Crump is the inventor of the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method of 3-D printing, an additive manufacturing process.

When talking with prospects and customers, testing machine manufacturers often come across symptoms that imply the current situation could be improved dramatically with a new investment in technology, specifically a well-engineered materials testing system.

If you can’t trust your measurement system, you can’t trust the data it produces.

“GD&T was developed to address the many problems that had been encountered over the years as companies tried to describe their part geometry.”

The rapid growth of in-line gaging over the last few years has been focused primarily on the use of this approach as a tool for improving quality.

In manufacturing, repeatable, measurable process is prized while “winging it’ is verboten. And for good reason: process equals discipline, safety and efficiency.

Faced with slimmer profit margins in a shrinking economy, today’s leaders of manufacturing businesses find themselves scrutinizing every aspect of their business model to find ways to shave costs.  Profitability targets are getting harder and harder to attain, while ever-present threats of economic trouble loom ever larger.

Today’s manufacturers have plenty of options when it comes to probes, as advances in probing technology have allowed for better and faster machining operations.