Testing, Measuring, & Quality COntrol
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Laser Measuring Capability for Prototypes Improves Turbine Blades’ Performance A non-contact, 3D scanning tool has been developed for inspecting highly complex designs, more accurately than CMMs, laser scanners, or white light scanners. |
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Picking Up The Pace of Change Rapid prototyping and its progeny, “rapid manufacturing,” continue to fire the interest and spur improvements in metalcasting, and through the industrial supply chain. |
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“Superfinish” Increases Fatigue Life, Reduces Fuel Consumption, for Critical Parts Increasing demands for higher-quality products, together with pressure for cost reduct ions, are demanding that suppliers of engine ... |
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Core Competence, and Much More Nemak discovers that 3D imaging with laser triangulation offers a more accurate approach to core inspection, at a fraction of the cost and with more efficiency than a two-dimensional view. |
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Cost-Effective, Jig-Less Tooling Wins Aerospace Orders SAAB Aerostructures continues to win supply contracts for its composite parts from aircraft builders like Airbus and Boeing orders,... |
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Inspecting the Spectrometers According to our most recent reader survey, 13% of all metalcasting operations in North America will be buying new and improved laboratory... |
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Advances in Lost Foam Casting CAD software gives casting designers a fast and effective method for coordinating their proposals with foundries, pattern makers, and tool builders, incorporating comments and suggestions, selecting locations for gates and adding risers — all before any production decisions are finalized. |
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Laser Scanning Savings Tooling Costs Grede Foundries Inc. operates eight ferrous foundries (gray, ductile, and specialty iron, and stainless steel castings), and maintains... |
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Using Pyrometry to Measure Investment-Casting Temps, Accurately Many variables determine success in investment casting, but the dominant factor, according to Ralph Felice of FAR Associates... |
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Eddy-Current Testing Maintains Cylinder-Head Quality Montupet S.A., a French manufacturer of aluminum automotive components, is benefiting from two eddy-current inspection instruments... |
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Need to Know: Next-Generation Inspection Sensors High-tech, automated product inspection gets lighter, more versatile, and more powerful in new series of devices. |
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Alumina-Silica Coatings Tested as Zircon Replacement Alumina-silica coatings are looking good as a replacement for zircon coatings at Southwest Steel Castings Co., according to Mark Phillips,... |
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Eddy-Current Testing Maintains Cylinder-Head Quality Montupet S.A., a French manufacturer of aluminum automotive components, is benefiting from two eddy-current inspection instruments developed by GE... |
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Reduce Power Consumption Without Sacrificing Production To minimize exposure to high power rates, induction melters should optimize operating and maintenance practices, and evaluate equipment and generator systems. |
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Vision Systems Inspect Inspect Internal Passageways in Castings |
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Investment Casting Temperature Measurement For investment casters, non-contact measurement of metal temperature presents significant difficulties, but a new, expert-system multi-wavelength pyrometer with hundreds of single-wavelength detectors integrated into one package has been successful in resolving these problems. |
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High-Volume, Flexibility are New Quality Standards As the expectations rise, fettling systems get more productive, flexible, and precise in the task of cleaning high volumes of castings. |
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Need to Know: Cast-in-Place ID Marking System Stencils withstand 3,000°F, for use with any type of molten metal. |
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Technical Development: Replacing Oils and Greases … … plus, new aluminum and magnesium alloys |
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Need to Know: Digital Radiography for Aluminum Castings New ASTM standard developed; may set pattern for steel, etc. |
