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The future of automated optical inspection systems
Industry 4.0

The future of automated optical inspection systems

AOI or automated optical inspection systems were first developed in the early 1990s at a time when electronics manufacturing was ...

Instrumental May 6, 2021

Introducing Discover Relationships: AI That Finds Root Cause For You
Company News

Introducing Discover Relationships: AI That Finds Root Cause For You

Instrumental April 27, 2021

How To Put Manufacturing Optimizations Into Practice
Artificial Intelligence

How To Put Manufacturing Optimizations Into Practice

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Finding and fixing glue and adhesives issues with Instrumental
Company News

Finding and fixing glue and adhesives issues with Instrumental

Instrumental April 6, 2021

Getting back to the factory floor in 2021
Factory Tips

Getting back to the factory floor in 2021

Instrumental April 2, 2021

Finding and fixing connector issues with Instrumental
Failure Analysis

Finding and fixing connector issues with Instrumental

Instrumental March 26, 2021

Choosing the best CAD software for product design
Factory Tips

Choosing the best CAD software for product design

Instrumental March 24, 2021

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Key Questions and Corrective Actions (Part 3)
Failure Analysis

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Key Questions and Corrective Actions (Part 3)

In part 1 and part 2 of this failure analysis series, we discussed where failures come from and what tools ...

Instrumental March 23, 2021

Manufacturing Terms Every Mechanical Engineer Should Know
Factory Tips

Manufacturing Terms Every Mechanical Engineer Should Know

Instrumental February 23, 2021

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Tools and Techniques (Pt. 2)
Failure Analysis

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Tools and Techniques (Pt. 2)

Instrumental January 25, 2021

Pantone and Plastic: The Challenges of Color Matching in Product Design and Manufacturing
Product Quality

Pantone and Plastic: The Challenges of Color Matching in Product Design and Manufacturing

Pantone recently announced their colors of the year for 2021: Ultimate Gray, a soothing and shadowy steel, and Illuminating, a ...

Chris Li, former Amazon Engineering Lead December 29, 2020

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Finding Sources of Error (Pt. 1)
Failure Analysis

Failure Analysis Methods for Product Design Engineers: Finding Sources of Error (Pt. 1)

While it can be frustrating to deal with at the time, resolving failures and getting to a defect free launch ...

Instrumental December 21, 2020

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