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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- It’s easy to learn the metric system with the SI Units Card Deck (NIST SP 1297), an interactive educational activity that helps learners build their skills using the major elements of the International System of Units (SI).
The card deck consists of nine sets of cards,…
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(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The team’s techniques could help develop quantum simulation…
Mike Figliuolo
As leaders, we like being decisive and making quick decisions. We know our businesses well and are willing to act. Doing so without true contrarian input can be dangerous, though.
You can make better decisions simply by identifying and relying on your own personal Mr. Spock. Yes, I’ve been…
Q.Big 3D
Additive manufacturing of oversized plastic components offers enormous advantages for mold-free small- and medium-size production runs. The key to this is Q.BIG 3D’s VFGF (variable fused granulate fabrication) process.
Reiser Simulation and Training, in Berg near Starnberg, Germany, commissioned…
James Chan
Preventive maintenance (PM) is a proactive maintenance strategy built on calendar-based maintenance tasks, regular inspection, and preemptive repair of physical assets. Physical assets may refer to equipment, production machinery, and operational facilities. Preventive maintenance tasks are…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded cooperative agreements totaling nearly $3.6 million aimed at building the workforce needed to safeguard enterprises from cybersecurity risks. The grants of roughly $200,…
Katie Gilbert
Researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business have pushed past the limitations of A/B testing into another area of experimentation focused on “multi-armed bandits.” Mohsen Bayati, a professor of operations, information, and technology who has been exploring these problems for the past 15…
Anthony Vianna
Over the past decade, technological improvements have seen 3D laser scanning become an increasingly important alternative to tactile measurement in an expanding range of measurement applications.
The success of laser scanning owes as much to under-the-hood technologies that improve the usability…
Quality Digest
(Sandvik Coromant: Sandviken, Sweden; Mebane, NC) -- Cutting tools specialist Sandvik Coromant has upgraded the damping mechanism for its Silent Tools turning adaptors for an even more consistent performance and improved surface finish during internal turning operations at long overhangs.
With…
Quality Digest
(PI Americas: Auburn, MA) -- PI, a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning products, has released a unique planar XY-Theta-Z nanopositioning stage based on air bearings and direct drive motors.
Unlike conventional multi-axis stages, the A-361 employs only one moving platform…
Pierre-Nicolas Disser, Megan Wallin-Kerth
QIMA, previously called AsiaInspection, is known for not only making inspection and certifications easier, but also increasing accessibility via a convenient digital platform and strong focus on compliance. Both SMEs and e-commerce businesses have benefited from this increase in affordability and…
Rob Moorey
Equipment failures in healthcare can have serious consequences, including delays in diagnosis or treatment, scheduling disruptions, and patient safety risks. Health systems should empower clinical engineering teams with technology that helps identify potential failures. This will allow health…
Quality Digest
(City Montessori School: Lucknow, India) -- City Montessori School (CMS) is hosting its 25th International Convention on Students’ Quality Circles (ICSQC 2024), scheduled for Dec. 3–7, 2024, at the Kanpur Road Campus in Lucknow. This is in collaboration with World Council for Total Quality and…
Quality Digest
(Dürr Group: Southfield, MI) -- For the second year in a row, a Dürr innovation has impressed an independent review board and won the Automotive News PACE Award. The EcoInCure oven cures complex car bodies with superior paint quality faster and more efficiently than conventional ovens. Designed to…
Quality Digest
(CMSC: Weatherford, TX) -- To celebrate the Coordinate Metrology Society’s 40th anniversary at this year’s conference (July 22–25, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina), the society is expanding its program to include three keynote speakers who have been recognized as “titans” of the coordinate…
Scott A. Hindle
Walter A. Shewhart is lauded as the Father of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and is perhaps best remembered for the SPC control chart. The first record of Shewhart’s control chart is found in a Bell Telephone Laboratories internal memo from May 16, 1924, making today the 100th anniversary of…
ISO
From small family-run companies to tech giants, the business world is changing at an unrelenting pace. Amid a constantly evolving economic landscape and sometimes dizzying technological advances, one thing remains constant: the need to maintain the highest level of quality that endures over time.…
Quality Digest
(Teledyne: Waterloo, Ontario) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, announced a radiometric version of its MicroCalibir long-wave infrared (LWIR) compact camera platform, which delivers accurate temperature measurements of +/–2°C or +/–2…
Quality Digest
(IDS: Stoneham, MA) -- IDS Imaging Development Systems has expanded its product line for intelligent image processing with its new IDS NXT malibu camera. It enables AI-based image processing, video compression, and streaming in full 4K sensor resolution at 30 fps—directly in and out of the camera.…
Quality Digest
(TRIMEDX: Indianapolis) -- TRIMEDX has launched GeoSense, a real-time location system (RTLS) for healthcare. The system provides health systems with accurate and timely medical device tracking data by using next-generation, multimodal technology that is lightweight, room-level precise, and easy to…
Quality Digest
(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software and Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence have entered a metrology solutions agreement. Verisurf will offer complete metrology solutions that combine its popular model-based inspection and measurement software, training, and live technical support…
Mark Graban
I’ve seen a rash of articles about major league baseball pitchers who are now out for the season because they’ve hurt their elbow and need “Tommy John” surgery. This includes some big names, such as 2020 Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians.
My favorite player, Shohei…
Seunghak Lee
Global electric vehicle (EV) sales have been growing steadily and are expected to reach more than 17 million vehicles in 2028. The rapid shift toward EVs means that new inspection solutions are needed to ensure the quality of critical components. For electric cars, these components include the…
Michael Sharp
American manufacturing is associated with high-quality standards that are meant to ensure both the reliability and longevity of the products produced. Manufacturers across all industries are looking for technological solutions and enhancements to continue to meet these high-bar standards and to…
Quality Digest
(SMARTTECH3D: Calgary, Alberta) -- The SMARTTECH ON 3D scanner is a factory-calibrated metrology device certified according to VDI/VDE 2634 guidelines. Its measurement accuracy can be further confirmed by a certificate from an independent accredited metrology laboratory.
The detailed reproduction…
