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Tohnichi America Corp.
(Tohnichi: Northbrook, IL) -- CPT ProTork digital torque wrench is the newest innovation from Tohnichi designed especially for precision tightening. Just as easy to use as a conventional “click” torque wrench, the CPT ProTork features an LED indicator that allows users to view increasing torque as…
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, is pleased to announce immediate rental availability of the Tektronix DPO3054 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope.
With this cutting-edge digital oscilloscope…
Apriso
(Apriso: Long Beach, CA) -- Apriso, a provider of manufacturing software solutions for sustained manufacturing operational excellence, recently announced an expanded partnership agreement with Predisys to deliver advanced statistical process control (SPC) and quality data analytics (QDA) as an…
AIA
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the world’s largest machine vision trade association.
To earn certified vision professional status,…
InfinityQS
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Infusion 2010 will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Westin Grand, Oct. 24–27. The conference will offer social and networking events that will allow attendees to experience all that this historic location has to offer.
Infusion 2010 will empower participants…
NVision Inc.
(NVision Inc.: Coppell, TX) -- Delta Air Lines uses the MAXOS noncontact measurement system from NVision in its contract maintenance operations to achieve the highest possible accuracy in overhauling turbine blades and vanes. The traditional method of measuring blades and vanes to determine the…
William A. Levinson
The airline industry’s complete disregard for service quality and total contempt for its customers has changed little since Quality Digest columnist H. James Harrington called out American Airlines for diverting his luggage on an international flight. American Airlines’ CEO, Gerard Arpey,…
Donald J. Wheeler
Having an effective model for the nature of data will inevitably identify two different paths to process improvement. One path seeks to operate a process up to its full potential while the other path seeks to operate to meet requirements. This article explains how these two paths differ and how…
Productivity Press
(Productivity Press: New York) -- In an environment of diminishing resources, growing enrollment, and increasing expectations of accountability, Bill Balzer’s Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes (Productivity Press, 2010) provides the understanding…
Laurel Thoennes @ Quality Digest
In appreciation for the invaluable efforts of H. James Harrington to improve quality around the world, the Australian Organization for Quality New South Wales Inc. has honored Harrington as “The Global Leader in Performance Improvement Initiatives.”
Bestowing this honor was a unanimous…
ASTM International
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Creep-fatigue testing simulates the loading and temperature conditions experienced by turbine components of aircraft engines, nuclear reactor components, and fossil power plant components during service. With increasing need for cyclic operation during peak power…
(SEEBURGER Inc.: Bretten, Germany) -- SEEBURGER Inc. has announced SEEBURGER eKanban Asset Management, an end-to-end electronic kanban solution that enables fully automated replenishment of parts inventory based on consumption as well as enterprise resource planning (ERP) production planning…
Creaform Inc.
(Creaform, Lévis, Quebec, Canada) -- Creaform, provider of 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce the extension of its flagship product line of optical coordinate measurement solutions.
The HandyPROBE high-accuracy, portable, wireless coordinate measuring machine (CMM)…
(Sensors Unlimited Inc.: Princeton, NJ) – Sensors Unlimited Inc. has announced the new SU1024LDH2, a high-speed, digital line scan short wave infrared (SWIR) indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) camera. The second generation 1,024-pixel, high-speed camera features an increased line rate to more…
Advanced Test Equipment Rentals
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, is pleased to announce immediate rental availability of the Fluke 1550B Megohmmeter.
The Fluke 1550B is a digital megohmmeter capable of testing…
Plex Systems Inc.
(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No. 1 rated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, has announced it will host the annual PowerPlex User Conference May 17–19 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan. The theme of PowerPlex 2010, “…
(Kinetic Systems: Boston) -- New Mobile Environmental Enclosures have been introduced by Kinetic Systems Inc. These mobile clean rooms provide for dust-free assembly, testing, and research. Approximately eight-foot high, units are equipped with clean room curtains on all four sides. The portable…
Renishaw
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw’s new RMP40 touch probe combines ultra-compact size with unique frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission to bring the advantages of automated job set up and in-process measurement to a wide range of machine tools and difficult…
Institute for Healthcare Improvement IHI
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It’s hard to imagine a discussion about improving health care without mentioning lean thinking, doing more with less, or striving for zero defects or eliminating muda or waste. The principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) are becoming embedded in the way quality…
Denise Robitaille
ISO 9001 makes multiple references to the need to understand customer requirements and to monitor the extent to which those requirements have been fulfilled. In fact, the scope of the standard clearly indicates that its focus is primarily on ensuring that an organization has the processes that…
(Random House Inc.: New York) -- This revised edition of Peter Senge’s bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline (Random House, 2010), is based on 15 years of experience in putting the book’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run, the only sustainable competitive advantage is…
Jon Miller
After every major natural disaster that disrupts global supply chains, there are voices that cry out “A-ha! I told you just-in-time inventory doesn’t work!” Recently the Icelandic volcano turned European skies airplane-free for a few days and news programs reported shortages of critical raw…
Toyota Motor Sales
(Toyota, New York) -- Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater has announced the appointment of six safety and quality experts to Toyota’s independent North American Quality Advisory Panel, completing the panel’s membership. The roster of experts, with experience spanning the…
Metronor AS
(Metronor AS: Nesbru, Norway) -- At the Control 2010 fair in Stuttgart, Germany, Metronor presents the new SOLOspin, the first camera-based coordinate measurement system with a 360° field of view, bringing the productivity and user-friendliness of armless hand-held probing to applications in…
The QC Group
(The QC Group: Minneapolis) -- The QC Group, a provider of quality-related inspection, reverse engineering, training, and staffing services for engineering projects, has announced that its QC staffing service is now available in eight states, and its 70-plus different training programs are offered…
