Quality articles from July 2006

Quality archives from July 2006

Quality continues to grow.(FROM THE PUBLISHER)
July 1, 2006... More good news from the machine tool industry continues to translate into good news for quality, as was evidenced last month in Detroit, where quality professionals had a chance to see the latest in new quality-related equipment, software and...

Coming events.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... AUGUST 2006 6-10 2006 NCSLI WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM, Nashville. NCSLI International, (303) 440-3339. www.ncsli.org/conference/2006/ 8 CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN, Southfield, MI. AIAG, (248) 358-3003....

QVI expands with new facility.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Company overview)
July 1, 2006... ROCHESTER, NY -- Quality Vision International Inc. (QVI), a vision metrology company, broke ground on April 12 for a new facility that will be the headquarters for its Kotem Technologies division and strengthen customer support for Central...

'The factory of the world' hosts China's inaugural Quality Expo.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... NORWALK, CT -- Quality Expo China 2006, to be held August 29 to 31, 2006, provides the newest quality-related tools, technologies, equipment and services that manufacturers need for quality improvement and assurance. The three-day expo held at...

The American Society for Quality.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The American Society for Quality (ASQ, Milwaukee) joined the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients, including ASQ members Richland College, Dallas; Sunny Fresh Foods, Monticello, MN; and DynMcDermott, New Orleans; at an awards...

Two-thirds of industrial manufacturers absorbing higher energy costs.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... NEW YORK -- Two-thirds of U.S. industrial manufacturers are absorbing higher energy costs, rather than passing them through to customers, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' latest manufacturing barometer. These companies predict that energy...

Power Fasteners Inc.(PEOPLE NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Power Fasteners Inc. (Brewster, NY) has expanded its engineering capabilities with the appointment of Patrick D. Buckley as staff engineer. Buckley earned a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from Central Connecticut State University....

Nylok Corp.(appointment of Rick A. Kuyat )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Nylok Corp. (Macomb, MI) appoints Rick A. Kuyat as operations manager for the processing facility in Macomb, MI. Kuyat joined Nylok in February 2005 as plant manager in Macomb after serving 18 years in various semi-conductor manufacturing...

Arnco.(appointment of Mike Fullen )(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Arnco (South Gate, CA) appoints Mike Fullen as product and sales training manager. Fullen joined Arnco as northeast regional sales manager in 2000, and has more than 38 years experience in the tire industry.

Tom Larson, sales engineer at Trek Inc. (Medina, NY), was designated an "ESD Certified Professional--Program Manager" by the Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA).(PEOPLE NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Tom Larson, sales engineer at Trek Inc. (Medina, NY), was designated an "ESD Certified Professional--Program Manager" by the Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA). Larson was one of the first six individuals to attain such status from this...

Colder Products Co.(PEOPLE NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Colder Products Co. (St. Paul, MN) announces that Rick Garber has been promoted to vice president of marketing. Garber, who developed Colder's Radio Frequency Identification capabilities and has become an advocate for smart technology, will...

Apriso Corp.(appointments)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Apriso Corp. (Long Beach, CA) appoints three software industry veterans to operations executive posts. Mark Gonia is vice president of field operations, Americas, and will manage sales, presales and partner development efforts in the United...

Didn't anybody test this? consumers' experience with poor quality products often leads them to wrongly accuse manufacturing when quality problems arise.(PROBING THE LIMITS)
July 1, 2006... As a manufacturing manager, I used to get angry and frustrated when customers experiencing problems would ask me, "Didn't anyone test this?" Now I'm starting to understand why this is a good question. When working for a company that...

I can get it cheaper: as gage buyers focus on price alone, it is only natural that gage suppliers will do the same.(OTHER DIMENSIONS)
July 1, 2006... I am always amazed at the logic, or the lack of it, applied by some of the people who buy gages and calibration services. And it seems to be getting worse as the gap between the price of thread gages, for example, and the products they are...

Machine the perfect hole: Eddy current sensors can be a low cost alternative for high-speed part inspection.(QUALITY 101)
July 1, 2006... Perfectly drilled, tapped or countersunk holes are required in today's automated assembly processes. An incorrectly dimensioned hole has the potential to stop a production line, possibly resulting in catastrophic consequences to the profits of...

Drying furniture finishes.(BRAIN TEASERS)
July 1, 2006... Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing...

Combine roughness and roundness checking: instrument inspects as a surface finish measuring system, a roundness measuring system or both at once.(QUALITY INNOVATIONS)
July 1, 2006... Too often, manufacturers of cylindrical parts invest a great deal of money in special fixtures to minimize alignment problems that cause errors with traditional surface finish checking devices. Hard fixtures must be scrapped when components...

Quality services guide.(Directory)
July 1, 2006... CALIBRATION SERVICES A. A. Jansson Inc. 2070 Airport Rd. Waterford, MI 48327-1204 (248) 674-4811 Fax: (248) 674-1234 info@aajansson.com www.aajansson.com Absolute Clarity & Calibration LLC 109 Main St....

Quality certification & registration guide.(Directory)
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Quality software selection guide.(Directory)
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More of everything: job satisfaction, salary and other job-related benefits are all on the rise for quality professionals according to this year's survey.(QUALITY MANAGEMENT)(Cover story)
July 1, 2006... The quality of professional life for quality professionals remains on the rise, according to Quality Magazine's Sixth Annual State of the Profession Study. This exclusive survey peeks inside the careers of quality professionals to highlight...

Breaking new ground with SPC.(CASE STUDIES)(statistical process control)
July 1, 2006... The Consolidated Biscuit Co.'s (CBC, McComb, OH) 850,000 square-foot facility employs 1,200 people whose mission is to keep the sweet tooth satisfied. Thirteen production lines pump out 100 million cookies and crackers per day. With four...

Solving everyday challenges.(CASE STUDIES)
July 1, 2006... With customers such as Pratt & Whitney, General Electric, Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand, Siemens Westinghouse, Rolls-Royce and the U. S. military, Danville Metal Stamping Co. Inc. (Danville, IL) obviously has to supply top quality. ...

Embrace Model based definition: increasing numbers of aerospace manufacturers are benefiting from model-based definition's quality assurance processes.
July 1, 2006... Model based definition (MBD) is not a new concept in the aerospace manufacturing industry. While it has been applied to product definition and manufacturing for years, its use as a fully implemented process for quality control only has been...

Laser tracking: transforms efficiency: a helicopter manufacturer improves production line efficiency with the implementation of laser tracker measurement systems.
July 1, 2006... One of the world's leading helicopter manufacturers, Eurocopter has improved production line efficiency by up to 70% in just a few years with the implementation of two laser tracker measurement systems from Leica Geosystems. Eurocopter,...

keeping up with Sikorsky Aircraft: Quality Magazine profiled Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s metrology lab team in April 2003. We now look at how the team has continued to improve quality and how their efforts have been rewarded.
July 1, 2006... On March 24, 2004, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. recognized its metrology lab team with its first-ever Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Gold Cell. ACE Gold represents the highest level of quality at Sikorsky and its parent company, United...

Self-locking fastener.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... By maintaining torque and clamp load stability in temperatures up to 450 F, the NYTEMP self-locking patch is for assembly applications in aerospace, automotive, appliances, small engines and other areas where heat of this magnitude is...

Telescoping probes.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... Probes that permit ultrasonic inspection to be performed in difficult-to-access areas are now offered as options to this line of ultrasonic detectors. These sensors plug into the company's pistol-shaped instruments, allowing accurate readings...

Torque transducers.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... Rotating torque transducers use noncontact rotary transformers for sending excitation voltage to, and receiving measurement signals from, the strain gage instrumented rotating sensor element. The rotary transformer design eliminates the need...

Digital extensometry.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... The multiXtense extensometer is capable of measuring modulus of elasticity with a resolution of less than 0.1 micron, and elongation to failure with a measuring range of 700 millimeters--minus the initial gage length. In order to speed up...

Phased array.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... This multi-featured, phased array, TOFD and P/E system has a 10-inch color LCD screen and battery power for up to eight hours, ensuring portability. It also has up to 256 elements with 32 active channels (64/32 Standard), 16 conventional...

GageView.(AEROSPACE PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... GageView and GageView Pro Interface programs, Windows-based software products, have a range of features for the management of ultrasonic inspection data in both MG2-DL and EPOCH environments. The systems have easy-to-use utilities for...