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Chair’s Message | Jim Spichiger

A Pocket Knife

One day in second grade I was at school waiting in a line when a third grader walked past wearing a Cub Scout uniform. What caught my attention was a pocket knife dangling from a brass clip on his belt. Wow! Though I was only seven, I really wanted a pocket knife, so I joined Cub Scouts as soon as I was able.

I vividly recall shopping with my mother for a uniform; she bought me a blue shirt, blue slacks, a blue cap, a yellow neckerchief with a neckerchief slide, and a belt with that all-important brass clip. However, even though I explained that a pocket knife was essential, I left the store as the saddest scout ever.

What followed was 10 years of scouting. I eventually got a pocket knife, but I stayed in scouting because it was fun. Along the way I learned a lot of skills (knot tying, how to build a fire, etc.), but more importantly the scout oath and law became my personal core values. Core values define a person’s or organization’s identity and help with their decision-making process; these values are the essence of who I am and how I act. My moral compass has guided me well, and it is a key reason of where I am today.

Scouting, like ASQ, is primarily run by volunteers. Other than the speech I gave at my Eagle Scout Court of Honor, I cannot ever remember sincerely thanking my den mothers, Webelos leader, or scoutmasters for their time and assistance. However, I was able to pay it forward by serving as a leader when my three sons progressed through scouts. Upon reflection, I honestly believe I had more fun as an adult scouter than I did as a kid.

Having learned from my past mistakes, I now offer my sincerest and heartfelt thanks to the member leaders of the Inspection Division. Without their volunteer support the Inspection Division would not exist, so I say, “thank you, thank you, thank you” for your time and assistance, but more importantly for making this so much fun!

Thank you for your membership.

Jim

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2018 Inspection Division Business Plan –6–

Honors, Recognitions, and Achievements –8–

Inspection Division Information –9–

ASQ Information –11–

2018 Officers and Committees –27–

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Save the DateInspection Division ConferenceOctober 18 – 19, 2018 | Memphis, TN

Plans are coming together for this year’s conference. A venue has been selected, a site hotel has been secured, and the program is in development. Additional information is available on the conference website at asq.org/conferences/inspection-division.

This year’s conference will offer:

• Tours

• Four interactive, hands-on workshops

• Two keynote addresses

• Product tutorials

• Multiple conference sessions

• Multiple exhibitors

• An evening networking reception

• Lunches and snacks

• Early-bird discount

• Discounted hotel rates

Hope to see you in beautiful and exciting Memphis, TN!

Conference Tours and Workshops

Back by popular demand, the Inspection Division Conference will once again offer local tours during its October conference! Plans are already set for a tour of the Gibson Guitar factory, Smith & Nephew facility (medical equipment manufacturer), and Elvis Presley’s Graceland home. In addition, the confer-ence committee is busily trying to secure a fourth tour for this conference. Space is limited, so advance registration will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis.

The 2018 conference will also feature four interactive workshops! Each five-hour workshop will provide attendees a hands-on learning experience.

This year’s workshop topics will be:

• Core Tools

• Basic Mechanical Inspection: Introductory Level

• Managing Risk in Calibration

• Statistical Sampling: Attribute and Variable Sample Plans

Visit the conference website for additional information and in-depth details about this year’s exciting tours and outstand-ing workshops.

Virtual Conference OfferingBudget tight? Can’t travel?

Anyone unable to personally attend the 2018 Inspection Division conference in Memphis, TN, has the ability to register for a virtual conference for only $99. Both keynotes and all Track A presentations will be available for viewing.

2018 INSPECTION DIVISION CONFERENCE Fogelman Executive Conference Center and Hotel October 18 – 19, 2018 | Memphis, TN

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Chair-Elect’s Message | George Cutler

Quality Professionals Help Organizations Achieve Goals

Everyone in an organization is responsible for quality; however, not everyone can be a quality expert. It’s important to have people who can provide the knowledge, tools, and guidance to help everyone in the organization pursue excellence. Often these are quality professionals.

ASQ provides quality professionals with the knowledge, skills, and network to solve organizational problems. If you’re lucky enough to work for an organization that is growing, ASQ provides a development path for you personally as well.

ASQ CERTIFICATION PATH

Initial (vocational) certications Follow-on (professional) certicationsTrack:

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Conclusion:auditor

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Career track:

1. This map does not specify a required order of acquisition of certications. It is intended to provide a recommended order of certication based on the candidate’s chosen career path within quality assurance.

2. The CHA and CBA certications do not necessarily build on the BoK of each other. They can be taken in either order, or one or both can be bypassed based on the career path of the test candidate.

*certied supplier quality professional—piloting 2016

CQI

CQIA

CQT

CQA

CBA

CHA

CSQE

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CHA CSQP*

CMQ/OECQPA

CQT CSSYB CSSGB CCT CSSBB CRE CQE

RECOMMENDED ASQ CERTIFICATION ORDER BY CAREER TRACKType QA:

Technical Leadership

Inspector Technician Engineer Auditor Manager Software Engineer

CQI CQI CQT CQIA CQIA CQIACQT CQT CSSGB CQT CQT CQPA

CSSGB CCT CQPA CQPA CQACCT CSSBB CQA CQA CSQE

CRE CBA/CHA/CPGP CBA/CHA/CPGPCQE CMQ/OE

Whether you’re a generalist or specialist quality professional, you are dedicated to reducing risk and improving organizations.

QUALITY PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON THREE AREAS OF COMPETENCE

1. Governance and regulatory compliance: Make sure the values and vision of organizational leadership are communicated and reflect the needs of stakeholders. Make sure the right people, policies, procedures, and standards are defined.

2. Ensuring control: Ensure that customers’ needs are met whether it’s a product, service, or project.

3. Foster a culture of improvement: Continually evaluate the organi-zation’s performance to improve efficiency, eliminate waste, reduce risk, respond to changes, and create new opportunities.

Quality professionals are change agents, guardians, collaborators, and leaders looking across business functions to advocate for the broad organizational process with a customer-centric view.

ASQ offers certifications to advance your career and improve your organi-zation. Find the best career track for you and your organization.

George

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Past Chair’s Message | Joe Wesling

Federal Register Title 21 – Food and Drugs; Subpart B, 820.20 (3), Management Representative

“Management with executive responsibility shall appoint, and document such appoint-ment of, a management member who,

irrespective of other responsibilities, shall have authority over and responsibility for: (i) Ensuring that quality system require-ments are effectively established and maintained in accor-dance with this part; and (ii) Reporting on the performance of the quality system to management with executive responsibility for review.”

Have you ever wondered why the quality organization is normally independent from manufacturing?

My first role in quality was as a floor inspector in Department 523 at a Union Carbide Plant in Indiana. The department’s processes included machining, stamping, and fabrication. I reported directly to Art, the production supervisor. I was the only quality inspector in the plant who reported directly to manufacturing instead of quality.

One day I inspected threaded spuds that are welded to the inlet/outlet port on the very top of a “B” cylinder. The ¼-18 NPTF thread gaged undersized. Closer inspection revealed that there was a burr hanging on the tapered thread. I promptly wrote an NCR and placed a red tag on the tote pans full of spuds. The quantity of the order was around 1,000. It made me feel good that I caught someone making bad parts.

Later, Art walked by and saw the tag. He wasn’t very happy. As we discussed the issue, I could tell he wanted me to simply pick up the tag and void the rejection. I told him that I wouldn’t do it.

The next day, Art reviewed and dispositioned the reject as 100 percent sort. When I started sorting, Art handed me a ¼-inch pipe tap and smiled as he told me to use it instead of a thread gauge. He completely flipped the issue on me. Today, I look back and laugh. At the time, I was pretty angry. I told a couple of other inspectors about this. Their boss was named Mike. Mike was a QC supervisor and worked in the quality organization.

In reality, Art was a good person, but it was a conflict of interest to allow him to supervise a QC inspector when he also had respon-sibility for production. The FDA regulation above specifies that the company-appointed QA representative should be a member of management who ensures that the quality management system is established and effectively implemented. The regulation doesn’t say that the quality representative can’t have other duties. However, after my experience with Art, I don’t see how a manager of a production machining area can also supervise a QC inspector. My coworker’s boss, Mike, discussed this with the QC manager. Within a few weeks I reported directly to Mike.

It’s healthy to have checks and balances built into the system. It helps ensure that a quality product is produced efficiently and that customers are happy. This only happens when teams work together. A good QC inspector should always work with manufacturing to prevent defects, or at least identify them early in the process. If you can do this, you keep them out of trouble. Production may not show it, but they will be grateful to you for keeping them safe.

As always, feel free to contact me at ASQInspect@gmail.com if anything is needed.

Joe

Message From the Editor | Navin S. Dedhia

Learning Habits: Learn, Learn, Learn

Dear Readers,

Time flies faster than we think it can. “Time and tide wait for no one” is always true. Year after year passes by. Goals, objectives, and milestones we set up in the beginning of the year are not always

completed to our satisfaction. Often we lose focus and pay attention to urgent matters and drop everything else. Why does this happen? Is it because of lack of planning, attention to details, focus, discipline, hard work, or an out-of-reach goal-setting agenda? Maybe all of the above reasons contribute in failing to meet our goals.

Above all, it requires a little intention, attention, and commit-ment to make it happen. Quality professionals cannot forget that learning is a life-long activity and it does not stop with a

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graduation or receiving a certificate. Technology is moving at a rapid state. New tools, techniques, and methodologies are being introduced every year. Business models are changing. New words are being coined at every opportunity. Bartering systems, hard currencies, digital currencies, etc., are new ways of operations. Software, artificial intelligence, automation, autonomous cars, etc., will affect quality operation and our jobs. Distance learning, webinars, live stream, etc., are new ways of learning.

Quality professionals should keep their eyes open and grab every available opportunity to learn and be ready to combat

new challenges. Make a habit to read a new book, learn a new technique, or learn a new subject to keep up with technology and tools. Take advantage of webinars being offered by the Inspection Division and ASQ’s other member units. Take time out of your busy schedule and set goals to move ahead!

Additionally, keep sending articles, suggestions, and comments to keep active in your profession. The Inspection Division appreciates your continual membership and support.

Wishing you all a happy, memorable, and fruitful time ahead.

Navin

The World of Standards | John Vandenbemden

The revision of ISO 17025 has finally been published. It includes the most current lab-oratory environmental requirements as well as work practices. The official document is titled as ISO/IEC 17025: 2017, General

requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. It is still considered the international reference for laboratories performing calibration and testing activities. The standard also includes many of the requirements and terminol-ogy utilized in ISO 9001: 2015. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 was developed jointly by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) under the responsibility of the ISO Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO).

The focus of the requirements is still to produce valid results. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 provides the ability for laboratories to implement a quality management system and to demonstrate that they are technically competent to produce valid and reliable results.

The standard also helps facilitate cooperation between labo-ratories and other bodies by generating wider acceptance of results. Test reports and certificates can be accepted from one country to another without the need for further testing, which, in turn, improves international trade.

In order to reflect the latest changes in market conditions and technology, the new edition of the standard encompasses the activities and new ways laboratories function today. It covers technical changes, vocabulary, and developments in IT tech-

niques, and takes into consideration the latest version of ISO 9001 on quality management.

Here are a few of the significant changes:

• The scope now includes testing, calibration, and sampling associated with subsequent calibration and testing.

• The process approach now matches that of newer standards such as ISO 9001:2015.

• A focus on information technologies incorporates the use of computer systems, electronic records, and the generation of electronic results and reports.

• Risk-based thinking is incorporated within the requirements as a chapter.

John

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2018 Inspection Division Business Plan | George Cutler

Each year the Inspection Division Management Committee creates a business plan to address the ASQ Strategic Initiatives of the Society. The plan allows member leaders to manage the division’s programs and activities. The ASQ board of directors creates the Society’s strategic plan and then cascades it down to the divisions and sections in order to align ASQ’s strategic objectives. Using the strategic plan, the Management Committee documents a tactical plan with appropriate metrics, target dates, and financial and human resources.

The 2018 Inspection Division business plan is shown at right, along with the current status for each activity.

For more information about our 2018 activities or how the business plan is managed, feel free to contact George Cutler. cutlergeorge@gmail.com Phone: 908-310-9648

ASQ Strategic Objectives Inspection Division Activities Goal Status

A. Global Expansion: Leverage the ASQ brand to increase market share worldwide, emphasizing growth in current and new ASQ markets.

1. Contact each ASQ international regional center 4 offices 0%

2. Recruit member leaders (domestic/international) 2 new volunteers 50%

3. Offer International Inspector of the Year Award Bestow award 33%

B. Membership Transformation: Serve the needs of individuals around the world to ensure their professional success through membership, products, and services.

4. Host networking reception at WCQI and division conference

2 receptions 25%

5. Monthly email communication to all division members 12 messages 17%

6. Send monthly new member welcome 12 welcomes 17%

7. Send monthly reminder for renewal 12 reminders 17%

8. Conduct VOC survey Complete on time 0%

C. Growing Organizations: Serve the needs of organi-zations around the world providing quality solutions to increase impact through membership, products, and services.

9. Publish Inspection Division electronic newsletters 3 newsletters 33%

10. Publish special edition of newsletter (hard copy) 1 edition 100%

11. Publish articles in Quality Magazine (quarterly) 4 articles 25%

12. Actively maintain LinkedIn group, Facebook page, and Twitter accounts

Maintain Good

13. Secure advertisers for newsletter 3 ads 100%

14. Secure conference exhibitors and sponsors 20 Exhibitors 20%

D. QBOK Leadership: Design and develop relevant, innovative offerings that directly influence how our customers practice quality.

15. TAG TC 176 meeting Attend a meeting 0%

16. Offer a CQI exam refresher course Offer 2 courses 0%

17. Offer a CQT exam refresher course Offer 2 courses 0%

18. Host webinars 12 webinars 17%

19. Host annual division conference (October 18 – 19, 2018)

Host conference 0%

E. Operational Excellence: Empower employees, collabo-rate with member leaders, and design and deploy reliable systems with technology to provide exceptional customer experience.

20. Enhance member leader skills and knowledge via e-learning

2 courses each, minimum 8%

21. Officer training sessions and TCC meetings Attend all sessions 33%

22. Mentor officers and chairs; two 1:1 meetings each Complete on time 0%

23. Bestow Cooper Award Issue award 0%

24. Certificate of Appreciation for each member leader Issue certificates Dec.

F. Gift of Quality: Enhance the ASQ brand by supporting the use of quality to make the world a better place.

25. Offer H. James Harrington scholarship Issue scholarship 33%

26. Seek out and nominate candidates for Fellow 1 nomination 100%

27. Section/Student branch collaboration 12 interactions 0%

28. Exhibit booth at WCQI Complete on time 0%

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-Calibrate a plain plug and switch to a taper thread ring in under a minute

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Honors, Recognitions, and AchievementsThe Inspection Division congratulates the following individuals for their achievements and contributions to the quality profession.

2018 Hromi Medal Recipient Announced – Gary Griffith

Elmer Corbin, ASQ chair, has announced that noted author and instructor Gary Griffith is the 2018 recipient of the Hromi Medal. Corbin will present the medal to Griffith during ASQ’s annual awards ceremony, which immediately precedes the World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Seattle, WA.

Griffith’s citation reads:

For significant and long-term contributions as an author in the field of inspection; specifically for authoring The Quality Technician Handbook, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing: Applications and Inspection, and Measuring & Gauging Geometric Tolerances. Also, for devoted and enduring contributions as an educator to countless inspectors and technicians for over 35 years.

ASQ’s Hromi Medal recognizes individuals who have made significant and noteworthy contribu-tions to the science of inspection and/or the advancement of the inspection profession. The ASQ Inspection Division congratulates Gary Griffith for this noteworthy accomplishment.

Additional information about the Hromi Medal can be found at: asq.org/about-asq/asq-awards/hromi.

KUDOS!THANK YOU to all of the Inspection Division member leaders for their time and talents. We would not be so successful without you! Your efforts are appreciated. Special recognition goes to the following volunteers:

Segun Adesayo – for joining our leadership team as the Publicity Committee chair

Jair Aldana – for volunteering to serve as our new webinar coordinator

Sam Bryson – for her assistance in searching for a 2018 conference venue

Will Ferguson – for his outstanding efforts in recruiting new member leaders

Greg Gay – for his diligence in searching for Fellow candidates

Gary Griffith is the 2018 Hromi Medal recipient.

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Inspection Division Searching for Instructors

The Inspection Division is searching for knowl-edgeable instructors interested in teaching inspection-related courses. All instructors earn recertification units (RUs); instructors will also receive financial compensation.

Though most quality-related topics would be acceptable, we are primarily searching for presentations and educational courses that support the Certified Quality Inspector (CQI) and Certified Quality Technician (CQT) Bodies of Knowledge (e.g., GD&T course, NDT course, etc.).

If there is an inspection-related course that you or your organization are in need of, please contact Jim Spichiger at jim.spichiger@hotmail.com or via phone, 740-349-3708.

Inspection Division Information

CQI Prep Course

May 16 – 17, 2018 | Raleigh, NC

The best way to prepare for the Certified Quality Inspector (CQI) exam is by attending an intensive, instructor-led, two-day refresher course that covers the complete body of knowledge.

Attendees will receive The Certified Quality Inspector Handbook, a student manual, and over 200 sample questions.

For information, go to asq.org/training/certified-quality-inspector-certification- preparation-cqicpasq.

Exclusive Inspection Division Member Benefits:• Webinars (quarterly)

• Newsletters (quarterly)

• Monthly email communication

• LinkedIn group

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Inspector of the Year Award (must be a member to nominate someone; self-nomination permitted)

• Scholarship (must be a member to nominate someone; self-nomination permitted)

• New member welcome message

• Membership renewal reminder

• Membership gift at World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI)

• Division representation on U.S. standards Technical Advisory Groups (TAG TC 176, etc.)

• Discounts to division training courses

Other Benefits of Membership:• Virtual and in-person

networking opportunities

• Networking receptions at: − WCQI − Inspection Division

Conference

• Inspection Division Conference discount

• Training courses and hands-on workshops

• Membership advancement (Fellow nominations)

• Leadership development

• Presentations at section conferences and meetings

• Advertising and exhibiting opportunities

Inspection Division Membership Report

Inspection Division Membership

Membership Type Feb. 2018

Full 1,573

Senior 752

Associate 106

Fellow 23

Student 133

Individual Total 2,587

Organization* 296

Organization member* 7

Site sustaining* 1

All Total 2,891* Organization memberships, not individual people

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Senior Membership: Age Is Not a Factor!

When it comes to ASQ Senior membership, age is not a factor!

The Inspection Division encourages all of its eligible members to upgrade to Senior member to take advantage of additional membership benefits. The advancement process is super simple; all it requires is submittal of the one-page Application for Advancement to Senior Member. The application merely requires a few checked boxes, your signature, member number, and date.

Requirements for advancement to Senior member are:

• ASQ Full member in good standing for one year

• Have 10 years of active professional experience (up to four years of this vocational requirement may be satisfied by graduation from a college, university, or similar institution)

• Meet any one of these professional criteria:

› Currently hold an ASQ certification that requires recertification

› Have been a Senior member or comparable type in a recognized professional organization

› Have taught quality or related arts or sciences at an accredited institution for at least two years

› Have conducted quality-related engineering, inspection or audit, or statistical work, or applied the methods and principles of quality on the job for at least two years

And the best part—advancement to Senior member is FREE! Get more benefits at no extra cost!

2017 Conference Recordings Available on YouTube!The Inspection Division is pleased to announce an exclusive new member-ship benefit! Both keynote presenta-tions and many of the 2017 Inspection Division conference presentations may now be viewed on the division’s YouTube channel.

Please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ABFmEKQWJfsmQ4PfgbmmA

2017 conference videos available on YouTube are:

• The Quality Control Handbook: The Missing Chapter—Trust David Butler, Global Director Corporate Quality, TI Automotive

• The Magic of Disney Bob Doiron, QA Inspection Program Manager, Walt Disney World

• Product Tutorial: Vision Wrangler () Tom Brennan, President, Artemis Vision

• ISO/IEC 17025 and 17020: Standards for Laboratories and Inspection Bodies David Feist, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board

• Determining the Sample Size for Incoming Inspection Chris Bertoni, 4Front Engineered Solutions

• How TRIZ Can Help Define and Improve a Measurement System Larry Smith, The Quality Smith

• Revealing What NOP Farm, Livestock, and Processing Inspections Are All About Tom Schoenfeldt, Schoenfeldt Services Inc.

• Prelude on Leadership Steps Michelle White, Toyota

• Test Method Validation Dr. Wayne Taylor, Taylor Enterprises Inc.

• Gap Analysis Tool Automotive Standard: IATF 16949:2016 Robert Kozak, DNV Automotive Team, and Rod Gray, Compliance Manager, Aerotek

• Systems Development for Effective Inspection and Test Will Ferguson, Acelity

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ASQ InformationAdvanced Memberships

Senior and Fellow memberships are available to current members who meet the membership criteria.

Senior membership information is available at: asq.org/membership/individuals/senior.

Fellows elected by ASQ’s board of directors are recognized as having achieved professional distinction and pre-eminence in the technology, theory, education, application, or management

of quality control. An ASQ Fellow must be nominated by an ASQ member unit or other ASQ Fellows, is elected by the board of directors, and must meet specified criteria.

Information on Fellow nominations is available at: asq.org/members/account/fellow.html.

ASQ Fellow Membership

ASQ Fellows are leaders in their industries and in the quality community as a whole. These individuals are champions of quality, working to make the products and services better.

ASQ currently has nearly 650 active Fellows who represent diverse industries on a global scale.

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Fellow membership status is awarded to individuals who are ASQ members in good standing and meet the following criteria:

• Have at least 15 years of quality-related experience

• Achieve requirements across six professional categories

• Are sponsored by peers and endorsed by their ASQ section or division

• Have been an ASQ Senior member for five years or longer

The new Fellows will be recognized and honored prior to ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement, April 30 – May 2, 2018, in Seattle, WA.

ASQ Certification

The Certified Quality Technician (CQT) is a paraprofessional who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers or supervisors, analyzes and solves quality problems, prepares

inspection plans and instructions, selects sampling plan applica-tions, prepares procedures, trains inspectors, performs audits, analyzes quality costs and other quality data, and applies fundamental statistical methods for process control.

A multiple-choice, open-book CQI or CQT examination is offered as:

• Computer Delivered: The CQI examination is a one-part, 110-question, four-and-a-half-hour exam and is offered in English only. One hundred questions are scored and 10 are unscored.

• Paper and Pencil: The CQI examination is a one-part, 100-question, four-hour exam and is offered in English only.

Visit asq.org/cert or contact ASQ at help@asq.org.

ASQ offers all of its certification exams worldwide in English. Several certification exams have translations available in Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish.

World Conference on Quality and ImprovementApril 30 – May 2, 2018 | Seattle, WA

Conference Theme: Innovation of You

The 72nd WCQI will take place at:

Washington State Convention Center 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-694-5000

Premier quality conference from ASQ to gain knowledge, improvement methodologies, quality tools, best practices, and networking contacts.

Visit asq.org/wcqi/ for more information.

You’re Invited! The Inspection Division has a number of activities planned during the event in Seattle, WA, and YOU are invited to join in.

• Sunday, April 29, 8:00 a.m. Business Meeting

• Monday, April 30, 6:00 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting

• Monday, April 30, 6:30 p.m. Networking reception at the Tap House Grill

• Sunday through Tuesday, April 29 – 31 Visit our exhibit booth; all division members will receive a free gift!

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Excerpts of Letter From Elmer Corbin, 2018 ASQ Board Chair

“… I SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR ASQ. Now, perhaps more than ever, our Society is poised to deliver on its promise and better fulfill its mission. Through our 2017 research, we discovered gaps in the current quality marketplace, gaps that we are uniquely positioned to fill. In the future, our tightly focused strategy will allow us to effectively and efficiently deliver on the needs of both individuals and organizations.

I look forward to a successful and engaging 2018. I expect to see our strategic plan fully take shape in the months to come. I envision a year of successful fresh starts and a few “wins” along the way. And why am I so optimistic?

… I believe a similar transformation is not only possible, but probable, here at ASQ.

The Transformation: I have full confidence in the transformation work that has been conducted this past year. This important tran-sition for our Society will continue to move us forward in 2018. Our revised staff organiza-tion structure, with two strategic business units, will help us deliver new individual member solutions as well as provide uniquely designed roadmaps for our organizational members. Individual membership recruitment is already strong. The growth in the last two months brings ASQ to our highest new member rate since 2008. The new community platform we plan to launch this year is expected to drive engagement even further. We now have the necessary assets in place to re-energize our Society and establish a brilliant future for ASQ.

The Member Leader: Speaking of assets, I want to emphasize that you, as a member leader, continue to be one of the most critical factors in our success. You are among the most engaged of ASQ’s members; your heartfelt enthusiasm is contagious! With our mission of “increasing the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of the world,” we are fortunate to have you on our front lines. You as professionals are so passionate about quality that it drives all your decisions with excellence in mind, both personal and in the workplace. Our ASQ code of ethics requires our representatives to be honest and transpar-ent, to treat others with respect, dignity, and fairness. You are the role models who take pride in your jobs and continue to advance the role and perception of the quality professional. I welcome, and even seek, your feedback as we grow.

50 Years of Certification: This year, we will celebrate 50 years of certification. That’s quite a milestone. It was back in 1968 that the first certification exams were held for quality engineers. Today, ASQ offers 18 certifications and has issued more than 250,000 certifica-tions worldwide. We can only wonder what the next 50 years of certification will bring to ASQ and its members.

… a Society that has been at the forefront of the quality movement for over 70 years. ASQ has both a rich history and bright future. Please join me and embrace the New Year with confidence, strength, and determination.”

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About the author

Dylan Yazbeck is the lab manager at Jesse Garant Metrology Center, a part inspection service company specializing in NDT and metrology using industrial CT scanning and radiographic testing. For more information, visit wjgarantmc.com.

Quality management is invaluable for must-run applications in critical industries where parts cannot afford to fail. In these situations, adherence to a zero-defect culture translates not only to high-quality products, but also reductions in wasted labor and resources, leaner operations, and customer satisfaction. A focus on quality manufactur-ing also reduces the risk of product recalls, ensuring that a company retains its reputation and the loyalty of its customers.

Part inspection is thus an integral aspect of producing quality products, especially for high-value and high-performance parts in industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, and energy. Complete, 100-percent inspection at the production stage of the manufacturing process ensures that products are meeting required standards before they reach the customer. But with increased reliance on mixed materials, complex designs, and 3-D printing, adaptable inspection methods are required to keep up with the demands of advanced manufacturing.

Comprehensive Inspection With Industrial CT

Nondestructive testing with industrial computed tomography (CT) readily meets these challenges, providing rapid part inspection with comprehensive analyses for quality control. While initially used for medical diagnostics, computed tomography has since become a powerful tool for industrial part testing. As an advanced form of radio-graphic testing, the technology uses X-ray imaging and sophisticated software to create volumetric models in 3-D, providing quick, detailed feedback on product quality.

Unlike other methods, industrial CT reveals internal features and struc-tures of parts in great detail, without the need for costly and wasteful destructive testing. It’s sometimes the only option for manufacturers needing to visualize otherwise hidden features or assemblies. It also generates a permanent visual record that can be used to track part history and quality over time. Since CT data are readily manipulated in a 3-D workspace, visualizing nonconformance and adjusting measurements in future designs is also more efficient.

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Industrial CT Advantages

Apart from these benefits, the main appeal of industrial CT is rooted in its versatility and speed, able to inspect a wide range of materials and parts in far less time than traditional inspection methods. CT is also noncontact, so it can be used to check the quality of parts made from flexible or deformable materials like plastics and rubber. This is especially important when it comes to inspecting complex parts and mixed-material assemblies like engineered products, composite parts, and cast components.

Industrial CT provides both dimensional validation and quality control with a single scan, saving manufacturers time and costs associated with having to use multiple testing methods. CT is generally much faster than CMM since a single scan yields all required measurements, providing crucial metrology data to ensure parts are within dimensional tolerances. Complex GD&T callouts like concentricity or coaxiality and cylindricity are faster to measure with CT, expediting dimensional validation for high part volumes during production.

Computed tomography is also the ideal nondestructive tool for identifying and characterizing virtually all types of external and internal part defects that can lead to product failures. These include defects like cracks, inclusions, porosity, incon-sistent wall thicknesses, contaminants, residual powders, and improper fit and function of assemblies. For example, CT data can reveal misalignments in seatbelt and airbag assemblies and determine the quantity and volume of porosity in castings and welded components.

Limitations With CT Technology

While CT provides numerous advantages for quality control, it does come with some limitations to consider. Inline CT machines are available, but the options are few and they lack the versatility of larger, offline machines. There are also size restrictions with industrial CT, since parts must be able to fit inside machines prior to inspection. Further, since X-rays must be able to penetrate materials, industrial CT may not be a viable option for parts with very high wall thicknesses or those made from very dense materials.

Another factor to consider is the cost associated with imple-mentation of the advanced technology, including investments in equipment, operation, and maintenance. CT technology requires specialized personnel to operate properly and significant computing power to handle massive scan data sets. However, third-party inspection labs can be a viable option for manufacturers looking to access the technology without having to invest in the costly systems themselves.

High-Energy CT Extends Scope of Quality Control

Despite these considerations, new developments with high-energy CT systems are helping to overcome past limitations like size and density restrictions common with lower-energy, micro CT systems. High-energy CT takes less time to inspect larger parts and further expands the range of

Right: Porosity analysis with a cast component with industrial CT, showing location and volume of voids.

Far right: Checking for fit and function of a mixed material assembly using industrial CT scan.

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parts possible for inspection, effectively extending the scope of quality control.

High-energy computed tomography operates on the same principles as lower-energy systems, but using an X-ray source in the megaelectron volt (MeV) range. These higher energies can penetrate larger parts and assemblies, including those made from denser materials like high-strength metal alloys. It also provides cleaner separation of internal features during imaging, which is especially useful for inspecting mixed material assemblies.

These recent developments open up greater opportunities for proactive inspection practices as well. Proactive inspection involves identifying problems early on during design and pre-production to prevent costs from spiraling out of control during later stages. In this way, an initial investment into quality products from the very beginning can avoid wasted labor and reject parts, minimizing the risk of recalls.

High-Powered Inspection Services

While high-energy CT was mainly used for research purposes at national laboratories in the past, one company is hoping to change the landscape of nondestructive testing by improving access to the technology. Jesse Garant Metrology Center, an NDT and metrology service lab based in Dearborn, MI, and Windsor, Ontario, has recently developed and launched its own high-energy industrial CT system, becoming the only private lab to offer the exclusive service.

Its new system is the first of its kind to pair a 3 MeV cone-beam linear accelerator X-ray source with a large format 2k by 2k flat-panel digital detector, able to inspect parts up to 44.5 inches in diameter by 63 inches in height. The new system results in a drastic reduction in scanning time for inspection of midsize to large parts, able to scan parts that would normally take four to 16 hours to complete in less than an hour. The new service makes offline, 100-percent inspection during production a feasible option for manufacturers looking for quality control of high volumes of larger parts and assemblies.

“High-energy CT is helping manufacturers qualify and validate parts that either weren’t possible because of limitations with existing technologies or weren’t feasible because the service was too costly or took too much time,” says Jesse Garant, president. “We aim to support advanced manufacturing by providing internal inspection of parts that would otherwise reach their destination without proper inspection.”

Summary

Industrial CT scanning is a comprehensive and adaptable inspection method for quality control, opening doors for man-ufacturing by expanding the scope of nondestructive testing. The speed and versatility of CT make it ideal for a wide range of current and future applications for complete part inspection. At its core, industrial CT results in a more inclusive quality management process and greater adherence to a culture of zero defects.

Loading a large part to be scanned with the new high-energy CT system at Jesse Garant Metrology Center.

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The Next Generation of Manufacturing Professionals

About the author

Ed McMenamin is an associate editor of quality. He can be reached at mcmenamin@ bnpmedia.com.

Source

This article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of Quality Magazine. It is reprinted with permission from Jill L. DeVries, corporate reprint manager, BNP Media.

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Ask a quality engineer how they were introduced to metrology or inspection, and they’ll often answer that it wasn’t during their course-work, but in the field. It reflects the manufacturing world’s problem with visibility and messaging, and an important insight into why the term “skills gap” has been a buzzword for several years.

A common example: “It was my first job out of college,” recounts Jim Spichiger, ASQ Inspection Division chair. “I was employed by the Army as a product assurance engineer. I had no idea what that meant. They hid the word ‘quality.’ But it was guaranteeing product assurance. I worked on missile warheads, and that led me back to the regular world working as a quality engineer, and here I am now a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.”

It’s a story often repeated, like the number of times quality profession-als explain that metrology is not the study of weather. So, careers in quality and other manufacturing disciplines are there, but do people know about them? “I’m a big believer in quality and manufacturing and engineering, but I’m also a big believer in economics,” says John Marcin, vice president of engineering and business development for Verify, Inc. “If the opportunity is there, if the demand is there, it’ll get filled.

“You have to sell it to the people to make that field attractive through compensation, through job satisfaction, and through company culture. There’s no such thing as a long-term shortage. In economics, things work their way out. More demand will enter the marketplace. That’s opportunity, but you’ve got to recruit.”

Teresa Whitacre, a senior quality engineer with Leonardo DRS, and an ASQ Fellow, has seen demand outstrip the supply of new engineers, firsthand. “We have a heck of a time finding and hiring qualified engineers,” she says. “We’ve gone to some of the colleges to do career days, and we hire almost everyone we can find.”

Recruitment, diversity, and outreach are key to filling the manufacturing jobs of the future.

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Young people lucky enough to be led down the path can find opportunity and rapid advancement. Lucy Ackland, a senior development engineer with Renishaw, was introduced to engineering as a middle schooler during a career weekend. Motivated, Ackland later left high school at 16 to look for college courses more focused on engineering than what her school in Stroud, England, provided. She came across a local newspaper advertisement from Renishaw offering apprentice-ships. Following the work-study program, during which she also received her college degree, Ackland gained full employment with the company, where she has spent her entire career.

Now, she also works to recruit young people as a liaison for Renishaw’s new pilot program at Greenville Technical College in Greenville, SC, named the Center for Manufacturing Innovation. The 100,000 square-foot facility has a metrology lab, prototyp-ing lab, pneumatics/hydraulics lab, and additive manufacturing area. Students take courses in industrial automation, robotics, CNC machining, manufacturing management, metrology/quality management, process design, and Lean Six Sigma, among others. Students earn a two-year degree and are typically funneled into manufacturing jobs where the average salary is currently $63,936 for associate degree holders in the county.

Diversity and RecruitmentLike in the U.S., there are scores of manufacturing and engineer-ing jobs in the U.K. that will need to be filled as baby boomers retire. Across the pond, there will be an annual need for 186,000 people with engineering skills annually through 2024, according to the Engineering UK 2017 study. In the U.S., more than half of 3.5 million manufacturing job openings will go unfilled over the next decade, according to The Manufacturing Institute, including both skilled technicians and college educated engineers. The gap grows as boomers retire and industry recovers from recession-era job losses. Young people are also reluctant to enter manufacturing careers due to a negative perception of the industry, lagging STEM-related education and limited technical training opportunities in parts of the country.

Claims that the unfilled jobs are due to a “skills gap” are also rebutted by competing research that organizations have been lax in recruitment and hiring and haven’t increased wages since recessionary dips. Either side of the argument could likely agree that recruitment should be emphasized, and that private

Above: The bench lab at Danville Community College features training parts across 20 stations, each with its own set of basic equipment such as calipers and micrometers. Equipment includes height sets, square masters, and gage blocks, among others.

Below: A metrology student inspects a training part supplied by industry partners.

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industry can play a role in training the workers, either internally, or through partnerships with community colleges like Greenville. For workers in the right place with the right qualifications, it can be a good market.

“There are not enough engineers as there is,” Spichiger says. “I know, personally, from having children in that age group, the engineers are being scarfed up. People who follow that technical path are not challenged when they graduate looking for a good paying job right away, right out of college. And I see that firsthand.”

A key strategy to solve recruitment challenges will be to grow the supply of potential workers by closing the gender gap. In

both the U.S. and the U.K., just 13% of engineering jobs are held by women.

“I think the best way in the U.S. and the U.K. that we can fulfill the manufacturing skills gap is by encouraging more diversity in engineering and manufacturing,” Ackland says. “The percent-age of women in manufacturing and engineering is poor. But there are other countries doing much better at it. So it’s defi-nitely achievable, and the industry, education, and government need to do more to push toward more diversity within these traditionally white male dominated fields.”

That effort needs to begin early, she says, encouraging girls in the same way that boys are to build things and excel in STEM

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(science, technology, engineering, and math) coursework. One recent study by U.S. News & World Report showed that the gap is already well-formed by high school. In 2014, about 3 percent of high school females reported an interest in engineering, compared to 31 percent of males.

“I think what’s really relevant here is that we are able spark an interest in technical fields early as children are developing and making decisions toward which type of career path they want to follow,” says Delfin Lorenzo, VP of worldwide manufacturing for Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies. “And we have a number of programs already in place in which we are reaching out to not only higher-level academic institutions, but earlier.

“And we have very specific goals as a company to reach even more people in those early engagement programs so we can spark that interest in technical careers. Because, afterwards, the interest has already been generated, and students will already have a path.”

Modern Workplace Culture

Company culture evolves slowly, but offering a workplace with modern attitudes can help manufacturers compete with Silicon

Valley for young engineers, experts note. “The technology [in aerospace] certainly is the most advanced,” Marcin says, “but the culture is maybe not as contemporary. Company culture is a big process and a big factor in the decision-making process for new hires. Aerospace and defense is a little behind on that, relative to other industries. We could do a better job.”

Even within manufacturing, workplace attitudes are noticeably different between the high-tech, automation-focused organiza-tions and the old-school steel or glass makers, Teresa Whitacre says. In those old-fashioned workplaces, “It’s definitely like ‘If you’re not a white male, you don’t fit here.”

Whitacre has seen progress since the beginning of her career. “I see a lot of encouragement towards it,” she says. “I do see some younger women going into the field. It’s getting better, but it’s not improving at a fast rate.”

That has to improve, obviously, for workplaces to mirror the outside world. “When we are able to bring more diverse perspectives, we’re going to be more responsive to our work customers,” says Ana Lopez, manufacturing VP, cardiovascular and specialty solutions, Johnson & Johnson. “We cannot have only one kind of (worker) when our customers are so diverse. So it’s very, very important that we are a reflection of what our customers are, and that we include diversity in the way that we do business, the way that we do manufacturing. Anything that we do in our day-to-day activities has to be a reflection of our world and what is happening outside.”

Public-Private Partnerships

The issue of visibility is mirrored in the market for technicians and mid-level skilled workers who find training at community colleges and technical schools, such as Greenville Technical College. If a potential worker is lucky enough to live near modern classrooms that provide high-tech training, a recruiter might have pointed them in the right direction. Otherwise, the idea of a manufacturing job might sound like a thing of the past. Greenville is not alone in combatting those issues. Danville Community College in Danville, VA, also launched a metrology program two years previously.

Joshua Worthley teaches dimensional metrology at the school. The program is in its third cohort of students. Almost every

A metrology student works on a surface plate layout inspection of a training part supplied by industry partners.

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single employable student who has completed the two-semester program, and has put forth effort to find a quality or inspection related position, has found one in the greater Danville, VA, area, he says. The lab has a maximum capacity of 20 students per cohort. But he says that even if it was filled to capacity, it still wouldn’t totally satisfy the need for skilled workers in the area. The college is producing recruitment videos to draw high school students, as well as organizing tours of factories like the spotless, state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce plant to combat perceptions of manufacturing being dirty or outdated.

“There’s one employer in particular, if I had 20 students they’d take all 20 of them, every year,” he says. “In their organization,

there are a few thousand people on that campus and several hundred in their quality department. And that’s not to mention all the other manufacturers in the area, as well.”

In the next year or two, Worthley says he hopes to add two semesters of nondestructive testing training after the metrology, precision machining, and welding programs move into a completely renovated space.

“The industry around us is dying for that kind of technician,” he says. “They’re pulling them from wherever they desperately can.” In Danville, Worthley’s program has benefited from donations of equipment, materials, and curriculum develop-

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ment support from local manufacturers, as well as local and federal grants.

“Some companies get it, and say ‘we need to invest in the training resources, because we can’t hire these people off the street.’ Some are struggling to do it and haven’t invested in that training process. Or they’re working with their local colleges to help them out, as well. So it feels like, to me, it depends on where you are in the country. If you want to pull manufacturing jobs back into your local area, you need to provide a robust pipeline of skilled workers.”

In addition to earning a Career Studies Certificate, students who complete the program also get the opportunity to participate in

ASQ’s Certified Quality Inspector Apprenticeship Program. It allows students who have taken a course like the one in Danville to bypass the two-years work experience requirement needed to take the exam. If the students pass, they become ASQ certified. ASQ is looking to expand the program beyond Danville Community College, Vincennes University, and others.

“The apprenticeship program is fantastic,” Worthley says. “It’s just a wonderful thing that the students can get involved in. Selfishly, when someone thinks of quality-related edu-cation five years from now, I want them to think of Danville Community College. That’s my goal. But, globally, I want quality and metrology education to not get shoved under a rug somewhere.”

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Blue Light Optical Scanning for High-Resolution 3-D Measurement

About the author

K.R. Srinivas is a business manager for 3-D scanning at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC. For more information visit www.zeiss.com/metrology, email metrology@zeiss.com, or call 1-800-327-9735.

There are a variety of ways to perform automated, high-precision measurement, each with its own strengths. Contact measurement is more effective for measuring specific features—holes, for example— to ensure they are where they belong and of the correct shape and size. When an entire shape needs to be scanned, for example, to reverse engineer a part, optical measurement is more effective. Optical technology delivers a complete, detailed picture of a surface. And because optical scanning images cover an entire field of view rather than one point at a time, they can be made very quickly.

Seeing Depth and Contour by TriangulationRecognizing contour is a matter of judging relative distance from a fixed point, but this cannot be done based solely on a single point of view. As a human, if you close one eye, you lose depth perception and cannot effectively judge distance or contour. Our human ability to judge depth is based on seeing the same object through two eyes, each from a different angle. We then mentally “triangulate” to determine relative distance to each point on an object’s surface and, by extension, its contour.

The same effect can be seen in a “wire frame” image created, for example, in a CAD model. The lines projected on the contoured surface of a curved model may appear straight if the object is viewed perpendicular to the surface. But as the object is rotated away from that straight-on view, those lines begin to curve, showing the contour of the surface. That is what is done in optical scanning.

Red Laser vs. Blue Light ScanningThere are several technologies in use today for optical scanning. The two major options are red laser scanning and blue light scanning. Red laser scanning is simpler and typically requires less training. It can even be done using a handheld device. It is, however, less precise, particu-

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larly for use on reflective surfaces. Blue light’s shorter wavelength makes it suitable for many reflective surfaces, and its homoge-nous frequency range makes it more precise than white light.

Blue light technology recognizes contour by triangulating the line of sight of a photographic lens and the line of sight of a light source that projects a “fringe” pattern onto the surface being measured and then uses software to convert multiple images into a three-dimensional representation. This is essentially a photographic process that, depending on the vendor, involves a fringe pattern projector and either one or two cameras. In either case, the object being scanned is turned using a high-precision rotary table to allow a full 360° represen-tation. In some cases, after being scanned through a full 360°, the object is turned and then scanned through the full rotation again to achieve a spherical, rather than just cylindrical, view.

Single vs. Multiple CamerasThe problem with multiple cameras is that their view is only effective where their respective fields of view overlap. For this reason two cameras can actually provide a narrower field of view than a single camera does. If the purpose of two cameras is to provide triangulation to measure contour, that function is served in a single-camera design by triangulation between the single camera and the projector. And because two cameras have slightly different views of the subject, the resulting measure-ment can potentially be less sharp than the single WYSIWYG image produced by a single camera.

Cameras and projectors use interchangeable lenses to cover a range of different-size fields of view. This allows inspection of anything from a very small part to an entire vehicle. When lenses are changed, and in other cases as well, the camera must be recalibrated to ensure maximum precision. For obvious reasons, lens change and recalibration are simpler processes in a single camera setup than when dual cameras are used.

Image Resolution

Resolution of the scanned image is determined by a com-bination of selected field of view and the resolution of the camera itself. A 16 megapixel camera, for example, would have higher resolution than a five megapixel camera if both were using lenses providing the same field of views. The lower resolution camera, however, could match the image resolution of the higher resolution camera by reducing its field of view for each individual image. That would require a larger number of images to create the final 3-D image and significantly slow the process.

A lower resolution camera costs less and would be perfectly adequate if only a relatively small object were to be scanned. It would also work for scanning larger objects at high resolution if time were not an issue.

Creating the 3-D Image

The blue light scanner’s software combines multiple scanned images into a 3-D surface image that can be stored, rotated, expanded, and otherwise examined to evaluate a part or assembly. The software creates a “point cloud,” a cluster of points representing the scanned object. The camera and field of view determine the density of points, essentially pixels repre-senting the virtual object. The software algorithm eliminates overlaps among the individual images to create one seamless data set in the stereo lithography (STL) format. STL files can be used for inspection and quality control, tool and model making, reverse engineering, rapid manufacturing, and more.

The challenge for the software is recognizing the points of overlap among the multiple images. In some systems this is achieved by attaching visible “targets” to the item being scanned in much the same way that a cinematic “motion

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capture” system places visible targets on an actor in front of a green screen and then processes the video image to create a character in a setting following the actor’s movements.

In the same way, the optical scanner’s software matches the targets in adjoining images to position the component images into the complete final image. Attaching and removing targets takes time, and they must be properly positioned to ensure all of the images can be integrated into the final image. The alternative approach is to use software that can recognize features of the scanned object itself, defining those as its targets, and using them to align the individual images. This method requires somewhat more sophisticated software, but it simplifies the scanning process and ensures maximum accuracy.

ConclusionOptical scanning is the technology of choice for capturing surface contours of an object. Decisions in choosing a system include:

• Red laser vs. blue light, blue light being the more precise of the two

• Single or dual cameras

• Camera resolution

• Attached targets vs. feature recognition for image matching

• General software capabilities

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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The optoNCDT 1420 laser triangulation sensors measure displacement, distance, and position on a noncontact, wear-free basis. The small all-rounders provide high-precision measure-ments along with a compact design, offering high performance across a wide variety of applications. Their innovative design and functionality were recognized with the Red Dot Award Industrial Design 2016.

Furthermore, the sensors stand out due to their excellent price/performance ratio, an innovative web interface, and ease of use. The measurement task can be selected using the quality slider and can be further optimized using the video signal

display, signal peak selection, and individually adjustable signal averaging. The region of interest (ROI) function allows for interfering signals in the background to be filtered out. The multifunction button enables quick sensor commissioning for easy measurement tasks.

As well as in the electronics production, these laser triangulation sensors are also applied in the packaging industry, wood processing, logistics, medical engineering, laser engraving equipment, and machine building.

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2018 Inspection Division Management CommitteeOfficers

Chair/Awards and Scholarship/Inspector of the Year/Conference Jim Spichiger jim.spichiger@hotmail.com jspichiger@ parknationalbank.com 740-349-3708

Chair-Elect (Business Plan)George Cutler cutlergeorge@gmail.com 908-310-9648

TreasurerCalcelia (Sam) Bryson calceliabryson@yahoo.com 901-628-2759

SecretaryCarl Drechsel carldrechsel@comcast.net 832-721-2871

Past Chair (Nominating)Joe Wesling asqinspect@gmail.com 317-752-3613

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ArrangementsBernie Carpenter carp76four@aol.com 949-293-4247

Audit/Newsletter EditorNavin S. Dedhia navindedhia@hotmail.com 408-629-1723

CommunicationsCarol Turner carol.turner@ accredohealth.com 901-921-0296

Member Leader RecruitmentWilliam Ferguson william.ferguson@ acelity.com 859-240-1739

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Examining (Fellow Nominations)Gregory S. Gay ggandlg@net-link.net 269-496-8311

Internet Liaison and Social Media Ben Tomic bentomic@rogers.com 416-779-0517

MarketingKathy Lyall kathleen_m_lyall@whirlpool.com 269-277-9317

MembershipMarie Lawton mxr5970@gmail.com 585-353-0325

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2018 INSPECTION DIVISION CALENDAR

Date Time Event

March 13 2:00 p.m. (EST)

Webinar: Vision Technology for Big Data and the Industrial Internet of Things

March 26 – 28 8:00 a.m. CQT Exam Prep Class, Austin, TXApril 10 1:00 p.m.

(EST)Webinar: High Frequency Mobile Process Audit Programs (Presented by EASE)

April 29 8:00 a.m. Division Management Committee Business Meeting, Seattle, WAApril 30 6:00 p.m. Annual Inspection Division Member Meeting, Seattle, WAApril 30 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception, Seattle, WAMay 15 TBD Webinar: Software Testing (presented by Dan Zrymiak)May 16 – 17 8:00 a.m. CQI Exam Prep Course, Raleigh, NCJune 12 TBD Webinar: Presented by Jesse Garant Metrology CenterJuly 10 TBD Webinar: Presented by ANABAugust 14 TBD Webinar: Innovation Is Quality for TomorrowOctober 15 – 17 8:00 a.m. CQT Exam Prep Class, Memphis, TNOctober 15 – 17 8:00 a.m. Six Sigma Yellow Belt Exam Prep Class, Memphis, TNOctober 16 – 17 8:00 a.m. CQI Exam Prep Class, Memphis, TNOctober 16 – 17 8:00 a.m. GD&T Course, Memphis, TNOctober 18 – 19 8:30 a.m. Annual Inspection Division Conference, Memphis, TNOctober 18 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception, Memphis, TNOctober 20 8:00 a.m. Division Management Committee Business Meeting, Memphis, TNThird Wednesday of each month

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