Category: Quality Control – Page 3
Comparing Yugos to Audis
In a recent conversation, a prospective customer asked us match the price of a pallet wrapper found online for $3,500.
You Deserve It
In a recent furniture purchase for my daughter, the salesman asked me if I’d be interested in buying a whole
5 Tips for a Successful Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
At Frain, every project, machine or complete line of equipment is thoroughly inspected and put through Factory Acceptance Testing or
Is the box really the problem?
We don’t think so.
Do the machines your customers use:
Maximize the use of your product?
Help you maintain
Whitepaper: Piston Fillers
Last month I discussed cosmetic or level style fillers. These fill a container to a certain level and fill volume
Aesops Fables – Tortoise and the Hare
Most of us, when we were young’uns, heard Aesop’s fables. Perhaps the best known is the story of the turtle
Whitepaper: Overflow Filler
There are several dozen styles of liquid filler available from over 100 US manufacturers. All have advantages and disadvantages and
Whitepaper: Timing Screws
Timing screws, often just called screws, worms or helices, have applications in virtually every operation that can occur on a
Specify, Specify, Specify
In our book, Secrets of Buying Packaging Machinery John Henry and I devote an entire chapter to machinery specifications. Well written
Warning: Do Not Touch!
“Handmade.” “Handcrafted.” “Artisanal.”
These are some of the words used to describe product containing a lot of manual labor. Advertising for
No Service
On a cross country flight a year or two ago, my seatmate started telling me about his truck. It was
QUALITY ASSURED
Quality is the absence of variation. Any variation from the optimum represents lost quality. Minimum and maximum specifications do not