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(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing two new bore alignment accessories for the popular Laser Microgage line. Developed for a large shipyard installing drive shafts, these new mounts can accommodate bore diameters as large as three feet and as small as 2.5…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, has announced a series of seminars to showcase the company’s expanding capabilities in food safety testing. The seminar program will take place across Europe May 11–13 and May 18–20. The…
(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- Vision Engineering will be showcasing their new and exciting products at MACH 2010, June 7–11, in Birmingham, United Kingdom, including the new Falcon video measuring solution with computer numeric controlled (CNC) option, and the Mantis Elite-Cam—an award…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- AICON has launched the unique MI.Probe which combines extraordinary design with technical finesse, and is easy to handle at the same time.
The MI.Probe works in combination with AICON’s portable coordinate measuring machine MoveInspect. This measuring system…
(Global Test Supply: Wilmington, NC) -- Global Test Supply recently announced a strategic reseller partnership with LeCroy Corp., a leading provider of oscilloscopes and other test and measurement products used to design and test a wide range of electronic devices.
GlobalTestSupply.com will…
(Donnelly: Alexandria, MN) -- Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Co., a leader in short-run injection molding, has invested in a 3-D laser scanner to provide advanced inspection services, continuing its relentless quest to improve quality, precision, and turnaround services for customers.
By…
(Carl Zeiss IMT GmbH: Oberkochen, Germany) -- CARMET II from Carl Zeiss was developed specifically for suppliers and manufacturers in the automotive industry. This new horizontal-arm measuring machine is available in four sizes up to a measuring range of X = 7 m, Y = 1.6 m and Z = 2.5 m. It comes…
(Critical Manufacturing: Moreira da Maia, Portugal) -- Critical Manufacturing, a provider of leading edge software solutions for the high-tech manufacturing industries of solar, electronics, and semiconductors; and Op-tection GmbH, a metrology company located in Heinsberg, Germany, with innovative…
(LVMC: Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom) -- The Large Volume Metrology Conference and exhibition, hosted by Airbus, is designed to be informative, topical, and educational to stimulate further debate and to inspire ongoing personal development. This nonprofit and self-financed event…
(Carl Zeiss AG: Maple Grove, MN) -- Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology celebrated the official grand opening of the West Coast Tech Center (WCTC) in Irvine, California, April 6–7. Set up as a production inspection facility with metrology systems running in a process support role, the two-day…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, has released the latest version of its unique laboratory software, LabX 2010. LabX software is recognized for its unique approach to aiding the performance of laboratory weighing…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) — Hexagon Metrology introduces a new generation of ROMER portable 3-D measuring arms to the market. The ROMER Absolute Arm is the most accurate ROMER CMM ever manufactured. It is also the first measuring arm to have absolute encoders, a development that…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- With the introduction of the TT 449 tool touch probe, HEIDENHAIN brings to market its first infrared tool probe. Designed for use with numerically controlled machine tools, the TT 449 is suitable for applications where unlimited movements are necessary, such as with…
Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, recently announced the release of PC-DMIS Planner software. The toolset improves the flow of information between the design department, which designs parts in the virtual CAD world, and the engineering department, which manages the quality…
(Delcam plc: Birmingham, UK) -- Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC (KAAP) has been able to reduce machining times and reduce hand finishing by switching to Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system. The change produced savings both during programming and on the machine; the software that the company had…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced the release of PC-DMIS 2010, the latest version of its market-leading CAD-based metrology software. The PC-DMIS, developed by Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, is a family of software products covering a variety of…
(Cole-Parmer: Vernon Hills, IL) — A new series of i-LAB hand-held analyzing spectrometers from Cole-Parmer offers the convenience of portability. Weighing only 7.4 ounces each, the compact battery-operated instrument enables users to go directly to the sample source. For those who test water…
NIST physicist Sae Woo Nam works with refrigeration equipment used to cool photon detectors to nearly absolute zero. His team’s efforts have created devices that can detect single photons with 99-percent efficiency.
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Scientists at the National…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. introduces Advantage Image Engines, a family of programmable vision devices for original equipment manufacturers (OEM). Advantage Image Engines offer superior 1-D barcode and 2-D Data Matrix code reading, plus a full suite of industry-proven Cognex vision…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Dreieich, Germany) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, opened on April 15, a global food testing laboratory devoted solely to helping contain costly and life-threatening chemical contamination crises. The Food Safety Response Center,…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP). The new TIP competition offers cost-shared funding for innovative research on “…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) — Artel has unveiled its Multichannel Verification System (MVS) with several significant enhancements that provide additional capabilities for understanding the performance of automated liquid handlers. The Artel MVS now generates measurements—traceable to national and…
Researcher, Tara Lovestead, prepares a sample of meat (by excising a few milligrams) for testing with a new sampling method developed by Lovestead and NIST research chemist, Tom Bruno, that can detect trace amounts of low volatility compounds produced when perishable…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- In the past, free-form tubes were in demand primarily from the furniture business for design reasons. These days, demand is generated from all industrial areas. Consequently, more tube benders need measuring systems that take the particular problems of complex…
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc is introducing a new option in its proprietary Total Vu software package: customizable reports from Microsoft Excel templates.
For this option, Total Vu users can set up report templates in Microsoft Excel, specifying desired layout features. The user…
