Quality Digest Bio Metrology Medical Contract Manufacturer Proves Business Case for Robotic Gauging of Machined Parts Q-Span Gauging Systems improve efficiency, capacity, and real-time reporting of quality departments Published: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 11:59 Comment Rss Send Article (Must Login) Print Author Archive (New Scale Robotics: Victor, NY) -- New Scale Robotics has released a new case study video with Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, a medical contractor manufacturer in Bridgeport, Michigan. Orchid uses New Scale’s Q-Span Robotic Gauging System to automate QC inspection of its machined surgical drills. In the video, Joe Farinella, quality director at Orchid, explains the business benefits of the Q-Span System. These include: • Realizing immediate savings of more than 50 hours per week of inspection time • Achieving total gauge repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) of less than 10 percent • Deployment in less than a month • Ability to reassign quality control personnel to higher-value tasks The Q-Span System meets the strict quality requirements of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions’ customers and regulatory agencies. “Q-Span Systems automate high-mix manufacturers’ tedious and repetitive gauging tasks to improve throughput, quality, and employee satisfaction,” says Stefan Friedrich, marketing manager at New Scale Robotics. “We’re pleased to count Orchid among our growing list of precision machine shops and medical device manufacturers who are realizing the benefits of QC automation.” New Scale Robotics helps manufacturers automate manual gauging. Its Q-Span Gauging Systems combine measurements from a wide variety of gauges with robotic part-handling and automated data logging. They improve efficiency, capacity, and real-time reporting of quality departments. Based on flexible and teachable collaborative robots, Q-Span workstations are do-it-yourself, automation kits that fit into existing workflows. These workstations also help quality teams reduce errors, increase throughput, and better use skilled labor in small-batch, high-mix manufacturing. Easy to deploy without specialized training, they deliver return on investment in fewer than 10 months. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. Our PROMISE: Quality Digest only displays static ads that never overlay or cover up content. They never get in your way. They are there for you to read, or not. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, Quality Digest Discuss ( 0 ) Hide Comments Comment About The Author Quality Digest For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.
(New Scale Robotics: Victor, NY) -- New Scale Robotics has released a new case study video with Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, a medical contractor manufacturer in Bridgeport, Michigan. Orchid uses New Scale’s Q-Span Robotic Gauging System to automate QC inspection of its machined surgical drills.
In the video, Joe Farinella, quality director at Orchid, explains the business benefits of the Q-Span System. These include: • Realizing immediate savings of more than 50 hours per week of inspection time • Achieving total gauge repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) of less than 10 percent • Deployment in less than a month • Ability to reassign quality control personnel to higher-value tasks
The Q-Span System meets the strict quality requirements of Orchid Orthopedic Solutions’ customers and regulatory agencies.
“Q-Span Systems automate high-mix manufacturers’ tedious and repetitive gauging tasks to improve throughput, quality, and employee satisfaction,” says Stefan Friedrich, marketing manager at New Scale Robotics. “We’re pleased to count Orchid among our growing list of precision machine shops and medical device manufacturers who are realizing the benefits of QC automation.”
New Scale Robotics helps manufacturers automate manual gauging. Its Q-Span Gauging Systems combine measurements from a wide variety of gauges with robotic part-handling and automated data logging. They improve efficiency, capacity, and real-time reporting of quality departments. Based on flexible and teachable collaborative robots, Q-Span workstations are do-it-yourself, automation kits that fit into existing workflows. These workstations also help quality teams reduce errors, increase throughput, and better use skilled labor in small-batch, high-mix manufacturing. Easy to deploy without specialized training, they deliver return on investment in fewer than 10 months.
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