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NDT | Material Analysis

Why Complementary Material Analyzers are Essential to Leveraging the Benefits of Quality 4.0

When a manufacturing process is completely automated, it is essential to have the right analyzer for each stage of the process.
Frank Theuws
August 15, 2021
When a process is totally automated and integrated into the internet of things (IoT), we are only able to ensure that the right product is manufactured through quality control by showing the elemental composition of incoming and outgoing materials using the most modern and latest spectrometer technology.
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NDT | Back 2 Basics

Liquid Penetrant Audit Preparation

Providing the inspectors with good equipment in the first place can prevent future audit problems.
George Hopman
August 15, 2021
The oft-quoted adage is that the shop should always be prepared for an audit. While this saying is true, the average quality manager knows that consistent readiness for such scrutiny calls for continued best practices to be complied with.
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NDT | Compression Testing

Squeezing the Most Out of Compression Testing

The data derived from compression testers can be helpful throughout the life cycle of a product.
Mark Fridman
August 15, 2021
Under controlled conditions and with appropriate test equipment, compression testing provides quality engineers, inspectors, and research professionals with data they need to determine a material or component’s physical characteristics for quality assurance, design suitability, and customer satisfaction.
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NDT | Trends

Monitoring Assets with Restricted Access Phased Array

Corrosion is complex, and mitigating and managing it is not a linear process.
Charles Perrie
August 15, 2021
Across just about all industries that have tanks, piping upon supports or piping entering the ground, clients are faced with inspection challenges and specific concerns on how to inspect the critical areas of these three asset components.
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Management

Just Starting the Automation Game? Three Steps to Make the Jump Easier and More Cost-Effective

If you're still considering taking the first—or possibly next—step in your automation journey, start with the following steps to facilitate the process and feel more comfortable doing it.
Jeff Burnstein
August 15, 2021

If you’re one of those companies still considering taking the first—or possibly next—step in their automation journey, start with the following steps to facilitate the process, and feel more comfortable doing it.


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QTY August 2021 Software Customer Loyalty
Software & Analysis

Building Customer Loyalty Starts with Great Quality Management

There is no Denying that Implementing a Digital Quality Management System Helps Companies Avoid Risk and Lower Costs.
Anthony Murphy
August 15, 2021
When it comes to operating and growing a successful business, the ultimate goal is to create loyalty among consumers and establish a positive brand reputation. What keeps customers coming back to a business is knowing — and expecting — they are receiving a high-quality product.
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Industrial Computed Tomography

CT for Dimensional Precision Measurement Reaches Production Floors

In the use of CT as a measuring instrument, the aerospace, automotive and medical technology industries are pioneers.
Florian Knigge
August 8, 2021
Due to its ability to nondestructively capture, display and analyze the internal structures of objects in high resolution and three-dimensionally, industrial computed tomography is gaining importance as a precise 3D measuring technology for production in addition to the classic application fields of research and development and failure analysis.


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Face of Quality
Face of Quality | Jim L. Smith

The Career Path to Success May Not be Linear

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Jim L. Smith
August 8, 2021
The path to upward mobility has changed over the past few years. For decades, the way to ‘climb the ladder’ happened in a few ways. Obviously being born into a family-owned business established a surefire guarantee. Other paths were a college degree, marriage, or hard work and promotions.


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