Check out the February 2025 edition of Quality! Read our cover story on the results of Quality's 2025 Leadership Survey. Read more features on leak testing, Lean Six Sigma, the latest columns, an NDT special section, and much more!
Embedded quality can enhance manufacturing strategies amid ongoing product failures and recalls. Discover why delivered quality is key to your organization’s success.
Quality 4.0 transforms manufacturing by integrating digital technologies with quality management, enhancing visibility and traceability throughout the production process. By leveraging data from interconnected machines, it helps manufacturers proactively manage risks and reduce waste, leading to a safer and more efficient future.
Quality 4.0 combines technologies like AI and IoT with quality management, enhancing real-time monitoring and decision-making. It supports continuous improvement in Lean Six Sigma, helping organizations achieve operational excellence and stay competitive.
Event-based vision technology addresses challenges in industrial machine vision, such as data overload and the need for real-time processing, by efficiently capturing changes in a scene with high speed and low power consumption.
Machine vision is vital for industrial automation, providing essential image analysis amid labor shortages. Effective implementation relies on precise lighting to ensure high-quality images, with different applications requiring specific setups, such as backlights for measurements and line scan lights for fast-moving materials.
As industries advance, metrology—the science of measurement—becomes essential for innovation. With a growing need for precision and efficiency, the field is evolving to enhance quality control. This summary highlights key trends shaping metrology today.
A component supplier sought to improve quality and reduce costs by studying principles from quality experts. Leaders embraced continuous improvement and formed a kaizen team to analyze their primary product.
Stress is increasingly prevalent in our fast-paced world, where it can enhance productivity in moderation but hinder performance when excessive. Following a promotion in 2024, the author experienced significant stress that impacted their health.
The author began their quality career in a West Michigan paint department, where they improved product quality by mastering a paint pretreatment system and collaborating with the quality team. His efforts led to ISO certification and recognition from quality professionals, culminating in their membership in the American Society for Quality.
The manufacturing industry is evolving due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics, significantly impacting job outlooks, as highlighted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This article will explore quality trends and provide guidance for future changes.
A manufacturer retrofitted aging PLC-5 systems in aircraft painting facilities with Rockwell’s ControlLogix and R. Stahl’s IS components, enhancing safety, reliability, and maintenance for future operations.
The combination of advanced infrared camera technology and dedicated software analysis tools has made active thermography a viable alternative to traditional methods.
Active thermography (AT) is a nondestructive testing method that uses advanced infrared camera technology and software to inspect subsurface defects in materials like those used in aerospace and automotive industries.
Conformable/flexible digital detector array (DDA) panels are revolutionizing industrial radiography by enabling comprehensive imaging of complex shapes across sectors like aerospace, oil and gas, automotive, construction, and electronics. This technology improves nondestructive testing and image quality, supported by key ASTM standards.
Ethics in Nondestructive Testing (NDT) are vital, as inspectors' decisions directly impact safety. Unethical practices, such as skipping inspections, using forged documents, and misusing inspection stamps, can lead to serious consequences and compromise industry integrity.
Neutron imaging enhances aerospace valve inspection by detecting issues traditional methods like X-rays miss. It reveals contaminants and allows for detailed 3D models, improving the assessment of complex valve assemblies.