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Finding and fixing glue and adhesives issues with Instrumental
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Finding and fixing glue and adhesives issues with Instrumental

 In product development, glues and other adhesives represent the great solution to, and often source of, many manufacturing problems. ...

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)

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)

Instrumental December 21, 2020

2021 State of New Product Introduction (NPI) Survey
Technology News

2021 State of New Product Introduction (NPI) Survey

December 7, 2020

3 Processes Hardware Engineering Leads Can Implement to Optimize Product Development Generation-Over-Generation
Product Quality

3 Processes Hardware Engineering Leads Can Implement to Optimize Product Development Generation-Over-Generation

The peak holiday season came early this year. Retailers adopted or expanded online ordering and extended deals to spread out ...

Chris Li, former Amazon Engineering Lead

Launching Instrumental Data Streams
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Launching Instrumental Data Streams

Break down your product data silos for faster failure analysis Key Takeaways Instrumental pulls all of your product data (photos, ...

Instrumental November 19, 2020

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