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This image shows a new “hybrid optoelectric” device, developed by researchers at Purdue. The device uses a combination of light and electric fields to position droplets and tiny particles, such as bacteria, viruses, and DNA, representing a potential new tool for…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Materials Analysis Inc., a Dallas engineering firm specializing in litigation support, is using noncontact 3-D scanning to provide critical assistance in product liability cases. The technology is invaluable for showing details that are invisible to the eye or that might…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, is pleased to announce immediate availability of the Keithley 2015 Total Harmonic Distortion Multimeter.
Combining audio band quality measurements…
(IQPC: New York) -- The International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) will hold its 10th Lean Six Sigma for Biotech, Pharma, and Medical Device Excellence event in San Diego, July 26–28, at the Hilton San Diego Resort.
Explore how to leverage lean Six Sigma and operational excellence by…
(Cybermetrics Corp.: Phoenix) -- The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services for automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. Bosch chose GAGEtrak Calibration Management Software to track its metrology assets, schedule calibrations, and…
(UNIDO: Vienna) -- Kandeh K. Yumkella, director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), says that Bangladesh has the potential to become the metrology hub of South Asia.
“Bangladesh is growing rapidly, and global metrology and calibration standards could…
(SAE International: Warrendale, PA) -- Through a corporate gift of $250,000 from John Deere, SAE International announces its new “John Deere/SAE International AWIM Learn Twice Initiative.”
The Learn Twice Initiative uses the award-winning SAE International A World In Motion (AWIM) curriculum…
(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI announces its next webinar in its free ISO/IEC 20000 Series, “Requirements for Service Level Management and Service Level Reporting,” which happens on Thursday, June 17, at 1 p.m. EDT.
Increasingly, organizations and government agencies are turning to ISO/IEC 20000 to…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- If your organization is registered to ISO 9001 or any other management system standard, you’ve got an internal audit process. Are you making the most of it? Is it a value-adding exercise? William A. Stimson’s new book, Internal Quality Auditing, Second Edition (…
(Claromentis Ltd.: Brighton, UK) -- The release of a comprehensive, customizable quality management suite by Claromentis addresses information and audit management in an integrated web-based suite that can fit seamlessly into existing information frameworks.
The Claromentis Quality Management…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In an advance that sounds almost Zen, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a new type of pulsed laser that excels at not producing light…
(IAF: Sydney, Australia) -- It would not be an exaggeration to say that the ISO 9001 standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) brought about a revolution in the field of quality assurance. When initially published in 1987, the standard set a benchmark for evaluating…
(EDAX Inc.: Mahwah, NJ) -- EDAX Inc., part of AMETEK Inc.’s Material Analysis Division, a provider of X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, continues to lead the industry with its recent release of OIM 6.0. The software is the first microanalysis package written for 64-bit…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- The Vision Show, held in Boston, May 25–27, had double the attendees of 2009’s show and conference. The positive response to the show and conference parallel the recovery of the market and growth in the industries that are seeking vision and imaging solutions. The…
(Veeco Instruments Inc.: Plainview, NY) -- As part of its ongoing series of live webinars on 3-D, noncontact surface profilometry, Veeco Instruments Inc. will be hosting a free online seminar on “NonContact, 3-D Optical Surface Profilometry for Ophthalmic Manufacturing.” Andrew Masters, Ph.D.,…
(SICK: Minneapolis) -- Join SICK product experts in West Chester, Ohio, at the 2010 SICK Solutions Forum, June 23, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cincinnati Marriott North Union Center to take part in hands-on product demonstrations and interactive displays as well as in-depth application and…
(Smarter Solutions: Austin, TX) -- Smarter Solutions Inc. presents the webinar, “Design of Experiments in Multi-Industry Processes: Reducing Lead Times and Defective Rates,” on Wednesday, June 16, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT.
Design of experiments (DOE) provides a structured approach where a…
(MRPC: Butler, WI) -- MRPC, a single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, continues its commitment to product quality and responsiveness by advancing the application of scientific molding across multiple manufacturing processes.
Scientific molding is a disciplined…
(DALSA: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of machine vision technology, recently announced a new gigabit Ethernet (GigE)-ready vision appliance called GEVA, which stands for GigE Vision Appliance. Compatible with the full range of DALSA Genie and Spyder3 cameras, GEVA offers a cost-…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society invites you to join them for the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), July 12–16, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Why attend?
The latest in cutting-edge portable coordinate metrology systems, software, and…
Companies that apply heijunka to their production system understand the true meaning of the proverb, “Slow and steady wins the race.”
Heijunka is the concept of ending any variation of volume and/or product mix in the production system. This means that a company that applies heijunka doesn’t…
There is no shortage of standards. There are standards that define how something should be made vs. those related to processes, such as ISO 9001. According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), standards that provide requirements or give guidance on good management practice…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- Although many companies lack the structural framework to enable proper director oversight of sustainability programs, they rarely consult outside expertise, according to a report released by The Conference Board. The report, “Sustainability in the Boardroom,”…
When the summer sun beats down, there’s always someone in the family who reminds you to put on your sunscreen. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to easily avoid getting burned at work? There is. It’s called project management.
Grab a bottle of water, put on your baseball cap, and think…
For more than 20 years, Toyota’s methods, known as “lean,” have made headlines. And that’s how long engineer, researcher, and author Mike Rother has been involved with the subject. Like many others, Rother began with Toyota’s production tools. And like many others, he found that these are…
