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(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, has released the 2023 CIMdata CAM Market Analysis Report (MAR), the 31st annual study of the global computer-aided machining (CAM) market. CIMdata estimates that, based on end-user payments…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek AC-operated LVDT position sensors often serve as a more reliable, precise, and cost-effective alternative to magnetostrictive linear position sensors in the monitoring and control of valves in power generation and hydroelectrical stations. Because power generation…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- New training technology now available globally from Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division leverages the power of its digital twins to help manufacturers train machinists and metrology specialists to use valuable shop-floor equipment. By combining hardware…
(AMETEK MOCON: Minneapolis) -- AMETEK MOCON, a global leader in precision gas permeation, package testing, and specialty gas measurement, has launched its new web store featuring custom pricing, a purchase history for easy reordering, and a simplified PO and payment process.
The AMETEK MOCON web…
(Fictiv: San Francisco) -- Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing, has release its eighth annual “State of Manufacturing Report 2023,” conducted in partnership with technology market research firm Dimensional Research. The report tracks decision-maker sentiment across hundreds of U.S…
(Atlas: Linsengericht, Germany) -- Atlas Material Testing Technology, a global leader in weathering and lightfastness testing instruments and services, has expanded the performance capabilities of its Xenotest 440 and Xenotest 220/220+ xenon-arc instruments to conform to major American testing…
(Mettler-Toledo: Columbus, OH) -- Andersen and Sons Shelling takes pride in doing big business with small-town values. Founded in 1904, this fourth-generation, family-owned-and-operated company produces a variety of tree nuts that are sold nationwide at most major retailers, as well as…
(Vici & C. S.p.A.: Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy) -- Arcoprofil, a machine shop in Schio, Italy, has found a dependable, efficient, and effective solution in the VICIVISION measuring machine.
The ease in the process of measuring with a VICIVISION not only streamlines production but also…
(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- Vision Engineering, a world-leading provider of innovative inspection, metrology, and digital 3D visualization solutions, announces the launch of a third generation of ergonomic optical stereo microscopes.
The new Mantis range (PIXO, ERGO, and IOTA)…
(Creaform: Lévis, QC, Canada) -- Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK Inc. and a world leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, has launched VXelements 11, a much-anticipated upgrade with impressive new features and increased performance levels.
The biggest change in…
(AMETEK MOCON: Minneapolis) -- AMETEK MOCON, a global leader in permeation instruments, testing, and services, continues to expand its portfolio of permeation analyzers. The OX-TRAN 2/28 is now an instrument series with the introduction of the new HR model.
In 2020, AMETEK MOCON introduced the 2/…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Do you know Benchy the Boat? NIST researchers certainly do, and the 3D-printing design is helping them make waves with a technique called vat photopolymerization.
To start off, Benchy (a nickname for “benchmark”) isn’t a NIST original work of art. More commonly referred…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Rising…
It’s tempting to attribute the increased profile now given to occupational health and safety (OH&S) to the Covid-19 pandemic. But while the pandemic focused a spotlight on OH&S management in many organizations, there are other issues that will keep OH&S at the fore throughout the next…
(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, which provides a powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, announces the latest version of its Variant Management application. This application delivers capabilities designed to manage product platform variability on…
(PBC Linear: Roscoe, IL) -- PBC Linear (Pacific Bearing Co.), a global leader in linear motion solutions, announces that its Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder, a CNC machine-feeding application kit that delivers and stages parts to be placed into a machining process, has received Universal Robots+ (UR…
(Canon Medical Components: Irvine, CA) -- Canon Medical Components USA-Digital Radiography, a global leader in advanced flat-panel detectors (FPDs), X-ray components, X-ray tubes, and innovative video camera technologies, introduces the CXDI-Pro Wireless Digital Radiography Series of flat-panel…
(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, unveils a shutterless version of its MicroCalibir long-wave infrared (LWIR) compact camera platform.
Developed and manufactured in Canada, the small and lightweight…
(Nikon Corp.: Brighton, MI) -- The Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corp. has developed a new filter that greatly enhances the contrast in images produced by its X-ray inspection machines. Aptly named High.Contrast Filter, its principal application is quality control of PCBAs (printed…
(CIMdata, Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a global product life-cycle management (PLM) consulting and research firm, has punlished an ebook that summarizes the results of a multisponsor collaborative research program, and highlights Eurostep’s perspective on the topic of digital threads. The CIMdata-…
(Nikon Industrial Metrology Unit: Brighton, MI) -- The Nikon MM series of industrial measuring microscopes has been periodically upgraded since the early 1950s, but never to the extent of the latest, sixth makeover.
The company announced that the MM-400N and MM-800N series measuring microscopes…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- For more than a decade, the LC15Dx laser scanner manufactured by the Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corp. has been a global benchmark for efficient measurement and inspection of manufactured components, especially those having complex free-form…
(SupplyOne: Newtown Square, PA) -- SupplyOne Inc., the largest independent supplier of custom corrugated and other value-added packaging products, equipment, and services in the U.S., offers secondary, end-of-line packaging solutions to meet new package configurations required by changing demands…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- More than 100 years ago, the hydropower industry, which today generates 32 percent of all U.S. renewable energy, was built using traditional manufacturing processes. But surging energy demand, higher material costs, and supply chain hurdles have led…
(Key Technology: Walla Walla, WA) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, has introduced its new integrated hyperspectral sorting system for chilled bacon bits. As the world’s only sorter that can combine near infrared (NIR) hyperspectral detection with color…
