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Serving Beyond QC

David DeVowe — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:32:22 +0000

The QC Group is all about serving technical experts. We are ever grateful to be able to serve an extraordinary set of clients.

This year, QC is reaching beyond the business to one individual that is without any resources. Without a home. Without a father. And without a mother. That person is one of the children listed on Reece’s Rainbow.

QC now contributes $1 for every sale we perform – to a waiting child with Reece’s Rainbow. The donation is used to help adoptive parents with travel and the many other related expenses of bringing that child into their family.

I’d like you to meet Yana. She is a child without parents that QC will help financially in the hopes that someone will choose to adopt her.

I would encourage you to read about Reece’s Rainbow’s history. They have been advocating for Down’s Syndrome children and other handicapped children for 5 years. In just 5 years, more than 500 children now have a momma and poppa to call their own.

If you would like to donate to Yana’s account directly, simply visit her page. We would encourage you to join us in reaching far beyond our work-space to help Yana find a home of her own.

CAD Files That Work

David DeVowe — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:16:10 +0000

Our engineering bins are full of projects preceded by CAD files that didn’t work. It’s an all-too-common experience. “The last time I had a company do this, they gave me a file made up of many tiny surfaces that I couldn’t even edit”. Chances are that customer never called back to complain. And then waited a long time again to try scanning and modeling on another project.

How can a bad experience with scanning develop into a positive, helpful one?

I’m faced with this problem almost daily. A bad experience with scanning. Do I dare try it again? Will it work for me this time?

A bad experience turns into a positive one not just from the right scanning technology, but more importantly what’s done with the data after the fact to create a file that’s going to work for your specific application.

We don’t just ask what kind of file you want.

We ask what you’ll use the file for.

We don’t assume that will be the last time you’ll need to use the file.

We ask how you might use the file in the future.

A CAD file that doesn’t function the way you need it to is worse than no CAD file at all. Because it wasted time and money.

QC Engineering is committed to getting you a CAD file that works. So you can advance your project with confidence.

Industry Experience Makes a Difference

David DeVowe — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:54:42 +0000

When it comes to providing value for 3D scanning, dimensional inspection, CAD modeling, Staffing, or Training – first hand industry experience makes a big difference. Listening to what the customer needs is paramount in providing a useful solution. Then listening to what the customer needs from a perspective of having been there for decades improves understanding and the value of the service provided. I’m not speaking of only having worked on different products. I’m talking about experts that have spent years designing, machining, debugging tooling, casting, molding – real hands-on experience for which there is no substitute. That’s the deep foundation from which QC’s experts listen to customer needs. Real-life manufacturing experience.

QC Group Relocation Improves Services

David DeVowe — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:24:01 +0000

The QC Group has long been focused on providing accurate inspection services as well as CAD geometry for tooling and the precision products tooling produces.

Celebrating it’s 25th year in business, QC has relocated to a new facility designed with the engineering and quality customer in mind. This new space enhances QC’s unique customer experience while expanding services in Dimensional Inspection, Engineering, Training, and QC Staffing.

QC Engineering has added part prep facilities to support precision scanning and now operates two shifts to optimize rapid response – particularly for precision manufacturers. From the facility, to employee experience, to equipment investments, QC Engineering has developed a unique capability to serve precision toolmakers and manufacturers with scan results that work the first time.

Finishing Our 25th Year

David DeVowe — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:02:10 +0000

One month from now QC will have completed 25 years in business – twenty-five years of quality. Remarkable changes have taken place in that time. Yet the company is celebrating 25 years right in the midst of making more remarkable changes. The QC Group will be relocating to new headquarters in Minnetonka, MN by the end of April. This is a complete new buildout of space designed specifically for a world-class Dimensional Inspection Lab, Engineering/scanning Services, and Quality Training. Of course our QC Professionals and Containment groups will be featured there as well. We look forward to inviting you in to participate in our celebration!

Looking forward to good things ahead,

David