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Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME:Dearborn, MI) -- For the first time in its 78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a woman to lead the organization. Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, will serve as 2010 president and was officially sworn in—along with the rest of the 2010 SME Executive Committee…
Dong-Yea Sheu
This article describes a novel, integrated micromanufacturing process utilizing a combination of wire electro discharge grinding (WEDG) technology and one-pulse electro discharge (OPED) to fabricate microspherical stylus tips for microcoordinate measuring machines (μCMM). With an optimal selection…
Performance reviews get a bad rap these days. Employees dread them, vacillating between cynical eye rolls and desperate last-minute bids to suck up to the boss before review time. Managers see them as an obligation to plow through before they can mark one more task off their endless to-do lists.…
When your customers’ lives depend on your products, you take extra care in manufacturing each piece.
That’s one reason AO Precision Manufacturing LLC of Daytona Beach, Florida, pays so much attention to quality, says president Stephen Koch.
The Daytona Beach company makes the internal parts…
Measuring the sharp edges of cutting tools is a challenging process, because it involves a small radius, which requires high lateral resolution and high angles. It is also important to be able to measure a diverse range of heights. The study becomes more difficult when the surface has chipping or…
Creaform Inc.
(Creaform: Montreal, Canada) -- Creaform announces the acquisition of InSpeck, a leader in 3-D scanning of the human body.
“This acquisition consolidates our position as leader in 3-D scanning, as well as our position in the medical, multimedia and entertainment, and 3-D imagery sectors," says…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Madison, WI) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., recently unveiled an enhanced and easy-to-navigate version of its interactive UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer web tool. The online platform, available at www.thermo.com/selectuv, has been upgraded to include the…
Underwriters Laboratories UL
(Underwriters Laboratories: Northbrook, IL) -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a provider in product safety and conformity testing and certification services, announces that UL International (UK) Ltd. (UL UK) has been appointed as a notified body to the Construction Products Directive (CPD). UL UK…
Teledyne DALSA
(DALSA: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider in machine vision technology, announces the availability of color processing for its BOA vision system, DALSA’s highly integrated smart camera. Supported with a full suite of vision tools, the new color version of the BOA sets a new cost/…
SAE International
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- SAE International is expanding its content offerings by partnering with SupplierBusiness, an industry leader in the creation of electronic market research reports. SupplierBusiness' e-format reports are now available through SAE International’s web site.
"We are…
MoreSteam.com
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- The Quality Council of Alberta (QCA), a member-based organization created to promote quality management throughout Alberta, Canada, announces that it now delivers cost-effective, online lean and lean Six Sigma training to business professionals throughout Alberta,…
Miriam Boudreaux
The first thing you need to do when you are evaluating a potential supplier based on their ISO 9001 certificate is request that they provide you with a copy of the certificate itself. If the company is indeed certified, they shouldn't have a problem providing you with a copy of their certificate. …
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
In the early 1970s I was a young teenager who was completely caught up in the Zeitgeist. I admired the long-haired rebels and radicals who were engaged in protesting the establishment and developing the counter-culture. I didn’t really know what any of that meant, but to me it was all about…
ANSYS Inc.
(ANSYS Inc.: South Pointe, PA) -- ANSYS Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, recently announced that the University of Alberta used software from ANSYS to aid in interpreting weather data received from the Phoenix Mars…
Nanovea
(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- Nanovea 3-D noncontact profilometers will now have optional online capability for automated inspection and report generation. With this advancement Nanovea’s profilometers can now effortlessly integrate into large or small quality control environments. Crucial applications…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- With so many vision systems available today, it can be a daunting task trying to figure out which one is right for your particular application. Simply finding a system that can perform the necessary vision tasks is not enough; there are several other factors that need to be…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- In recognition of National Engineers Week, Feb. 14–20, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) invites local middle and high school teachers to bring an ASQ engineer into their classroom to promote engineering as a career. Educators can contact ASQ at (800) 248-1946 to find an…
ISO
(ISO: Geneva) -- Farmers can now improve their overall performance and financial results, as well as increase customer confidence and satisfaction with a new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for implementing a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 …
Olympus
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus introduces a comprehensive inspection solution for laminate composite parts (CFRP) manufactured for the aerospace industry.
The solution is comprised of the OmniScan MX phased array flaw detector with the 16:128 module, OmniScan MXU software, and a…
(Fischer Technology: Windsor, CT) -- DELTASCOPE FMP30, ISOSCOPE FMP30, and DUALSCOPE FMP40 coating thickness instruments feature strategies for measurement capture, more memory, and extensive graphical and statistical evaluation capabilities, and are now available with an integrated Bluetooth…
Steven Ouellette
If you can’t trust your measurement system, you can’t do anything with the data it generates. Last month, in “ Letting You In On a Little Secret,” we talked about the purpose of measurement system analysis (MSA) and I gave you a neat spreadsheet that will do MSA for you, as well as some data (…
(PHASICS: Palaiseau, France) -- PHASICS manufactures high-resolution wave front sensors and associated devices and software for laser characterization and optical metrology. The company will present KaleoMatic, a new solution for automated and precise optics characterization at Photonics West 2010…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one…
Accelper Consulting
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Now more than ever, corporations are in need of a new framework to not just survive but flourish in today’s global competition; but how can you redefine processes and strategies if you have been stricken with analysis paralysis? Accelper offers a two-day…
AIAG
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- In 2003, AIAG launched an effort to take JT—a 3-D data format for enabling product visualization between software applications—and facilitate its transition from a proprietary de facto industry standard to an open industry standard. JT is a flexible, lightweight, CAD…
