Quality inspection at a plastic molding company starts with measurement tools that would look at home in a science lab. Coordinate measuring machines, optical comparators, and laser micrometers are ...

Printed-circuit-board quality challenges extend from design through production test and inspection and on to field diagnostics. Meny Gantz, VP of marketing for Orbotech’s PCB division, cited some key ...

Boeing Everett mechanic Ken Zabel is using a handy new tool that halves the work involved in one intricate job where the wing and fuselage of a 787 Dreamliner are joined together. Boeing says the ...

Stacking chips is making it far more difficult to find existing and latent defects, and to check for things like die shift, leftover particles from other processes, co-planarity of bumps, and adhesion ...

For decades, optical inspection has been the primary method for process control in fabs. However, the move to multi-level interconnects and 3D transistor designs means that many killer defects are no ...

Existing and emerging digital technologies are transforming how departments of transportation (DOTs) are designing, planning, constructing, inspecting, maintaining, and documenting construction ...

Siemens has completed the purchase of Canopus AI, a Grenoble-based specialist in artificial intelligence-driven metrology and inspection software, signalling an intensified push into semiconductor ...