Table of contents
March 2024 | Volume 63 | Number 3
Special Sections
MEASUREMENT
Maximizing Precision: How to Care for and Integrate Your Handheld Gages
Quality control is crucial for meeting high product standards, and handheld gages are key to achieving such precision. But how exactly do these tools ensure accurate measurements?
MEASUREMENT
Consider the Indicating Plug Gage
It uses the plug body, not the contacts, to center the gage.
TEST & INSPECTION
The Accuracy Nexus: 3D Scanning in Additive Manufacturing for Custom Car Builds and Mesh Repair Solutions
Anyone can buy a 3D printer and set up a shop. But there are a few essential things to know — especially when it comes to mesh repair.
SOFTWARE
How modern software can transform the supply chain with manufacturing quality at the center
Enable a manufacturing quality driven collaboration between suppliers and buyers to eliminate interpretation, reduce costs, risks and expedited delivery time.
MANAGEMENT
Measuring and Modeling Quality
The 2024 Quality Plant of the Year runs a world class operation.
MEDICAL
Evolving Needle-Based Drug Delivery Products & Testing Methods
When testing the emerging wearable devices, manufacturers are now confronted with various new and unique challenges.
Features
In the realm of metrology, where accuracy is paramount, the marriage of 3D scanning technology and additive manufacturing has ushered in a new era of possibilities. Source: FARO.
About The Cover
Air Gaging
Leak Testing
Data Collection Software
Professional of the Year
Color Measurement
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The Next Dimension of Precision: Integrating Rotary Tables into Coordinate Measuring Systems
Case Study
Unlocking Efficiency in Education
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Buyers Guide / Sourcebook Premium Sponsors
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Staff Contact Information
Departments
From the editor | Darryl Seland
If You Build It
Speaking of Quality | Jim Spichiger
Foster a Sense of Belonging
Face of quality | Jim L. Smith
Manage Conflict More Effectively
Column | John Vandenbemden
What is ISO 17025: 2017
Fellow Traveler | Daniel Zrymiak
Out of the Box
Columns
Quality Advertising Index
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Podcast
Quick Wins from The Quality Show
Eric Hayler offers some ideas for low-cost lean ideas to benefit your manufacturing processes.
Podcast
How the Industrial Technology Program at MSU is Educating the Next Generation in Manufacturing
Learn how Mississippi State University strives to be a hands-on bachelor’s degree for students who want to enter any area of industry – and how your company can get involved. Lara Threet, program coordinator and instructor, industrial technology at MSU, explains how the program works, how she got involved in engineering, and the career she almost pursued instead.
Podcast
Calibration Myths Busted
Heather Wade of the ASQ Measurement Division explains calibration myths and misnomers while at The Quality Show this year.
Podcast
Get Up-to-date on ESG
QMS may just be “the invisible force that every organization needs to ensure a robust ESG framework and benchmarkable ESG disclosure,” says Indika Edussuriya, global technical manager, ESG & Sustainability Report Assurance, TÜV Rheinland Group.
Podcast
Auditing Questions Answered at The Quality Show
John Vandenbemden of the ASQ Inspection Division offers his take on audits, inspections, and quality.
Podcast
The Quality Plant of the Year Shares Insights at The Quality Show
Debra Dahlin is the second-generation owner and president of Reed Switch Developments Corp. (RSD). Under her leadership, RSD has grown steadily, despite a series of recessions, a global pandemic, and a major pivot from primarily standard parts into small-to-medium volume custom ones. Quality met with RSD at The Quality Show to learn what's new with the company.
Podcast
The Quality Show South Preview: Process Maps—A Vital Tool for Lean
Quality sat down with Jim Spichiger, program manager, Amazon Custom Service, and immediate past chair of the ASQ Inspection Division, to discuss his upcoming Quality Show South presentation.
Podcast
How to Get Started with Automation
Stefan Friedrich of New Scale Robotics explains why quality is often one of the later steps to automate. Adopting a robot or cobot can be intimidating but it doesn’t need to be. Here he describes what quality professionals need to know. Hint: it’s not programming.
Podcast
The Soft Skills Quality Professionals Need to Succeed
Dan Zrymiak, an ASQ Fellow and recipient of ASQ’s Feigenbaum and Crosby Medals, has almost three decades of experience in international quality and risk management. Here he shares his expertise on culture, leadership and values.
Podcast
The Changing World of NDT Training
Donald Booth of the American Institute of Nondestructive Testing now offers a range of NDT training options for others in the industry. Listen now to how training has changed over the years and how to get the most out of your classroom and on-the-job training.
Podcast
Consider What Automation Can Do For You
While companies may think automation is too cost-prohibitive or complicated, Martin Buena-Franco, automation products manager at The Raymond Corporation, says that is not the case. Here he dispels these myths and others and explains how automation could benefit your manufacturing process.
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