Air Gage Inspection for Die Cast Applications

Air Gage Inspection for Die Cast Applications

Air Gage technology has been around since pre World War II, but it still makes great sense today if you need a simple non-contact quality inspection option that works across metallic and non-metallic materials, is repeatable, and measures to extremely tight tolerances...
Why Is Quality Assurance So Difficult?

Why Is Quality Assurance So Difficult?

Sometimes manufacturers forget that there are two key components of Quality – parts AND people.  This Quality Magazine article by guest blogger, Ian R Lazarus, summed things up so well, we felt compelled to share it.  You can find the original post here. Quality...
I Spy With My Vision Eye

I Spy With My Vision Eye

I Spy with My Vision Eye… Today we’re focusing on Vision Systems, one of the advanced technologies currently taking automated inspection into Industry 4.0. What It Is A manufacturing vision systems leverages cameras and lighting to inspect parts as they cycle...
A History of CMM’s

A History of CMM’s

With so many advancements in metrology and dimensional measurement in manufacturing, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the history of the technology to see how we’ve gotten to where we are today. Before We Start – What is a CMM? A CMM, or...