Precision geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and profile tolerancing are key design methods to accelerate a medical device’s time to market by reducing inspection time. This white paper explores the positive impact that these methods has on three types of inspection: setup, in-process and final.

How Improved Communication Can Increase Supplier Performance Metrology matching, also called inspection matching, is a leading way to solve this issue. The process aligns two separate inspection systems, one from the OEM and one from the supplier. This ensures that everyone is on the same page for inspection and measurement, even if they use different […]

Medical device OEMs are utilizing data to prove their products’ efficacy to hospitals, doctors and the regulatory agencies. Lowell, Inc. is a leader in the use of measurement and data to improve and streamline the product development process. This white paper is an overview of Statistical Methods for Precision Machining and is the first in […]