IR thermometry helped us justify to the stingy “just say no” bean counters that air conditioned electrical enclosures would pay for themselves by reducing both downtime and unbudgeted expenses to replace failed electronics.
And they did. The IR thermometer properly deployed helped us finally achieve our business plan by keeping equipment running.
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“The PMI registered 53.4 percent, an increase of 1 percentage point from February’s reading of 52.4 percent, indicating expansion in the manufacturing sector for the 32nd consecutive month. The Production Index increased 3 percentage points from February’s reading of 55.3 percent to 58.3 percent, and the Employment Index increased 2.9 percentage points to 56.1 percent. Of the 18 industries included in the survey, 15 are experiencing overall growth.” The PMPA Business Trends Report confirms the ISM findings regarding the continuing growth / expansion of manufacturing. Like the ISM Manufacturing PMI Report, and our Fabricated Metal market sector, the precision machining industry is maintaining a growing sales base, positive trends, and increased employment.
145 nuclear items were identified in scrap worldwide in 2011, 200 in 2010. The most recent one we’ve learned about involves Cobalt 60 contamination of a metal tissue cover box sold through Bed Bath And Beyond. Despite the “assurances” of the NRC officials, chronic exposures to low doses of radiation can lead to cataracts, cancer…
This post is informed by stories from Automotive NewsWire and USA Today. China: China’s Minister of Industry and Information, Miao Wei, reported recently that China exported a total of 824,000 vehicles in 2011, a 50% increase over the prior year. He said he expects China will export more than 1 million units within the next…
50 pages seems a bit much to explain a simple quotient.
Accuracy in measurement describes how closely the measurement from your system matches the actual or true measurement of the thing being measured. Think of accuracy as the “trustworthiness” of a measurement system.
Precision in measurement describes how well a measurement system will return the same measure; that is its Repeatability.
It is important to be both Accurate and Precise if you are to get useable information from your measurement system.
Manufacturing will continue to lead GDP growth in the US in 2012 according to MAPI. This bodes well for precision machining companies.