In our previous posts, we explained a bit about mastering measuring tool usage and how to fixture the tool or workpiece to ensure accurate measurement. Here, we will take a look at what calibration means — and how simple field-checking is different but equally important. Calibration Sometimes a quality technician or tool maker will pick […]
As discussed in our previous post, a good understanding of measuring tools is essential knowledge for your personnel — and critical to ensuring quality plastic parts wind up in your customers’ hands. Here, we will go into a bit more detail about fixturing the workpiece to ensure accurate measurement. It’s Hard To Hit a Moving […]
Of all aspects of our industry, quality is inarguably most important. After all, if you are not delivering quality plastics products to your customers, your customers will go elsewhere. But how can plastics manufacturers guarantee quality parts? In those most basic sense, we need to inspect parts and ensure they meet customer requirements. To accomplish […]
Does your company give lip-service to cleanliness and organization or does it take it seriously every day? In this post, we’ll take a look at ways in which tidiness can save your company time and money, and increase the safety of your workplace. Merriam-Webster defines cleanliness as ‘the quality or state of being clean.’ A […]
Routsis Training’s popular Scientific Molding Pocket Guide is now available in Spanish. “It’s really amazing how popular our Pocket Guide has become,” says Daniel Stephens, Vice-President of Routsis Training. “Our customers can’t seem to get enough of these,” Mr. Stephens continued — adding that over 50,000 copies of the English-language version have been printed to-date. […]