| Monitoring the Process Ensures Quality - Quality Magazine Jan 07 |
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Reprint from Quality - Case Studies, Copyright January 2007 Many Tier 1 automotive manufacturers face the same seemingly impossible challenge: to ensure zero-defect quality while producing parts at parts-per-second speeds and at pennies-per-part prices. Failing to ensure absolute quality, even when producing low priced parts, can result in significant penalties including containment, reduced profits or lost business. In manufacturing processes where force is required to form, shape or fasten the part—including processes such as crimping, riveting, stamping, machining or welding—process variation monitoring may provide the solution to that challenge. Click Here to view a pdf of the entire article. Related Products: CFM Series of Crimp Force Monitors |