OTHER MECHANICAL SITES OF INTEREST

These sites are grouped into various areas of interest for your convenience. Though many of them are of course related to mechanical engineering and power transmission, we have also included links which should be useful to you when exploring the Internet in general.

 
Adolf Schnorr Gmbh - Originator and producer of disc springs for over 80 years
Nordex logo... Nordex - US manufacturer and stockist of instrument grade mechanical components and assemblies.
imelogo Institute of Marine Engineers
istlogo Institute of Spring Technology
eralogo ERA Technology
bsilogo British Standards Institution
idgte Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers
immlogo Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
iqalogo Institute of Quality Assurance
perlogo Pera Group

 

Acronyms and their meanings
Here is a list of acronyms, which authors frequently assume you know.   
AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning
ASQC American Society for Quality Control
ASN Advanced Shipping Notification
ASTM American Society for Testing of Materials
A2LA American Association of Laboratory Accreditation
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CC Critical Characteristic
CUSUM Cumulative Sum
DFA Design for Assembly
DFM Design for Manufacturing
DIN German Standards Institute
DOE Design of Experiments
DVP&R Design Verification Plan and Report
EAPA Engineering Approved Product Authorization
ES Engineering Specification
EVOP Evolutionary Operation of Processes
FEA Finit Element Analysis
FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
GD&T Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
ISO International Standards Organisation
KCC Key Control Characteristic
KPC Key Product Characteristic
MILTFP-41 Make It Like The Finished Print- for once
MSA Measurement System Analysis
NACCB National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PPM Parts Per Million
PPAP Production Part Approval Process
QFD Quality Fuction Deployment
QOS Quality Operating System
RAB Registrar Accreditation Board
RvC Raad voor de Certificatie (Dutch Council for Certification)
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SC Significant Characteristic
SCC Standards Council of Canada
SPC Statistical Process Control
TGA German Association for Accreditation
VA Value Analysis
VE Value Engineering

 

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Updated 7 December 2007