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What is a PXI System?

Notes from a Test Integrator The PXI is the whole package for automation and measurement. Combining high performance in a low-cost deployment platform, it has become one of the most common instrumentation...
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How to Improve Your Testing Efficiency

When is the last time you looked at your current test setup and thought about changing things up? They say, if it isn’t broken don’t fix it… but that doesn’t mean one should ignore something that can be...
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4 Strategies for Better Medical Manufacturing

The QA processes for medical products have always been more specific and stringent than other industries. Obviously, the health impact on the end user is the key consideration, but depending on the product...
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How do Actuators Work and Why do we Need Them?

You may not realize it, but you come into contact with an actuator every single day. An actuator is a mechanical or electro-mechanical component of a system that controls the movement of an instrument.
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Gotta Keep it Automated

Why Automation and Robotics are Changing the Medical Industry Automation and robotics have never been more crucial in manufacturing. Essentially, they offer the ability to minimize or remove human operators...
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IIOT is Kicking Up the Pressure

The Adaptation of Pneumatics It may be surprising to find out with all the changes in manufacturing technologies, the use of pneumatics continues to grow. As it turns out, pneumatics and hydraulics are...
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The Challenges Facing Medical Manufacturers 2.0

The medical industry has been flipped on its head, spun around in the dryer, and put back on the ground since the beginning of 2020. But that isn’t to say other challenges weren’t present in the industry...
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Better Test is Totally Feasible.

How can a feasibility study ease your pain? There is an old Yiddish expression that says, “Man Plans, and God Laughs”. Essentially, the point of this expression is simply, things will never go entirely as...
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The Slow Rise of the Machines

How Far Has Artificial Intelligence Come and Where Can we Take it? Fun fact - the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) was first introduced in 1955, the same year Marty McFly travelled back to. While that...
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Why are Medical Manufacturers Switching to Automated Vision Inspection?

A spotlight has been on the medical industry for some time now. Most people today are waiting for major changes to confront the current state of the world. What isn’t as widely known is the industry was...
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