Quality Digest Tech Talk

Dirk Dusharme, Editor in Chief at Quality Digest Magazine, walks us through the simple steps to calibrate a 16 mm disc probe, a 300 micron probe and a 2 mm cylinder probe using a 25 mm and 8 mm calibration sphere. Q-Mark offers all these American-made products, including the calibration spheres and mounting stands.

Today we look at Nikon Metrology's MM 800 measuring microscope and the iNexiv VMA vision system, as well as CMM-Manager software running on both.

How to handle and visualize a mass amount of data? With Dashboards! We discuss ways to maximize the effectiveness of Dashboards at your location to see more and act quicker.

Eric Gaspar from PQ Systems joins us in a discussion about some of the common concerns after a Gage R&R has been completed and the results are… less than desirable. We’ll also look at how to properly investigate and make improvements for the next time.

This week we are at HxGN LIVE 2019 in Las Vegas, where we sit down with Joel Martin of Hexagon Metrology to talk about a fascinating project: 3D scanning objects of interest in Detroit, from landmark sculptures to historic buildings.

This week on QDL, we talk with Kelly Graves, CEO of Internal Business Solutions, and author of "The Management and Employee Development Review," about coming back from the brink of destruction. When partnerships fail, what do you do?

Join Dirk Dusharme and Eric Gasper of PQ Systems as they take a look at some effective gage numbering techniques and how to develop a numbering system that is easy to use, search, and allows for expansion.

Women in metrology:

Today we will be talking with Karen Malen-Hogle, an associate technical fellow, in 3D metrology engineering at Boeing. Karen has an amazing background at Boeing, having worked on the B2 bomber, the 777, the F-22 fighter and a lot more. We’ll hear how she got started in metrology, and what you should know if you are interested in this fascinating field.

This week we take a look at the Vanta XRF analyzer. XRF analyzers help ensure that manufacturers and installers of expensive or mission-critical components and machinery have the correct alloy grades, regardless of the material source.

Dealing with the pressure of leadership: It's lonely at the top.

Being the top dog comes with its share of negatives. Today we will talk to Kelly Graves, CEO of Internal Business Solutions, and author of "The Management and Employee Development Review" about tackling the problems of being a leader.