FandMmag.com: Inspection

REINCARNATING A MONSTER

rss@fandmmag.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:48:00 -0500

This enormous DEA gantry CMM was overhauled by Xspect Solutions for SES, a Department of Defense supplier that saved nearly 70 percent when compared against the cost of a new machine.

PORTABLE CMM TAKES CENTER STAGE

rss@fandmmag.com — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:49:00 -0500

Engineers at the Gehl South Dakota production plant in Madison found a faster way to verify large production fixtures and manufactured parts of construction and agricultural equipment: they simply position a portable optical CMM from Metris on the production floor and measure points of choice right away using a wireless tactile probe.

NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT: OPTICAL OPTIONS ABOUND

rss@fandmmag.com — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0500

As the power of video and the PC change and improve non-contact measurement practices, understanding the new systems that are emerging is a learning process. Mark Arenal of Starrett Kinemetric Division explains how to define the application requirements, budget considerations, current level of expertise, and type of training that is required.

GOING INTO ORBIT

rss@fandmmag.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:02:00 -0500

Part of the capital investment program for this quality control department included retrofitting an older CMM with new software and trading in another for this new CMM system.

QUALITY IS STILL KING: HOW INSPECTION CHANGES IN A 3D WORLD

rss@fandmmag.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:27:00 -0400

Blind Ambition: Moving from 2D to 3D design impacts inspection requirements because typical 3D drawings include few explicit dimensions and make curved free-form surfaces almost impossible to verify using traditional tactile measurement techniques. What is the solution?

QUALITY IS STILL KING: FIRST OFF THE BLOCK

rss@fandmmag.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:36:00 -0400

Carbon Fibers Hit The Road: Talk about advanced quality check out how the breathtaking speeds in Formula One are achieved with the help of advanced tooling block technology.

QUALITY IS STILL KING: DELIVERING THE 2000th CMM

rss@fandmmag.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:35:00 -0400

Sustained Sales Strength: Even in the current economy, the flexibility in sensors and an excellent price-performance ratio keep the demand high for this system, just as it was right out of the gate several years ago.

QUALITY IS STILL KING: OPEL REPLACES ITS METAL PRETREATMENT SYSTEM

rss@fandmmag.com — Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:33:00 -0400

A New Technology Changes Everything: This German manufacturer of automobile chassis components improved their quality and achieved significant savings by changing from a zinc-phosphate pretreatment to a new technology.

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rss@fandmmag.com — Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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