(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine-tool positioning accuracy and its effect on manufacturing-process capability and on-machine measurement. The three-day session, from May 10–12, is offered in IQL’s new manufacturing and training facility in Ashaway, Rhode Island. Through lecture and hands-on demonstrations, methods required for measuring and evaluating machine-tool performance are presented in simple, straightforward modules.

The course is recommended for manufacturing managers, engineers, and technicians aiming to improve machine-tool productivity, process diagnostics, and implementation of on-machine measurement. The topics covered will provide the basis for determining machine-performance requirements and purchase specifications.

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