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(INUS Technology Inc.: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology Inc. announces that Rapidform XOR3 is directly compatible with five leading computer-aided design (CAD) software applications. Rapidform was the first 3-D scanning software to feature direct interfaces to CAD, enabling users to scan…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego, CA) -- The SRM-3006 Selective Radiation Meter is Narda Safety Test Solutions’ second generation, hand-held system for performing narrowband analysis of electromagnetic fields. The SRM-3006 has the ability to provide results of individual emitters and…
(Artel: Orlando, FL) -- It has been said that time is money. In the world of life science research, whether at a research university, in pharmaceutical drug discovery operations, or in high-throughput screening labs, that phrase can be amended to “downtime is money.” With regard to today’s…
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus is pleased to announce the introduction of new 10-meter long scopes for the lightweight IPLEX LX and IPLEX LT industrial videoscopes. With an effective length of 10 meters (32.8 ft) and a diameter of 8.5 mm, the new scopes are ideally suited for applications…
(CMS: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) is sponsoring its 26th annual conference, the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), in Reno, Nevada, July 12–16. The conference brings together measurement system users, developers, manufacturers, and researchers to present…
(DMSC Inc.: Arlington, TX) -- A training workshop on the Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) is scheduled for the week of April 19–22. This workshop will use the new DMIS 5.2 as well as the I++ Dimensional Measurement Equipment (DME) Specification.
Training classroom
This DMIS 5.2/…
(Emerson Process Management: Austin, TX) -- Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, applauds the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) unanimous vote to certify WirelessHART technology as the first global standard for wireless communications for industrial process…
(PTI Inspection Systems: Tuckahoe, NY) -- Seal-Sensor is the newest addition to PTI’s Seal-Scan line of noncontact ultrasound inspection systems.
“Seal-Sensor technology can be used in both off-line and online applications to inspect pouch seals and produce real-time results,” says Tony…
(Advantest Corp.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Advantest Corp. announces that it has successfully commercialized a new 3-D imaging analysis system, the TAS7000, which utilizes Advantest’s proprietary terahertz wave technology to perform nondestructive scans of targeted sample materials and deliver 3-D…
(GMT: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) -- Guindy Machine Tools (GMT) has expanded its coordinate measuring machine (CMM) product range by introducing the new GRANO 12 20 10 for larger components. GRANO 12 20 10 has a measurement volume of 1,200 × 2,000 × 1,000 mm. Its volumetric measurement uncertainty…
(NETZSCH Group: Germany) -- The newly developed Netzsch TMA 402 Hyperion is a thermomechanical analyzer that accommodates specimens up to 30 mm long and thermomechanical properties can be investigated under a force of up to three newtons. A built-in force sensor ensures that forces can be reliably…
(Veeco Instruments Inc.: Plainview, NY) -- Veeco Instruments Inc. announces the ContourGT surface metrology product family. Veeco’s 10th generation of precision, noncontact, 3-D optical surface profilers delivers up to 10 times the capacity and throughput improvements over other systems on…
(E Instruments International LLC: Langhorne, PA) -- The new Multical 2500 Secondary Standard Precision Calibrator is an exceedingly accurate, full-featured temperature, pressure, and DC calibrator. Its uses are intended for research and development, metrology, manufacturing, and calibration lab…
(Taylor Hobson: Chicago) -- Taylor Hobson, a global provider of ultra-precision measurement instrumentation, has introduced the Talysurf CCI SunStar coherence correlation interferometer that merges world-leading noncontact dimensional measurement capability with advanced thin and thick film…
(Extech Instruments: Waltham, MA) -- Extech Instruments, makers of the leading hand-held test and measurement tools, introduces the new EX845, a 1,000 A AC/DC CAT IV clamp meter with new METERLiNK technology and a built-in infrared thermometer.
Introducing METERLiNK
METERLiNK is an exclusive…
(Rapid News Publications: Tattenhall, UK) -- The organizer of MM Live UK 2010—the micro, precision, and nano manufacturing event for the United Kingdom and European micro manufacturing industry—is has announced the 2010 call for papers.
The conference will again be held at the prestigious and…
On May 20, measurement scientists and professionals worldwide celebrate World Metrology Day, established May 20, 1875, the day the Treaty of the Meter was signed. The treaty formed the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and set the framework for global collaboration in measurement…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. recently announced a new release of VisionPro, the company’s popular, hardware-independent machine vision software. VisionPro 6.1 expands operating system coverage by including support for Microsoft Windows 7. Other customer-driven enhancements include…
(Land Instruments: Dronfield, England) -- Land Instruments has updated its range of infrared line scanners with the introduction of the new high-speed, high-definition LSP-HD that takes thermal measurements across the width of moving products at high speed to build accurate thermal maps of a…
On April 1 Nikon announced that it had formed Nikon Metrology Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc. (Nikon’s microscopy and digital imaging arm business) with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009. In January 2010, Metris changed its name to Nikon Metrology…
(R&R Sales and Engineering: Grand Haven, MI) -- The R&R Fixture, a modular fixturing system that is designed for use with coordinate measuring machines, from R&R Sales and Engineering is the only modular fixture that can secure and hold your smallest parts with minimum contact and…
(Sensors Unlimited: Princeton, NJ) -- Sensors Unlimited announces a new mil-hardened, uncooled, InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) SWIR (shortwave infrared) video camera for military applications. Small and ultracompact, the high sensitivity SU320HX video camera is designed for use in military…
(A&D: San Jose, CA) -- A&D has announced the re-launch of the SV-10 and SV-100, its revolutionary advanced viscometers. By incorporating A&D’s tuning fork vibration method, the SV-10/100 outperforms other viscometers in precision and in the taking of difficult measurements, such as…
Individual boron and nitrogen atoms are clearly distinguished by their intensity in this Z-contrast scanning electron transmission microscope image from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Each single hexagonal ring of the boron-nitrogen structure, for instance the one marked by the…
(Lattice Technology Inc.: San Francisco) -- Lattice Technology Inc., the standard for digital mock up and technical documentation software in the manufacturing enterprise, is delivering key solutions to Thatcham, also known as the British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre, to enable 3-D…
