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(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Philadelphia) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution at booth No. 2757 at PITTCON 2010 , being held from Feb. 28 through March 5 at the Orange County Convention…
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Following the announcement in late October of Metris becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon Corp. (and a name change to Nikon Metrology NV in Europe), the corporate name of Metris USA has now changed to Nikon Metrology Inc. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon…
(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology Inc. introduced the new MH 3D Scanner from Artec. The lightweight, ergonomic design of this hand-held 3-D scanner allows the user to easily scan target objects from any angle.
“Artec 3-D scanners are well known for their ease of use and the…
(KMSA: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the U.S. launch of its next generation color measurement instrument, the CM-5 Spectrophotometer.
“The CM-5 is an excellent blend of both…
(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will host the first ever Industry Inspiration Day as part of the Sept. 13 kick off for the all new IMTS Industry & Technology Conference. IMTS is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world, with thousands…
(Dolan-Jenner Industries: Boxborough, MA) -- Dolan-Jenner Industries of Boxborough, Massachusetts, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic components and fiber optic illumination systems that serve the microscopy, imaging, and machine vision industries, introduces the Fiber-Lite LMI-6000 LED fiber…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- There’s no denying it. Manufacturing is changing and in ways you probably never imagined: new economic forces, stiff competition advances in technology, demands to work lean and green, emerging industries, and global markets.
WESTEC’s been there. For more than four…
Several years ago Tifco Gage & Gear, a division of Delta Research Corp., was an exhibitor at the Gear Expo in Detroit. Like many exhibitors at trade shows, Tifco was also looking for some new equipment. In this case, it was new gear inspection capability. Because all of the major manufacturers…
(TÜV SÜD Canada: Toronto, Canada) -- TÜV SÜD Canada, part of the global TÜV SÜD testing and certification organization, announces the acquisition of a product safety business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Global Advantage International is a complete product safety and regulatory compliance…
(SICK: Minneapolis) -- SICK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, announces the launch of the Inspector I40 FLEX vision sensor. The I40 FLEX offers the fastest inspection…
(Keyence Corp. of America: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) -- The new IM-6000 Series is a revolutionary step forward in the field of high-precision dimensional inspection. Innovative pattern registration and pattern search functions provide simplified “place and press” measurement operation. The IM-6000…
(Ametek Calibration Instruments: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Calibration Instruments has introduced a new generation of hand-held pressure calibrators designed to meet high accuracy pressure calibration applications. The JOFRA HPC500 and HPC502 calibrators combine deadweight tester accuracy in a modern…
(Cybermetrics: Phoenix) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines validation as “establishing documented evidence which provides a high degree of assurance that a specific process will consistently produce a product meeting its predetermined specification and quality attributes.”…
(Solartron: Bognor Regis, England) -- Solartron Metrology has launched Wigauge wireless bore gauge (WBG)—the first in a new line of Bluetooth-enabled linear measurement and gauging systems.
The rugged, high-precision IP65 rated gauge is set to change the design of manufacturing workstations by…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO was approached by a leading gelatin capsule manufacturer to optimize its capsule counting system. With expertise in hard gelatin capsules, this capsule manufacturer also produces a range of soft gel capsules in a wide variety of shapes, sizes,…
(AirLoc: Franklin, MA) — Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are subject to floor disturbances from nearby production equipment, such as stamping presses, and forklift traffic, which affect the measuring accuracy of these sensitive machines. AirLoc provides isolation pad systems for smaller CMMs…
(Delcam: Windsor, ON, Canada) -- Delcam International Inc., a global specialist supplier of machining software, will demonstrate its integrated CAM system for SolidWorks at the SolidWorks World 2010 exhibition to be held in Anaheim, California, Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. The initial version of Delcam for…
(API: Rockvile, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. recently announced that its pioneering efforts in volumetric accuracy for large machine tools (VALMT) was recognized with a Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award presented by the National Center for Advanced Technologies (NCAT). The VALMT project…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- ASTM International Committee E07 on nondestructive testing has recently approved three new standards on phased arrays, polymer matrix composites for aerospace applications, and digital imaging. The committee will be meeting in Plantation, Florida, on Jan. 24-28…
(Aicon: Braunschweig, Germany) -- A separate measuring system for each measuring task; this philosophy is a thing of the past. Today, due to economic reasons, measurement equipment must be versatile. AICON’s answer to this requirement is the new system concept MoveInspect Technology for the…
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) — Nikon Metrology and Magestic Systems Inc. jointly introduce an innovative fabrication solution for increasing production of right-first-time composite parts that harnesses the vast capabilities of both Nikon Metrology’s laser radar technology and Magestic…
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) — Olympus, a provider of nondestructive testing technologies, is pleased to introduce TomoView v. 2.9—the newest software version of the TomoView ultrasonic data acquisition and analysis software suite.
Olympus TomoView is a powerful and versatile software package…
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- CalPro, from Cybermetrics, is a database of complete step-by-step calibration procedures covering more than 60 kinds of measuring devices—everything from gauge blocks to micrometers and calipers. CalPro is an indispensable asset for any calibration department.
Any or…
(XPRESS Precision Engineering: Eindhoven, The Netherlands) — XPRESS Precision Engineering B.V. announces its next series of tactile probes: the Heimen series. This range is positioned between ultra precision probes and standard scanning probes. The Heimen series combines the best of both worlds…
(LMI Technologies Inc.: Delta, BC, Canada) — LMI Technologies Inc. (LMI) announces the release of version 4.1 of their HexSight software for high accuracy pattern recognition and metrology. The new HexSight v. 4.1 software adds further support for color image processing and hardware acceleration…
