Though quality inspections are widely practiced before, during and after production across a range of industries, those inspections are not so widely automated. In a recent survey of Automation World ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE John Loscheider, CMM programmer at Ultra ...

Most manufacturers work hard to produce quality products, but how much of their efforts are devoted to automating their inspection processes? To find out, Automation World conducted a reader survey ...

The quickest way to making the entire process ineffective is to fail to look at what is collected or act on what is found. At the start of the safety regulations for construction, OSHA calls for ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...

X-ray technology is moving into the mainstream of chip manufacturing as complex assemblies and advanced packaging make it increasingly difficult to ensure these devices will work as expected ...

In-process dimension checking very often is adding to production cost and no one knows it, besides which it can be inefficient while it silently eats into profitability. In Part 3 of this series we ...

Low-angle-of-light 3×-magnification VIU module enables visual inspection of seals. Quality assurance breaches such as pouch failures often occur because medical device manufacturers do not inspect and ...

To ensure that the speed of composites fabrication keeps pace with customer demand, the ability to inspect and monitor composite part quality must become an integral part of high-rate part ...

There is now broad consensus that data-driven decision-making is essential to success in today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment. Customers’ price-consciousness, combined with demands for ...

As an industrial engineer and digital transformation leader, I’ve worked across regulated industries—defense, aerospace and healthcare—where quality and compliance are paramount. Over the past few ...

Are your safety inspections becoming routine? If something is lacking in your safety inspection process, maybe one of these suggestions from Milliken & Co., a two-time America's Safest Company, can ...