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The transition to LED lighting impacts color perception and quality control, requiring manufacturers to adapt their processes to ensure consistency and address issues like flare and metamerism under different lighting conditions.

Measurement System Analysis (MSA) is crucial for manufacturers to enhance efficiency and reduce waste while meeting environmental goals.

Probes and styli are vital for smart manufacturing, evolving into advanced sensors that enhance automation and quality control. These precise tools measure parts, guide machines, and enable real-time adjustments, improving efficiency and reducing defects in CNC and robotic applications.

This article explores the evolution of manufacturing data, the limitations of DMAIC in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and introduces Binary Classification of Quality (BCoQ) and Learning Quality Control (LQC) systems as part of Quality 4.0.

Dustin Smith, metrology and software training lead at Assurance Technologies Inc., addresses common questions from his GD&T course. He emphasizes the need for everyone—from sales to engineering, production, and quality—to have a basic understanding of GD&T.

These advancements made our factories smarter by enabling systems to communicate with each other, share live data, and make decisions without human intervention. 

As emerging technologies like AI and robotics capture attention, foundational engineering principles remain crucial. Essential for innovation, these include material science and control theory. ASME’s Y14.5 Standard on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is key for advanced manufacturing.

Digital connectivity is a driving feature of our lives. While invaluable in our personal lives, it also has the potential to transform manufacturing processes. In many cases, this has already taken root. But in one area – 3D measurement activities – it has so far not been used to the fullest.

The use of advanced 3D scanning tools is revolutionizing quality control, design, and manufacturing, particularly with the adoption of digital standards and 3D printing. However, this shift presents challenges in maintaining consistent standards globally and across different regulations.

This article will explore benefits of limit gaging and the advantages of functional gaging.