Improving production-line efficiency reduces operating costs while increasing productivity

Manufacturers need faster measurement cycles. Quality Assurance (QA) is often blamed for the bottlenecks in manufacturing, but the problems lie with the processes in place. Traditional methods used to inspect and assess components, such as manual, CMM or laser scanning, can typically take as long as 40 minutes. It’s not uncommon during a large production run for a process to deviate, even marginally. If too much time is taken to detect the deviation, then the manufacturer has wasted precious time and materials, which translates to higher operating costs and gross inefficiencies.