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AS9102 Certification: What It Is, Who Needs It and Why It's Important The defense and aerospace industries have numerous standards in place to protect spacecraft, aircraft and travelers. Many of these standards begin as early [...]

AS9102 FAIR: The What & Why Quality assurance and inspection have always been key elements of the aerospace and defense manufacturing production process. However, as product parts become more intricate and customer expectations escalate, it’s [...]

Creativity is a necessity when you own or work in a product-based company. To keep the public engaged and excited to purchase the merchandise they love — or you want them to buy — manufacturers [...]

You can't compromise on quality in the manufacturing world. End users have expectations that their new car, medical device, smartphone or consumer good will function as it's intended to for the duration of its lifecycle. [...]

In engineering, both precision and accuracy are crucial to the safety of consumers. Manufacturers of medical devices, heavy machinery, automotive parts and aerospace components are aware that lives are at risk, and understand that quality [...]

For industries like aerospace or automotive, or other verticals that manufacture parts that are subject to rigorous testing and safety controls like medical devices or heavy machinery, the First Article Inspection (FAI) is a [...]

Increasing efficiency without sacrificing quality is an impressive accomplishment for any business, in any industry. With the high financial stakes and exacting compliance demands in industries like aerospace, heavy machinery and medical devices, realizing [...]

To remove images from an inspection sheet export, click the menu item BoC / Exclude Image Requirements. To add an image to a selected characteristic (like a weld callout), open the Characteristic Properties for that [...]

When finished with your ballooning, click CTRL and W to see what you missed. Balloon the missed item and change the balloon number for the proper sequence.

If you ballooned a print with incorrect tolerance, select the items to change in the BoC (Bill of Characteristics) and right-click and set to the new tolerances established in the Default Precision and Tolerances under [...]

For a more complete TDP (Technical Data Package), add a jpeg picture of the part you are creating or any supplemental information under the menu item TDP/Bill of Documents. Upload all the materials for quick [...]

Under the menu item Tools/Colors, click the color palette icon next to Balloon, Complete. Then choose your color. All balloons are the color you indicated and this is your new default.

DISCUS provides a special Excel validator to ensure compliance with AS9102 Rev B.  When you export to Excel, choose AS9102 Rev B Required from the Current Validator dropdown on the export to excel dialog.  Once turned [...]

Enter the letters to exclude, such as I, O and those letters are skipped in the grid