Quality articles from February 2001

Quality archives from February 2001

Risk in Innovation.(manufacturing sector)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... What are the risks of innovation? Innovation in manufacturing tends to be seen in an almost exclusively positive light. But, that view is usually the result of successful innovation. Failed innovation comes with a cost and manufacturers have to...

Buy and Sell Used Equipment Online.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Looking to sell a coordinate measuring machine or buy a boring machine? Log on to the Internet, which has a number of Web sites specializing in buying and selling used equipment. This month's Web site review looks at some places to start your...

INDUSTRY NEWS.(includes various information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... ISO 9000: 2000 Quality Approved The International Organization for Standards (ISO) announced the final ill draft versions of the ISO 9000 quality management system standards were approved by an overwhelming majority. The Year 2000...

February Quality Archives.
February 1, 2001... 1964 Keynote speaker Lt. Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr. stresses the importance of incorporating nondestructive testing techniques into the reliability measurement and prediction problem at the 10th National Symposium on Reliability and Quality...

Business News.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Continental, a supplier of brake systems, chassis systems and tires has dedicated its new North American OE headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI. Yxlon International X-ray GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Phoenix X-ray Systems and Services GmbH...

California Employs Most Manufacturing Workers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... California had the greatest number of manufacturing employees during 1998 at 1,843,867. Those employees received $68 billion in earnings and shipped $400 billion worth of goods, according to the 1998 Census of Manufacturers released by the...

Association News.
February 1, 2001... The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) has been accredited as a developer of American National Standards by the American National Standards Institute. The accreditation is a step toward NIMS' goal in assisting the nation's...

Analyzing Downtime.
February 1, 2001... Traditionally, brain teasers are thought of as puzzles to solve using logical thought process in a sequential manner. Everyone who is faced with using the current data available in their organization will relate to this notion of a brain...

Laser-Based Tool Maps Surface Roughness.
February 1, 2001... The ranks of the devices that measure and map surfaces such as brake rotors and camshafts have grown by one. To the list of measurement devices such as the stylus and the focused-laser beam, add a new noncontact alternative called Lasercheck....

Improve Your On-Machine Inspection Accuracy.
February 1, 2001... Laser vector measurement determines volumetric positioning errors and improves the accuracy of on-machine inspections. On-machine inspection using probing technology is gaining popularity, because it delivers shorter cycle times, and...

Simple Process Capability?
February 1, 2001... Address geometric bonus tolerances in manufacturing process capability with residual tolerance. Manufacturing operations throughout the industry have ignored geometric bonus tolerances, caused by varying feature sizes, when assessing...

Tighten the Reign on Threading.
February 1, 2001... From standards to buying equipment, much goes into manufacturing of threads. The fastener industry is a cost-conscious one. Covering all the bases, from having an original threading standard to investing in equipment, can make the...

Lab Accreditors Reach International Agreement.
February 1, 2001... International agreement promotes the acceptance of laboratory calibration and other tests, reducing the need to retest imported products in participating countries. The results of calibration and other laboratory testing performed by an...

Mold Maker Saves 40% in Time Using Height Gage.(Marland Mold Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Marland Mold Inc. (Pittsfield, MA), manufacturer of complex metal molds, saves up to 40% in time using the Sylvac Z-Cal height gage created by Fred V. Fowler Co. Inc. (Newton, MA). Operators at Marland Mold used separate height gages and...

Measure Twice, Cut Once No Longer Measuring Adage.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Digital inspection has reduced the time it takes to manually inspect parts and assemblies by one-half for Avica Inc. (San Fernando, CA), a manufacturer of ozone converters, air conditioning and pneumatic systems equipment for aircraft. Every...

Testing Surfaces of Plastic Components.
February 1, 2001... For automotive and other OEMs, surface hardness affects the resistance a part has to surface damage as well as the paintability of injection molded plastic components. Visteon Automotive Systems (Dearborn, MI) uses the Fischerscope H100...

NEW PRODUCTS.
February 1, 2001... Noncontact gage sensor SLS 7000 specular reflective sensor has 10 nanometer resolution over a 1 millimeter measurement range. The sensor has a 16 kilohertz sample rate with a 10 to 20 micron visible laser spot that profiles intricate...

Calibrate CMMs.(coordinate measuring machines )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Get back to the basics with these calibration procedures. While browsing several manufacturing reader forums, one question keeps getting repeated. The wording may vary, but the sentiment remains the same: How do I calibrate --? Fill in the...