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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Senior leaders from the three organizations selected for the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from past award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences on Sept. 15 in Milwaukee, and…
(AMETEK Calibration Instruments: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Calibration Instruments has introduced the JOFRA RTC-156, its most advanced dry-block reference temperature calibrator to date.
With a host of innovative features and AMETEK’s long history of providing reliable, low-drift calibration…
(Leica Geosystems: London) -- The Leica Absolute Tracker is now equipped with PowerLock. This vision technology automatically locks onto any moving target without user intervention. Current laser tracker technology requires the operator to pay careful attention that the laser beam between the…
(Alliance Scale Inc.: Canton, MA) --A compact moisture analyzer that rapidly and uniformly dries a sample, performs automatic test measurements with high repeatability, and has an integral database is available from Alliance Scale Inc.
The Alliance-Ohaus MB-Series Moisture Analyzer has a…
(Dyadem: Toronto, Canada) -- Dyadem recently upgraded its Stature enterprise risk management platform. Stature 4.0 will enable Dyadem’s customers to make more informed and strategic decisions about the production processes and products they manage.
The Stature platform is built on the…
(GE: Billerica, MA) -- The CRxFlex is the latest addition to the suite of digital radiography conversion options from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. Reliable and versatile, the CRxFlex provides superior image quality making it the right choice for flaw detection in welds, cast parts,…
In response to what it claims was a misleading press release issued by Hexagon Metrology last week regarding an intellectual property suit, Xspect Solutions Inc. has added clarification and detail to some of the language used in Hexagon's release. A subsidiary of Wenzel Prazision, GmbH, Xspect…
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- For a range of liquid level detection applications in laboratory automation, medical devices, pharmaceutical packaging, beverage processing, and other industries, Baumer has introduced the FFDK 16 photoelectric level sensors, compact sensors designed to be mounted onto…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. announces a new standard API (application programming interface) that uses the Microsoft ActiveX platform to provide industry standard connectivity, linking, and embedding. ActiveX control is now built into PPT VISION’s IMPACT Software Suite 8.3,…
(Hexagon: London) -- Hexagon Metrology announced a litigation victory in its dispute over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets from its PC-DMIS inspection and measurement software, which is developed and published by Hexagon Metrology division Wilcox Associates Inc. The suit, filed against…
(Agilent Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Agilent Technologies Inc., a leading test and measurement equipment manufacturer, has entered into a long-term agreement with Davis Calibration, a third-party calibration services provider, to provide high-quality calibration services for a wide…
(Bytewise: Columbus, GA) -- With more than 20 years of profile measurement experience, Bytewise now extends its product offerings to include a line of sensor products to solve everyday measurement applications for scientific and factory applications. The CrossCheck product line offers customers…
(InnovMetric: Québec, QC) -- On July 20-24, 2009, InnovMetric will be exhibiting at booth 310 at the 25th CMSC conference, the most focused annual event for close-tolerance metrology industry professionals.
As part of CMSC 2009, InnovMetric will hold a special event called "PolyWorks - Probing…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) --Geomagic, the world leader in digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) software, has launched a new online support center to more efficiently serve, support, and engage with customers and partners on a 24/7 basis.
“Geomagic’s support has always been…
(Labtronics: Guelph, ON) -- Labtronics Inc. announces the release of LimsLink 4.1 SP1, a service pack for LimsLink 4.1 users that delivers the latest updates and enhancements for LimsLink, Labtronics’ configurable solution for integrating laboratory instruments.
“At Labtronics we believe in…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- A leading aerospace manufacturer recently took delivery of one of the widest bridge style coordinate measuring machine (CMM) ever manufactured. Building on the 40-year heritage of the LK brand, Metris developed the gantry CMM, with a measurement volume of 6 m x 6 m x 3…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL ) -- Renishaw rolls out its new certified coordinate measuring machine (CMM) retrofit program at the 2009 Quality Show, offering several options to upgrade existing machines to state-of-the-art capabilities—including REVO five-axis, ultra-high-speed scanning. The…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Learn how to maximize your investment in InfinityQS by attending its third annual user conference. Infusion 2009 features a new three-track format to empower you with the tools and skills you need to help your business save time and money.
Hear from InfinityQS…
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. announces the new Leica T-Scan TS50, a hand-held laser scanner that interfaces with the Leica Absolute Tracker. The new Leica T-Scan delivers improvements that result in double the data acquisition rate, improve scanned point…
(Zemetrics: Tucson, AZ) --Zemetrics, an optical metrology product company founded last year to provide new concept surface metrology systems, has brought its first system, ZeMapper, to the precision engineering and R&D market.
The ZeMapper interferometric optical profiler provides three-…
(Capture 3D Inc.: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D Inc., the North American partner for GOM mbH optical metrology systems, has begun the expansion of their Novi, Michigan, facility to support their growing research and development, and sales.
Since 1997, Capture 3D has continued to aide companies…
(The Modal Shop: Cincinnati) -- ASTM E2001-8 -- “Standard Guide for Resonant Ultrasound for Defect Detection in Both Metallic and Non-Metallic Parts” has been revised and released. Standardizing resonant inspection nondestructive testing (NDT) across different organizations, companies, and…
(Carl Zeiss: Thornwood, NY) -- The new functions of the Axio CSM 700 confocal light microscope from Carl Zeiss enable materials scientists to measure 3-D topography over large sample areas with more convenience and flexibility.
For this microscope, Carl Zeiss offers a motorized scanning stage…
(ANSI: New York) -- Just one month remains to submit nominations for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)’s 2009 Leadership and Service Awards. Nominations are due by Friday, July 17 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
The awards are presented annually as a part of World Standards Week to recognize…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected institutions develop and implement a NIST measurement science and engineering fellowship program. The new fellowship program…
