Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "SPC (statistical process control)",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release One mobile module works with any gauge from
MicroRidge Systems, which we summarised at the time by saying "One module can be used by a roving inspector to capture measurements from any digital gage and RS-232 device just by changing the cable".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Advanced hardness testers take bulky parts from
Bowers Metrology UK: "An advanced range of hardness testers, operating in all standard and superficial Rockwell hardness scales, have a robust cast frame that accommodates bulky specimens".
In December 2007, we covered the news from Rodmatic
concerning its Sub-contract machining - component cleaning
- take a look at Machining subcontractor invests in cleaning
which says: "A high technology machining subcontractor has invested GBP 200,000 in a programmable component cleaning system and a TESA-SCAN non-contact optical based measuring system".
Take a look also at the news release from ASI DataMyte, System error proofs residual torque auditing,
as well as Low cost hardness tester has high specification from Bowers Metrology UK,
and Automating electrical testing systems from Clare Instruments.
See also:
Lead-free soldering process controlled cleanly
(October 2007)
An ionic contamination 'cleanliness' tester features a volumetric testing cell does not need users to calculate assembly surface areas under test
Angle and torque wrench with SPC
(October 2007)
An angle and torque wrench range, IQWrench Opta, from Crane Electronics, is simple to use and more versatile than a simple audit wrench and comes with comprehensive SPC capabilities
Automated, in-line, x-ray inspection and QC
(October 2007)
Automated, in-line, x-ray inspection, measurement and QC is possible with a system from 3DX-Ray that links directly into most factory SCADA or SPC systems
Electric actuators ideal for OEM applications
(October 2007)
In a variety of 'switch test' applications, SMAC claims that its Electric Actuators are ideal for OEMs
Added value for technical mouldings
(August 2007)
A plastics moulding and sub-assembly subcontractor, AK Industries of Hereford, undertakes technically demanding design and production for many industries
Robotic honing has automatic bore sizing
(August 2007)
A vertical CNC honing system designed for automatic precision sizing and finishing of deep bores up to 200mm diameter features robotic part loading offers variety of bore-diameter gaging systems
CNC turning company grows at 20-25%/year
(August 2007)
UK subcontract machinist has been maintaining growth of 20-25%/year, and was visited recently by an international delegation to se how its growth was achieved
Turning centre's tooling position raises accuracy
(August 2007)
Turning centre's tooling is positioned very closely to the workpiece, so tools travel a shorter distance to the part, so increasing rigidity and removing potential deviation in cutting tool accuracy
System inspects tube bending 100%
(July 2007)
Automatic 100% inspection of bent tube components can be carried out in high volume production and the system transmits set-up and correction data to the tube bending machines
Mould injection company chooses portable CMM
(June 2007)
A mould injection company has chosen a portable CMM over stationary CMM for the measurement their large, heavy moulds and saves US$7000 in first four months of use
Process control software can increase profit
(June 2007)
Geometric Process Control technology from Curvaceous Software provides a way to analyse process control, production control and alarm management
King Automotive invests in machining centres
(June 2007)
UK Tier One automotive supplier has invested over GBP 3 million in three automated machining lines based on gantry robot-fed twin-pallet machining centres to produce steering knuckles
Injection moulding press for precision engineering
(June 2007)
Viking Plastics has upgraded its manufacturing technology in order to produce tighter-tolerance, precision-engineered components for the automotive fuel and HVAC industries
Portable CMM for production floor efficiency
(May 2007)
The FaroArm developed by Faro Technologies is lightweight, portable and makes measuring different parts as simple as opening a file or importing a CAD file
Starpack Awards 2007
(May 2007)
Consumer and environmental demands played an important part in the major packaging developments rewarded at the Starpack Industry Awards 2007, from IOP: The Packaging Society
Robot-based laser scanner for accurate metrology
(May 2007)
Metris has announced the K-Robot, a robot-based laser scanner that upgrades any industrial robot or actuator into a flexible, productive and accurate metrology solution
Portable, lightweight 3D measurements
(May 2007)
A manufacturer of components for air conditioning systems turned to Faro Technologies for a low-cost way to capture, record and display 3D measurements
Products to increase machine tool productivity
(May 2007)
Ovation Engineering has entered into a distribution agreement with UK-based AJD Controls Engineering, who will offer their products and services for increasing machine tool productivity
Assembly process temperature profiling on show
(May 2007)
SolderStar will be exhibiting their range of hardware and software tools for assembly process temperature profiling at Nepcon UK 2007 in Birmingham (15-17th May 2007)
Readout for interfacing with metrology transducers
(April 2007)
Solartron Metrology has announced the SI3500 digital, a metrology transducer interface and post processing controller designed to operate with Solartron's gauging transducers on the 'Orbit' network
Metrology readout for gauging probes
(April 2007)
Solartron Metrology has announced the SI 7500 digital readout, which interfaces with Solartron's gauging probes using the proprietary Orbit digital network, without the need for an RS232 adaptor
Torque control technology at Indian exhibition
(April 2007)
Crane Electronics has introduced its torque control and management products to the Indian market at the Indian Machine Tool Exhibition (IMTEX) held on the 18th to 24th of January in Bangalore
Machined parts produced in batches or volume
(April 2007)
Over the last few years a Swiss machine tool company has restructured into a 'solution provider' involving small to medium batch work to producing parts on the fastest rotary transfer machines
SPC capabilities for SAP to be showcased
(April 2007)
Apriso to demonstrate extensions to ERP systems at SAP's SAPPHIRE conference in April
Embedded technology in digital height gauge range
(April 2007)
Bowers Metrology, UK agents for the renowned Trimos Height Gauge range, have announced several advanced new features for the best selling Trimos Vectra Touch range
System controls extrusion, thermo-forming, presses
(April 2007)
Shop floor control system designed for extrusion, thermo-forming and metal stamping applications provides real-time machine monitoring functions providing management with real-time OEE data
Subcontract machining with CNC sliding heads
(March 2007)
Three additional Citizen CNC sliding head automatic lathes have been installed by Unicut to keep pace with its subcontract engineering order book
EDV Packaging mid-range pack concept for Australia
(March 2007)
EDV Packaging introduces a mid-range pack concept for Australia
More flexibility for serial data collection
(March 2007)
WinWedge allows real-time data from any serial device to be collected and sent to any Windows application, as well as Citrix and DOS, thus eliminating slow, error prone manual data entry
SPC finds better operating and alarm limits
(February 2007)
GPC technology is the basis for CVE, Curvaceous Visual Explorer (CVE) Version 2.4, which has features which are welcome additions for end users, engineers and managers alike
Point-cloud-based inspection software
(February 2007)
Productivity increases through the introduction of advanced features is the feature of the latest version of Metris' point-cloud-based inspection software, Focus Inspection
Software supports lower production costs
(February 2007)
QI Analyst software version 8.0 has improved enterprise-level quality management functions
X-ray QC system for blister packs
(February 2007)
As the pharmaceutical industry moves inexorably towards 100% verification, the problem of checking billions of unitary dose blister packs is a big one
Vertical submicron CNC honing system
(February 2007)
Sunnen's SV-1005 series vertical CNC honing system is now available with an integrated air gaging system to provide closed-loop control of tool size, along with downloadable SPC data