Items Tagged with 'safety standards'

While examining a privately-owned sailboat, as a certified Vessel Examiner with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, I realized the importance of profiling the Coast Guard's quality focus. What could it teach us about quality? It turns out, a lot.

Ensuring compliance and safety in business is costly, with an average of 25% of revenue dedicated to these efforts. Neglecting compliance can lead to significant losses. Implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) can streamline compliance with real-time monitoring and accountability.

For lithium-ion traction batteries, leak detection is imperative for battery performance, longevity and safety, especially the prevention of fires.

Industry 4.0 represents the fourth and newest phase of the Industrial Revolution, one that is centered around interconnectivity, automation, machine learning, and real-time data. 

In automotive and other safety-critical industries, impact testing is an important measure of a material’s failure properties. Properly testing both raw materials and molded components for their strength and durability can help engineers prevent failures, design lasting goods, and save lives.

By considering the pattern of all accidents, including those near misses, a predictive model can be created, isolating the cultural root causes of workplace injury and larger scale disasters.

New safety standards for vehicle functions and their electronic components set to come into force in May 2018.