MxD AskDeb
MxD
Workforce
Welcome to Ask Deb from QA, a new column from MxD
Welcome to Ask Deb from QA, a new column from MxD.
Every week, Deb from QA with decades of experience on the factory floor will answer your questions to demystify and explain the digital manufacturing industry.


Please submit your questions to debfromqa [at] mxdusa.org ( debfromqa[at]mxdusa[dot]org )

NIIMBL workforce Development
NIIMBL
Biopharmaceutical, Workforce
SPIDER Network for Automation Training

Automated bioprocess test beds will be designed and implemented across three sites. Each test bed will consist of process S ensors and software for P rocess control, I ntegration, D ata analysis, process E volution, and R eporting. The test beds in the SPIDER Network will be used for training that addresses automation topics relevant to engineering...

NextFlex Workforce dev Sadie and Ryan
NextFlex
Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Workforce
The Top Ten Myths of Modern Manufacturing Dispelled by the NextFlex Engineering Team
A career in manufacturing is boring.

The perception that manufacturing means doing the same thing day after day, is wrong! In many manufacturing companies, there is a constant introduction of new products, new processes and new things to learn including the latest state of the art technology.

Manufacturing environments are old, dirty and dingy. ...
MxD Engineer Alex Garcia
MxD
Workforce
A Steady Climb from Burger Joint to CNC Engineers Chair

Alex Velez was working his regular graveyard shift at a Checkers restaurant in southwest suburban Chicago when he realized hed had enough.

The customers were rude. He hated the constant smell of boiling oil. And he was tired of the frantic hustle to fry large orders of french fries for last-minute parties.

So one night, from a corner of the...