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Start recruiting your children.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)

Jun 01, 2008; Campbell, Gillian ... The Quality Measurement Conference and Quality NDT Conference, both held April 28-May 1, in Clearwater Beach, FL, featured an interesting panel discussion on developing the next generation of quality and nondestructive testing technicians and experts. The panel, made up of academia, ...

Coming events.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)(Calendar)

Jun 01, 2008 ... AUGUST 27-31 WCNDT 2008-17TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON NDT, Shanghai, China. Chinese Society for Nondestructive Testing. http://en.17wcndt.com SEPTEMBER 8-13 IMTS 2008-INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY SHOW, Chicago. The ...

IMTS 2008 to feature Quality Day.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(International Manufacturing Technology Show)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... CHICAGO -- Tuesday, September 9 will be Quality Day at this year's IMTS, to be held September 8 to 13, at Chicago's McCormick Place. Quality Day, to be held in the IMTS Innovation Center (Booth D-4168), will present attendees with two presentations on how they can incorporate a ...

Manufacturing technology consumption up.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... MCLEAN, VA -- February U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $308.5 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the United States ...

Carbide Probes achieves ISO 9001 certification.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... DAYTON, OH -- Carbide Probes Inc., manufacturer of replacement contact point/styli, has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. The company manufactures contact points for many indicators and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The company has recently added replacement contracers and ...

Coherix wins $2.5 million in automaker business.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... ANN ARBOR, MI -- Coherix, supplier of measurement and inspection products, has been awarded contracts totaling more than $2.5 million from General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Honda and Chrysler to install optical-based measurement and inspection equipment at transmission plants in the United ...

Leica receives Industrial Design Award.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Leica Geosystems AG won the Industrial Design Award)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... UNTERENTFELDEN, SWITZERLAND -- Leica Geosystems, supplier of hardware and software packages to the industrial metrology market, has been recognized with the 2008 red dot Product Design Award in the industry and crafts category for its Absolute Tracker laser tracker. "Successful ...

Deacom Inc. (Wayne, PA), provider of an accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, has become a member of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA).(BUSINESS NEWS)(Deacom Inc. (Wayne, PA) offer accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Deacom Inc. (Wayne, PA), provider of an accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, has become a member of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA), a global community of manufacturing companies, ...

Metallurgical High Vacuum Corp.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Metallurgical High Vacuum Corp. (Fennville, MI) oppened its Engineering Design Center)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Metallurgical High Vacuum Corp. (Fennville, MI), supplier to the vacuum technology industry, has opened a ...

DSPCon Inc. (Bridgewater, NJ), a supplier of data acquisition, analysis, archiving and recording solutions, has been awarded four contracts with NASA.(BUSINESS NEWS)(DSPCon Inc. )(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... DSPCon Inc. (Bridgewater, NJ), a supplier of data acquisition, analysis, archiving and recording solutions, has been awarded ...

Cimtek.(BUSINESS NEWS)(CIMTEK's China Office Doubles in Size )(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Cimtek (Boston), provider of lifecycle management solutions, has expanded Its operations with a new facility in Suzhou, China. The company also plans to ...

NVision Inc. (Southlake, TX), a metrology provider, has joined PTC's (Needham, MA) Channel Advantage Program.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... NVision Inc. (Southlake, TX), a metrology provider, has joined PTC's (Needham, MA) Channel Advantage Program, expanding its ...

LTI Metrology (Hatfield, PA), the calibration lab at Laboratory Testing Inc., has added a Mahr (Helios) Linear 2000 for dimensional calibration of tools, gages, length standards and other measuring instruments.(BUSINESS NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... LTI Metrology (Hatfield, PA), the calibration lab at Laboratory Testing Inc., has added a Mahr (Helios) Linear 2000 for dimensional ...

Pilgrim Software Inc. (Tampa, FL), provider of enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) software, announces that Avecia Biotechnology Inc. (Cleveland, United Kingdom), a contract manufacturer of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics, has selected Pilgrim as its automated solution provider.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Avecia Biotechnology Inc.'s contract with Pilgrim Software)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Pilgrim Software Inc. (Tampa, FL), provider of enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) software, announces that Avecia Biotechnology Inc. (Cleveland, United Kingdom), a contract manufacturer of ...

National Technical Systems Inc, (NTS, Calabasas, CA), provider of engineering services, has acquired United States Test Laboratory LLC (USTL, Wichita, KA), provider of testing of soft body armor, helmet, firearm safety devices, handgun testing, stab resistance and hard body armor testing.(BUSINESS NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... National Technical Systems Inc, (NTS, Calabasas, CA), provider of engineering services, has acquired United States Test Laboratory LLC (USTL, Wichita, KA), provider of testing of soft body armor, helmet, firearm ...

Bell Helicopter has become an organizational member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).(ASSOCIATION NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Bell Helicopter has become an organizational member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Based in Fort Worth, TX, Bell Helicopter manufactures commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical lift aircraft. Bell Helicopter facilities around the world automatically ...

Excel in the quality department: quality professionals at all levels must view their role as a leader driving value throughout the organization.(MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE)

Jun 01, 2008; Gupta, Praveen ... Quality is a measure of excellence in manufacturing. A typical quality department in manufacturing is engaged in designing inspection plans, control plans and setting up control charts. Does it ensure quality? Does it help in achieving manufacturing excellence? Does it make the company ...

Hints for quality auditors: the following notes are for quality auditors, but mostly so I won't have to keep looking over my shoulder.(OTHER DIMENSIONS)

Jun 01, 2008; Cox, Hill ... As a provider of calibration services, I frequently take shots at some quality auditors for the silly things they demand during audits. I always offer to speak with an auditor to clear up any misunderstandings, but they always decline the invitation. I was told this is because the customer ...

Adding value for true position measurement: portable CMM technology has reduced the difficulty of measuring GD&T properties, including the deviation from true position of features.(QUALITY MEASUREMENT)(Coordinate measuring machine)(Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

Jun 01, 2008; Sanville, Robert ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the 1960s a new measurement device called a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) was introduced. CMMs were created in order to automate the task of measuring manufactured parts in all types of industrial environments. CMMs were primitive at first, ...

Troubleshooting vision systems: basic vision system troubleshooting skills can help with setup challenges as well as errors that may arise later.(QUALITY TEST & INSPECTION)(Cover story)

Jun 01, 2008; Butkus, Bruce ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A properly designed machine vision system can inspect products with speed and precision, increasing throughput on a production line. Getting such systems from the design lab to the factory, however, can sometimes he challenging. With some basic vision ...