quality" and the almost certain response is "tighter dimensional tolerances." But, with today's machine tools able to mass produce parts with tolerances we couldn't even measure just a few years ago, that is quickly becoming a dead-end street.
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