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How to Choose the Best Shaft Measurement Tool for your Specific Application

There are Three Primary Options Available Today for Shaft Measurement: Optical, Tactile, and a Combination System
Patrick Nugent
June 7, 2021
There are three primary options available today for shaft measurement: optical, tactile, and a combination system. The optical systems have become common over the past few decades because of their flexibility and speed. So how do you choose the best option for your specific application?
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NDT | Training

Remote Visual Inspection an Important Part of the NDT Toolbox

Remote Visual Inspection has Provided Key Inspection Data While Maintaining Safety for its Operators.
Gregory James Weaver
June 7, 2021
Remote visual inspection (RVI) is a nondestructive testing (NDT) technique used for the visual inspection of an object where the person performing the inspection operates a piece of equipment from a distance. Most of the inspection applications used for quality purposes are carried out using three main types of equipment:  borescopes, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and crawler robots. Find out more about their uses and advantages.
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NDT | Back 2 Basics

The Basics of Digital X-Ray Inspection

Conventional Radiography Will Continue to Have a Pace in NDT, but Digital Radiography is the Future
George Hopman
June 7, 2021
Digital radiography is the future. Read about the most common modalities, computed radiography (CR) and digital detector array (DDA) radiography, that are replacing traditional film-based inspections.
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Speaking of Quality
Speaking of Quality | Charles W. (Wes) Shelton

Measurement System Analysis More Than a Line on a PPAP Submission

June 1, 2021
For those of us in the manufacturing world, measurements on products and processes are all important to ensure the products will meet customer requirements, perform correctly, safely, and for a reasonable lifespan. We place our faith in the measurements to accept or reject product—or to adjust the manufacturing process. But are the measurements correct—and how would we know?
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TEST & INSPECTION

Changing Face of Additive Manufacturing Inspection

As Manufacturers Embrace Increasingly Complex Materials and Processes, Their Inspection Methods Evolve with Them.
Genevieve Diesing
June 1, 2021
As additive manufacturing (AM) applications are more widely adopted, processes and material specifications, testing and inspection requirements are all gaining importance. 
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Utilizing a 3D inspection method provides vital information on the bead such as volume and location on part, it also saves productivity of the operators’ time.
Inspection

Quality and Process Control for the Dispensing Process

For Many Applications, Good Robot Programming is an Art.
Zhenhua Huang
May 18, 2021
Manufacturing industries have been striving for years for a robust quality control solution which can reliably sort out bad parts of the dispensing process without causing much production downtime. What the industry craves is a robust 3D solution that provides a 360° view of the bead regardless of the dispensing direction.
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Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Standards

Manufacturers should be aware of the many standards for this technology.
Michelle Bangert
Michelle Bangert
May 7, 2021

Shane Collins often hears people say that there aren’t any additive manufacturing standards. This is frustrating because he’s worked on additive standards for more than 10 years and there are dozens out now.


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GD&T’s New Rule and What it means for Measurement

Here we will explore the implications of rule "S" and the limits/requirements of today's metrology as it is applied to these GD&T requirements.
Mark Malburg Mike Zecchino AJ Mennuti
May 6, 2021

In Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) there has been a long-standing conflict between the worlds of specification and measurement. The goal of specification is to ensure that components will function; the goal of measurement is to ensure that manufactured components meet those functional requirements. 


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