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 ...

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 ...

X-ray technology is moving into the mainstream of chip manufacturing as complex assemblies and advanced packaging make it increasingly difficult to ensure these devices will work as expected ...

To ensure that the speed of composites fabrication keeps pace with customer demand, the ability to inspect and monitor composite part quality must become an integral part of high-rate part ...

Low-angle-of-light 3×-magnification VIU module enables visual inspection of seals. Quality assurance breaches such as pouch failures often occur because medical device manufacturers do not inspect and ...

As an industrial engineer and digital transformation leader, I’ve worked across regulated industries—defense, aerospace and healthcare—where quality and compliance are paramount. Over the past few ...

Timex is America´s leading watchmaker and is present in more than 80 countries. Fralsen, its French entity, makes watch movements using three technologies — plastic injection molding of small parts ...

There is now broad consensus that data-driven decision-making is essential to success in today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment. Customers’ price-consciousness, combined with demands for ...

Are your safety inspections becoming routine? If something is lacking in your safety inspection process, maybe one of these suggestions from Milliken & Co., a two-time America's Safest Company, can ...

It’s no secret to anyone involved in aerospace composites that production rates in commercial aircraft assembly lines anchored by advanced layup processes — automated fiber placement (AFP) and ...