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(Dazor: St. Louis) -- Microscope work can be very straining on the visual and musculoskeletal systems. Workers are typically forced to sit in one fixed position with their bodies conformed to the machine for extended periods of time. Worker discomfort coupled with less advanced…
(Keithley: Cleveland) -- Keithley is offering a free webinar on "How to Get the Most From Your Low Current Measurement Instruments," on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. EST.
This seminar is designed to cover the the basics of low current (from nA to fA) electrical measurements, including how to select the…
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Metrology NV announces the compact, yet versatile, XT V 130 X-ray inspection system that efficiently traces failures inside complex electronic devices and multilayer circuit boards.
To maintain highest quality standards in an environment of…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Periodic balance testing is an important factor in quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and established testing procedures are needed to ensure that instruments always perform to the required specifications.
Mettler Toledo’s GWPExcellence balance…
(Chene Canada Inc.: Montreal, Canada) -- Chene Canada Inc. is a service provider in the nondestructive testing (NDT) field who is currently assessing the market potential in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1988, Chene has developed a unique value proposal for companies who have NDT needs…
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) -- The corporate name of Metris has been changed to Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regard to technology, marketing, and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with…
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- To eliminate the problems associated with fluid leaking from tanks, pumps, vessels, trays, and other containers, Baumer has introduced the FODK 23 optical sensor for leak monitoring. The evaluation electronics for this sensor are housed in a chemically-resistant, IP67-…
In the fast growing market for wind power systems, quality assurance according to international industrial standards has become an important issue. Wind power plants are no longer a niche playground for environmental proponents, but a serious business where cost efficiency, life-cycle costs,…
(Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc.: Pompano Beach, FL) -- The Digital Pocket Microscope from Paul N. Gardner Co. offers up to 200X magnification, suitable for most quality inspection work.
The DPM contains a high-resolution color camera offering crisp, clear images. The integrated LED illumination can be…
(Qualitest USA: Plantation, FL) -- Qualitest introduces the latest addition to its hardness tester family. The QualiBrineller is an advanced load cell type Brinell hardness tester applying loads from 62.5 kgf to 3,000 kgf. The rugged design makes the tester suitable for production/shop…
(Micropelt GmbH: Freiburg, Germany) -- Aircraft maintenance will be easier in the future, with sensors monitoring the aircraft skin. If the sensors detect any dents or cracks they will send a radio message to a monitoring unit. The energy needed for this will be obtained from thermoelectric…
(Laser Design Inc.: Minneapolis) -- Laser Design Inc. announces that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has installed a Laser Design SURVEYOR WS Series 3-D laser scanning system in its Materials Reliability Division located in Boulder, Colorado. The fully automated, CNC…
(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO has just launched a compilation on CD-ROM of its entire collection of Technical Product Specification (TPS) standards, which are essential to manufacturing on a global basis, and provide a common language for product and contract specification, and other communication along…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO introduces the new G20 Compact Titrator, which combines simplicity and dependability in one instrument. The G20 Compact Titrator is especially designed for basic applications, and can be operated very simply due to the well-established, unique…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO introduces the new G20 Compact Titrator, which combines simplicity and dependability in one instrument. The G20 Compact Titrator is especially designed for basic applications, and can be operated very simply due to the well-established, unique…
(Capacitec: Ayer, MA) -- Capacitec Inc., a designer and manufacturer of noncontact capacitive displacement, gap, and parallelism sensing technologies for scientific and industrial customers, has announced the successful application of noncontact gap sensor systems within aircraft assembly, slot…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name. Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb—a tool for precisely…
(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics (EO), a provider of optical components, recently announced that it greatly expanded its line of TECHSPEC imaging and machine vision lenses, adding more than 30 EO designed and manufactured lenses including TECHSPEC fixed focal length and…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Groby, England) -- The hand-held DPI 620 advanced multifunction calibrator from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies now incorporates full HART capability, making it the only combined HART communicator and calibrator currently on the market. The…
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc Inc., a manufacturer of noncontact, precision measurement systems, announces the release of a new laser scan micrometer, the TLAser130s.
The TLAser130s is a compact, high-speed, single-axis model for wire, centerless ground parts, multistrand…
(Zemetrics: Tucson, AZ) -- Zemetrics, maker of innovation-driven surface metrology products, introduces ZeScope, a subnanometer precision 3-D optical profilometer for general and industrial applications. The newly developed metrology system is distinctive in offering high-resolution imaging…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler Toledo introduces a line of ultramicrobalances and microbalances to the current Excellence Plus and Excellence lines of analytical balances. The XP6U and XP2U ultramicrobalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg…
(DMIS: Arlington, TX) -- A new interoperability standard for dimensional metrology was approved by the ANSI as an American National Standard on Aug. 4. Through the auspices of the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Inc.’s DMIS Standards Committee, an updated version—revision 5.2—of…
(CyberMetrics: Phoenix) -- The GAGEtrak Calibration Label Kit allows you to create durable laminated calibration labels with your choice of bar-code styles directly out of GAGEtrak. This small-footprint, 360-dpi printer comes with power and USB cables, flexible label design software, and…
(Delcam: Windsor, ON) -- Delcam has added two new options for its PowerINSPECT inspection software.
PowerINSPECT PartAligner can be used with portable inspection equipment to simplify setup operations for machine tools. It is similar to the automated position compensation provided by NC-…