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The article offers information on additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, which enables the creation of parts not possible with traditional technologies through new design concepts, materials and applications. According to Rob Glassburn, 3D Engineering Solutions vice president of operations, the preferred way to ensure the quality and integrity of the parts is to use industrial computed tomography scanning.

The article focuses on the rise of additive manufacturing (AM). It mentions that AM had the potential to disrupt many industries, the speed of adoption and adaption of the technology involved by so many different industries. It also mentions that within metal AM, the most popular materials to date have been titanium alloys, nickel alloys, aluminum alloys and stainless steel.

The article evaluates several products including XpertMapping software from Globus, Z-mike Pro Laser Micrometer from NDC Technologies, and Flexbar Reprorubber Casting Material form Flexbar Machine Corp.

The article focuses on the concept of leak testing which is a method of product quality control identifying manufacturing inconsistencies by porosity testing. It mentions that the nondestructive test is gained by sealing ports or holes or by developing a test medium including air, nitrogen or helium—into the test piece. It states that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need the leak test of components, to ensure integrity before assembling.

The article features the Quality Leadership 100 which highlights success stories in the field of quality management. It mentions the annual survey for Quality by the Market Research Department of BNP Media and its use of several factors in ranking the quality initiatives and practices of their subscribers. It cites the quality initiatives of Farmingdale, New York-based RS Precision.

The article discusses the trick is managing the complexity of quality costs with audits. It mentions that manufacturers are finding that layered process audits (LPAs), high-frequency audit involving all layers of management, for significant quality cost reductions. It also mentions that LPAs reduce variation and defects through repeat verification.

The article discusses the need to adopt the technology available by manufacturers to realize the full power of quality and the data behind it. Topics discussed include correlation between the use of quality for profitability and the significant positive impact on financial gains, need for manmanufacturers embrace technology available to them, including automated data collection, cloud computing, and the industrial internInternetings.

The article offers information on the measuring method optical metrology in evaluating data points in the manufacturing process. It explains the growing competition in manufacturing that requires precision, accuracy, and speed. It reveals that optical metrology has become the reliable technology of manufacturers to have competitive advantage.

The article offers information on the multisensor measurement system, a tool that helps satisfy the project requirements of manufacturing companies in the U.S. It states that the tool uses sensors to acquire data points from features and surfaces. It notes that it takes up less factory space. It mentions that that it avoids potential problems from machines with different resolutions and calibrations.

The article presents the discussion on fulfillment of Industry 4.0. Topics include data residing in product design and engineering departments, finance, human resources, as well as data from suppliers, logistics partners and customers; and identifying and proactively mitigating quality issues and risk across the enterprise and externally with suppliers.

The article offers information on determining if force and/or material testing is right for application involves considering several factors. Topics include that force testing involves measuring the amount of force required to deform or break a material, while material testing involves evaluating the properties of a material, such as strength, stiffness, and ductility.

The article offers the information on the Some manufacturers who excel at reducing the latency between capturing data and turning it into valuable insights. It mentions about the Medical product manufacturers including producers of medical devices and plastic medical components—are in the some of the most competitive segments of manufacturing.

The article focuses on how the cloud is transforming document management in modern manufacturing. Topics include that taking a cloud-based approach, all stakeholders can access a single source of data fostering greater collaboration, transparency, and efficiency; lack of transparency in document creation presents challenges with version control; and according to the McKinsey Global Institute report, employees spend 19 percent of the workweek searching or gathering information.

An interview with David Clayton, executive director of Greenville, South Carolina-based Greenville Technical College Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI) and Andrew Parker, director of governmental affairs at the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, is presented. Clayton discusses the goals and objectives of 2016 SAP Manufacturing Industries Forum and the ways it intends to realize the said goals. Parker cites the Be Pro Be Proud campaign and its aim to connect the manufacturing skills gap.

The article discusses the responsible for the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) data, a system for defining and communicating engineering tolerances. It mentions several professions as the keeper of GD&T data, that include design engineering, civil engineering, and electrical engineering. It also notes that GD&T has been studied and applied by manufacturers around the world.

The article discusses the special safety letter issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 23, 2015, cautioning the manufacturers on the issues with friction-reducing coatings on medical wires. It mentions the typical area of frictions studies that include the materials' surface engineering, efficiency of fiction and fuel, and biotribology.

The article discusses the 2016 Manufacturing RiskFactor Report conducted by the accounting and consulting organization the BDO USA, which analyzes the 10-K filings from the U.S. manufacturers. The reports reveals that nine out of 10 manufacturers are concerned with the cybersecurity in their Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure.

The article focuses on the quantum leap in manufacturing's form measurement. Topics discussed include the shift of the manufacturing industry towards the requirements for micron level tolerance, the small but important impact of the quantum leap, the error compensation, and the all-inclusive strategy of measurement.

The article offers news briefs on business in the U.S. in 2016. Topics in the news include the AS9120 accreditation awarded to adhesive company Ellsworth Adhesives Europe, the ISO9001 certification of the combined motors and drives business of manufacturing company Emerson Electric Co., and the finalists of the 2015 Fluke Connect Student Contest of manufacturer Fluke Corp.

The article offers brief information on several manufacturing products and equipment including the Magnetic mini square V block from R&R Fixtures, the AMH55 hardness testing system from LECO Corp., and the HHF-308 anemometer from OMEGA Engineering.

The article presents several tips related to gaging of manufacturing operations. These includes inspecting part for variation across given feature that calls for freedom of movement in one plane. It mentions measuring series of parts at exactly same location on feature and check the repeatability of process.

The article discusses technological advancements and potential in manufacturing. It mentions the increase use of automation, cloud computing, data exchange and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for creating smart factories. It also mentions that manufacturers in made-toorder environments with manual assembly processes helps in exploration.

The article discusses the grinding process of products. It mentions that grinding process can be controlled and optimized dependent on the measured parameters. It also mentions that internal grinding, flat grinding and match grinding on precision parts includes shaft, turbo-chargers, pistons, injector components, and hydraulic valves.

The article presents an overview of the attributes of reverse engineering, its importance to modern manufacturing companies and its applications on manufacturing industry.

The article discusses the primary considerations to help guide manufacturing companies during decision-making process for a next-generation coordinate measurement machine (CMM). It states the efficient measurement solution that improve routines without interfering with production. It notes the precision requirements that maintain competitiveness. It mentions the location and availability of footprint for a coordinate measuring machine.

The article focuses on finishing of manufactured surfaces. It states that roughness average (Ra) is measured for monitoring manufacturing processes. It mentions that Rmr values are being defined by engineers for solving the problem of inability to inspect bearing curve area. It highlights that characteristics of surface can be known through the relationship between roughness and surface depth.

The article discusses the various aspects of reverse engineering (RE). An overview of the multitude of applications of RE is provided. The authors talk about the evolution of RE, tackling its capability of manipulating increasingly larger point clouds. They add that the latest software versions are capable of handling a large amount of information while providing a variety of tools to perform reverse engineering efficiently.

The article offers information on coordinate measuring machines (CMM). Topics discussed include a stylus kit containing an assortment of ruby ball styli and associated tool that is sold along with CMM, the common design of most CMM styli, and the importance of close collaboration between the CMM user and the manufacturer in order to arrive at a practical design.

The article offers information on the trends and benefits of automotive leak testing (ALT) to automotive assembly and components manufacturers in the U.S. The different uses and applications of ALT include heat exchangers, evaporators, braking systems and compressors. Moreover, ways on how manufacturers can benefit from ALT are also mentioned.

An interview with Aravind Govindan, Frost & Sullivan Market Research analyst, and Jeff Freeman, Hexagon Metrology's director of North American sales, is presented. They were asked to comment on the questions of which between buying or renting equipment is popular, the types of equipment companies prioritize to purchase, and the typical annual equipment budgets of small, medium and large-sized manufacturing companies.

The articles examines the current and future spending of U.S. manufacturers related to quality, as shown in the 14th Annual Spending Survey. The survey indicates that the three leading spending priorities are gages and gaging systems, general use test, measurement and inspection equipment, and test, measurement and inspection services. Also shown are survey results on how the importance of quality has changed at a company. INSET: TECH TIPS.

The article talks about Protecting Your Quality With AI Visual Inspection. It discusses the AI Brand Management For Packaging & Labelling and mentions it's advantages including removal of stressful subjective decision-making for operators and increased production.

The article offers information on the Quality Leadership 100 Study conducted by the BNP Media Market Research Department from September 9-October 10, 2012 which aimed at identifying companies whose quality is improving with the time. It presents brief profile of various companies including automaker Ford Motor Co., Lee's Grinding Inc. and DME Co. It also presents a list of manufacturing companies came under the study including Douglas Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Littlefuse Inc. and Team Industries.

The article focuses on the use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software by the manufacturing companies. It informs about a research conducted by Gartner Inc. which stated that the use of ERP software is expected to reach 24.9 billion dollars in 2012. It further presents views of various notable people on the use of ERP software including Jim Shepherd, vice president of Plex Systems Inc., Glenn Nowak, vice president of IQMS and Mark Symonds, chief executive officer (CEO) of Plex Systems.

The article focuses on the ways for measuring and analyzing the surface functionality. It says that assessing the surface functionality must be done during the design phase and the requisite parameters and measurement conditions specified on the part prints. It adds that the roughness of the final surface finish should be controlled to retain the lubricants of a surface. Moreover, coating process is used by some manufacturers for their implants.

The article reports on the changes made by chamber manufacturers for improved performance. It mentions that some companies have been replacing laboratories complete of liquid-nitrogen cooled chambers for units having advanced control and refrigeration. It states that manufacturers have each changed their technology for controlling and generating humidity.

The article offers information on the 2011 List of Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture released by Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). It implies that the list features emerging technologies that impact the manufacturing industry. Among the innovations included in the list are graphene which is known to be the strongest, lightweight and electrically conductive material derived from carbon, programmable magnets, and programmable light with quantum dots.

The article discusses the statistics-based risk assessment program of manufacturing companies in the U.S. It states that the program allows quality managers to balance between ensuring effective test and inspection process. It notes that it assesses quality risk based on analysis of historical data. It mentions that the program enables the detection of issues before manufacturing begins.

The article discusses the efficiency, productivity, and profitability increases in manufacturing afforded by disruptive technologies that underpin the factories of the future based on the Industry 4.0 concept as of September 2016. Topics covered include predictive simulation's visualization of abundant business data, the need for a smart workforce to manage new levels of complexity, and the expansion of supply chains. Also noted is the use of the right information to accelerate decision-making.

The article discusses vision metrology's providing of speed and accuracy in U.S. manufacturing as of September 2016. Topics covered include vision measurement systems' ease of use, measurement throughput, and accurate repeatability, the magnification of parts of images captured by a camera, and the determination of their edges and feature locations. Also noted is the importance of choosing a vision metrology model that fits their intended use.

The article discusses the initiative PrecisionPath Consortium for Large Scale Manufacturing in the U.S. as of September 2016. Topics covered include its combination of metrology and manufacturing experts in handling big data, its hosting of an assessment and gap analysis workshop to roadmap the future, and its conduct of a survey on current industry capabilities and requirements. Also noted are the highlights of Workshop #3 at the 2016 Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC).

The article offers information on The International Manufacturing Technology Show to be held in McLean, Virginia on September 12-17, 2016.

The article discusses aspects of environmental simulation in industrial sectors. Topics include in-house testing at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), complex relationship between testing companies and manufacturers, and environmental testing in the aerospace sector. Particular focus is also given to the impact of handheld devices and their industrial applications on environmental simulation.

The article reports on the decline of optimism on the U.S. domestic economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2015. Topics discussed include an overview of the country's economic development, the contributory factors of slow economic sentiment such as weak energy prices and strong dollar, and the conservative approach of manufacturers to recruitment.

The article discusses the proper management of a reaction plan software. It notes that the reaction plan must be programmable and flexible to handle simple and complex manufacturing issues and must be stored on an internal file server. Furthermore, as it provides productivity tools to reduce complex measurement information for machine adjustments, separate reaction plans must be written for each process because each situation is different.

The article focuses on Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the U.S. The MSL project is a galactic-scale prototyping operation with tens of thousands of parts in various stages of product development. Common measurement programs are generated at JPL during early design and manufacturing stages at an offline programming station. One of the programming step involved is importing Rev A of the compute-aided design (CAD) model into PC-DMIS.

The article discusses ways in ensuring the suitability of optical shaft gaging. To ensure that the process is suited for the task, a measurement uncertainty budget must be organized to bring clarity and transparency. The manufacturer can ensure that an optical shaft measuring system is suitable for a certain task by using a measuring uncertainty budget. It is noted that workpiece conditions can lead to inner part control that equates the standard uncertainty of an object.

The article presents five ways to choose an appropriate stylus for an application. It is the benefit of the manufacturer to purchase the most effective stylus for his application. As each piece of equipment has weight requirements and other stipulations that would guide the operator in choosing a stylus, operators need to read the manuals and parameters for their probe heads. Due to less deflection and more accurate measurements, it is better to have shorter and thicker stem or shank.

The article discusses the innovations in micro manufacturing metrology. It states that metrology systems combine the best design practices of traditional industrial metrology system with the leading-edge capabilities of semiconductor manufacturing to measure micro-scale dimensions of manufactured parts. A number of techniques and methods is used by semiconductor process metrology to characterize and control the various patterning, deposition and etching steps used to form micro-scale features.

The article presents questions and answers related to manufacturing including the process behavior of the hole diameter on the data gathered by the assembly engineers, the process behavior of perpendicularity and height and the significance of the use of spreadsheet results on the problems with qualifying products.