Quality January 2012

Quality January 2012
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Industry News
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Predicting the Future......Page 8
Seat Fabric in New Foed Focus Electric Uses Recycled Waste Materials
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Post-Crash Volt Fire Prompts New Safety Study......Page 11
No New U.S. Plant for Maxed-Out Hyundai
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Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 91.9% in 2011......Page 16
Automate and Prompt to Colocate in 2013
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Caterpillar Expanding Operations in India
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Focus on the Vital Few......Page 20
Cal Labs Aren’t Always Right......Page 22
The Employee Handbook......Page 24
A Top Down View......Page 26
Considerations for Measuring Large Precision Bearings......Page 30
The Heartbeat of Automation......Page 34
Best Practices for Developing Sensing Systems......Page 36
Flash Forward to Today's Environmental Test Chambers......Page 40
FMEAs for the Medical Industry......Page 46
A Closer Look: Understanding Risk Management for Medical Device Manufacturers......Page 50
Going to Great Lengths
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Five-Axis CMM Inspection "Good Times Roll"
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Quality Products
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Classified
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Advertising Index
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Back Cover
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Vision & Sensors
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Contents......Page 76
News
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Color: It’s Not Always What You See......Page 80
GigE Vision 2.0 Has Arrived......Page 84
Connectors and Cables 101......Page 86
Development Trends in Cameras and Sensors......Page 92
Customer Requirements Define 3CCD......Page 96
Nikon Metrology iNexiv......Page 100
Ad Index
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Back Cover......Page 104