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(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus Stream Microscope Software v.
1.6 offers robust new features for users in industrial laboratory
environments. Stream software uses an intuitive graphical user
interface (GUI) to guide users from simple-image capture to multifaceted
material science…
(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Princeton, NJ) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched the nation’s most comprehensive online directory for patients to find reliable information on the quality of health care provided by physicians and hospitals in their communities. From Maine to…
A surprising (and eclectic) number of scientists, mathematicians, and astronomers have some form of measurement named after them. We found close to 100 names; no doubt there are more. For this Quality Digest Daily contest, you must match the names of all 20 of these measurement…
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are keenly aware of the potential for translation errors in rapidly emerging 3-D model-based definition (MBD) environments. Manufacturing suppliers rely on OEM-provided 3-D CAD models as the authority data source for downstream…
Machine vision systems rely on quality images for quality output. High-quality images enable a system to accurately interpret the information extracted from an object under inspection, resulting in reliable, repeatable system performance. The quality of the image acquired in any vision…
(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment. The consideration to be paid by Newport is $8.43 per share, or a…
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its Nemo ultra-compact gauge computer in booth No. 514 at Quality Expo, Sept. 20–22, 2011, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
The new Nemo computer, which is designed for use on the shop floor, has intuitive features that enable quick…
(Pyzdek Institute: Tucson, AZ) -- Learn to use the most versatile of all control charts at the webinar “The Swiss Army Knife of Process Charts,” featuring Larry W. Dyer and Thomas Pyzdek.
Join Pyzdek Institute Master Black Belt Larry W. Dyer for this exciting free webinar.
The individual chart…
(OptoFidelity: Tampere, Finland) -- A picture tells more than a thousand words, and a live video tells more than a million words. Research and development (R&D) and production nowadays often take place in different countries, but the details, design, and other issues concerning devices must…
(Geomagic: Leuven, Belgium) -- Geomagic and Nikon Metrology recently announced a cooperative agreement that enables Nikon Metrology to fully integrate and offer its entire range of handheld 3-D laser scanners with Geomagic Studio, Geomagic Qualify, and Geomagic Wrap software.
This partnership…
(ANSI: Washington) -- The British Standards Institution (BSI) has submitted a proposal to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for a new field of technical activity on facilities management. As the U.S. member body to ISO, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)…
Of the 100 companies named to Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s largest companies in 1956, only 29 of them remain on that list today. Many lost their way because they failed to recognize the changes taking place, or were too big to react quickly enough to shifting market conditions.…
I love films. I just love that cinematic experience. It’s the best experience you can have in a darkened room when someone has spent $200 million on two hours of entertainment. I often truly can’t believe how creative and brilliant some minds are. Do you remember the last movie you saw and walked…
(Plex Systems: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., a provider of Plex Online cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) for manufacturers, will be the exclusive sponsor of World Class Manufacturing Day and social media at the 2011 Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars…
(Keyence: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) --The Keyence VK-X Series 3-D laser scanning microscopes combine the capabilities of SEMs and noncontact roughness gauges with the simplicity of an optical microscope. This newly released system now boasts an unprecedented 0.5 nanometer Z-axis resolution with a…
(Apriso: Long Beach, CA) -- Learn how top manufacturers are taking a global approach to traceability to gain visibility and control across their entire manufacturing operations and supply chain. Join Adrienne Selko, online editor of BusinessWeek, and Apriso’s industry directors Rick Gallisa and…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has announced the availability of version 2.10 of SpectraMagic NX Color Quality Control Software.
SpectraMagic NX is designed for the easy…
In the U.S. health care system, quality and safety have developed into strategically important issues. Progress is being made at the local level, even if it is slow and doesn’t get much of the public’s attention. Health care improvement has certainly come a long way since the early 1990s, when an…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a single microwave photon (a particle of light) in two frequencies, or colors, at the same time.
This curious “superposition,” a hallmark of the quantum…
(National Physical Laboratory: Teddington, UK) -- The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) occupies a unique position as the United Kingdom’s National Measurement Institute and sits at the intersection between scientific discovery and real world application. In addition to conducting cutting-edge…
Twitter allows millions of social media fans to comment in 140 characters or less on just about anything: an actor’s outlandish behavior, an earthquake’s tragic toll or the great taste of a grilled cheese sandwich.
But by sifting through this busy flood of banter, is it possible to also track…
(IPETRONIK: Livonia, MI) -- IPETRONIK, an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of mobile measurement technologies for the global automotive market, has announced the introduction of the Sx-STG, the newest member of the IPETRONIK Sx product family.
The Sx-STG is a compact…
Wanting to be known for his hospitality in the neighborhood, a restaurant owner advertised take-out Thanksgiving turkey dinners, ready to go. With the holiday coming up, Joe planned to have friends over for dinner and decided to take advantage of the offer. When he called in his order, he was…
Story update 7/08/2011: We corrected an error in Figure 2, and in the section preceded by "Expressed symbolically for a stable process...".
Two topics that have generated significant interest and frequent comments are, “Is normality required for control charts?” and “You need to estimate the tail…
(DNV: Seattle) -- DNV announces that it has obtained accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for power quality testing on wind turbines. The DNV Seattle office, which obtained the accreditation, now provides power quality testing services to global…
