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The quickest way to making the entire process ineffective is to fail to look at what is collected or act on what is found. At the start of the safety regulations for construction, OSHA calls for ...

Quality. We all have a few ideas that come to mind when we look for quality. More than likely, you’re envisioning your favorite brand of jeans, one restaurant where the food always tastes just right, ...

Though quality inspections are widely practiced before, during and after production across a range of industries, those inspections are not so widely automated. In a recent survey of Automation World ...

Inspecting punches and dies can be time-consuming and costly for tablet manufacturers. Advances in technology, however, have greatly improved in-process inspections. The author examines improvements ...

Companies must create a risk-based framework for developing and manufacturing drugs, and acquire the scientific knowledge and technological skills to create more complex products. The past few years ...

Most manufacturers work hard to produce quality products, but how much of their efforts are devoted to automating their inspection processes? To find out, Automation World conducted a reader survey ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...

Boeing Co. will step up inspections of aircraft during production and open its factories to airline customers as it seeks to improve quality and bolster confidence in its 737 Max following a ...