Quality September 2011

Quality September 2011......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Collaborating Colleagues......Page 8
Improvements Projected for U.S. Industrial Manufacturer Own Company Revenue......Page 10
People News
......Page 14
Ford Works to Develop New Materials for Tires......Page 15
GM to Invest $328M in Flint Truck Plant
......Page 16
Successful Organizations Are Customer-Centric......Page 18
Reading Between the Lines......Page 20
Laser Tracker Features On-board Intelligence......Page 22
Dimensional Gaging in Review......Page 24
Measurement......Page 28
Styli Add theTouch of Precision to Probe Systems......Page 29
Test & Inspection
......Page 32
Leak Test Process: Using Lean and 5S to Drive Manufacturing Process Improvements
......Page 33
GD&T: Realize its Promises......Page 36
Lean’s Integration in an Enhanced Business Management System......Page 40
Quality Expo Products
......Page 50
Classified
......Page 73
Advertising Index
......Page 74
Back Cover......Page 76
Vision & Sensors
......Page 77
Contents......Page 79
The Clash......Page 81
Industry News......Page 83
Harnessing the Power of High-Performance Line-Scan Cameras......Page 85
Machine Vision Still Needs Frame Grabbers......Page 90
Advances in Vision Sensing......Page 94
LEDs 101......Page 98
Smart Camera Helps the Wheels Go ’Round and ’Round......Page 100
2011 Case Studies
......Page 102
Case packing made better with machine vision......Page 103
TriVision Packaging Inspector......Page 104
FOOD INSPECTION SYSTEMS ADOPT MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS......Page 105
Kowa’s 10 MEGAPIXEL LENS SERIES ARE DESIGNED FOR EXTREMELY DEMANDING APPLICATIONS......Page 106
Sheet Verification with Vision Sensors......Page 107
Products
......Page 108
Ad Index
......Page 110
Back Cover
......Page 112