Hi Jerry --

As an ISO supplier quality inspector (working in Japan, mostly), I
have to tell you that you are right -- I have been VERY impressed
with the AOI machines I have seen running. I have sat and watched
them for hours to try to determine if they are working correctly and
doing what they claim to do, and I have been very impressed.

Cheers!

Dr. Warren Smith
Japanese-English Technology Services
http://jets.ne.mediaone.net

[snip]
|
| The inside joke (my original line) was that the machine was like
having a
| Lear Jet in your driveway - very good for impressing your
neighbors (the
| ISO auditors and customer visits) but not too useful for getting
back and
| forth to work (i.e., sorting our real defects). I was told that
our home
| plant production engineering staff thought that the "Lear Jet in
the
| driveway" line was the funniest thing they ever heard.
|
[snip]

| cheers,
|
|
| Jerry Cupples
| Interphase Corporation
| Dallas, TX USA
| http://www.iphase.com

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