Quality May 2011

Quality May 2011......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Become an Innovator......Page 8
Highest-Ranked Nameplates and Models......Page 10
SME Unveils Annual Innovations List......Page 11
Business News......Page 12
Association News......Page 14
Consumer Reports: Some Used Cars Have Fewer Problems Than New Models......Page 15
Correction......Page 16
Quality Professionals Must Understand Management......Page 18
Calibration Mistakes: Plain Plug Gages......Page 20
Force Measurement Explained......Page 22
Versatile Gaging......Page 24
Optical Comparators Go Digital......Page 26
The Metrology Training Dilemma......Page 28
Test & Inspection......Page 34
Custom Noncontact Solutions......Page 35
The Future of Quality ISO Standards......Page 38
Sharpening the Axe......Page 46
Testing Out Quality......Page 50
2011 Case Studies......Page 52
Jig inspection made simple with the HandyPROBE Portable CMM......Page 53
For Terumo Medical, Facilworks 8i is Just What the Doctor Ordered......Page 54
A Quality Management Success Story: Saving 23 Million......Page 55
Measuring the Universe: When grinding mirrors for the largest ground-based telescope ever built,Cranfi eld University relies on Hexagon Metrology’s CMM brands......Page 56
Precision Micro Metrology in Non-Contact Large Measurement Envelope......Page 57
Porsche Motorsport North America Improves Performance with Starrett Custom Ride Height Gage......Page 58
Multi-Sensor Machine Replaces CMM......Page 60
Borescopes Assure the Quality of Mission Critical Aviation Parts......Page 61
Automatic Hardness Tester for Determining Hardness of Stainless Steel Dye Plates......Page 62
Quality Products......Page 67
Classified......Page 73
Advertising Index......Page 74
Back Cover......Page 76
Vision & Sensors......Page 77
Table of Contents......Page 80
Finding Your Own Custom Solution......Page 82
Industry News......Page 84
Successful Machine Vision Integration......Page 86
How to Use Machine Vision to Measure Edge Positions......Page 88
Machine Vision In Color......Page 90
The Future of 10 GigE......Page 94
Integration Questions Answered......Page 98
Sensing in Space......Page 101
Products
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Back Cover......Page 104