All News
(Mahr Federal: Providence, Rhode Island) -- Mahr Federal's Series 300P indicating snap gauges are an excellent choice for highly accurate and reliable measurement results on cylindrical parts with narrow tolerance ranges. The gauges are available in a variety of sizes with measuring capacity…
(AIT: Melbourne, Florida) -- The groom-to-be was showing the wedding ring off to his friends at work the day before the wedding when it slipped from his grasp and fell down an industrial drain. The drain had about a 10-foot vertical drop before it turned sharply horizontal. The groom-to-be had no…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it will award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for measurement science and engineering research. Approximately 20 to 60 awards, lasting from one to three years,…
Baldrige award medallion.
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Seventy organizations have taken the first step toward the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for innovation and performance excellence.…
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, Michigan) -- Wenzel Gear Tec displayed its new compact INOVA gear measuring machine (GMM) for the first time at the Control Exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany, in May 2009.
INOVA is a new gear measuring machine design where the Z-axis with integral rotary table are…
(Quality Digest: June 2, 2009) -- Chicago may or may not host the 2016 Summer Olympics, but the Windy City will serve as the location for the 2009 Artel Pipette Olympics. Not a sport for the overly caffeinated, the Pipette Olympics will be held at Artel's booth at the The Clinical Lab Exposition…
(AMETEK: Largo, Florida) -- The JOFRA DTI-050 digital temperature indicator from AMETEK Calibration Instruments offers a measurement accuracy to +0.012˚C (+0.021˚F). Combined with a JOFRA STS-100 or STS-050 temperature reference sensor, the DTI-050 temperature indicator is the perfect reference…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an ultra-black, multiwalled carbon nanotube coating that can be sprayed on to a substrate such as copper. The rugged coating can withstand high temperatures without melting or oxidizing. One of the first applications for the…
(New River Kinematics Inc.: Williamsburg, Virginia) -- New River Kinematics, producer of SpatialAnalyzer (SA), increased its first quarter revenue 54 percent above first quarter 2008 revenues. This trend continues the company’s strong growth of recent years. The company’s annual revenues…
(Delcam International Inc.: Windsor, Ontario, Canada) -- Delcam previewed the forthcoming version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software at the Control exhibition held in Stuttgart, Germany, May 5–8. This new release of the world’s leading hardware-independent inspection software is…
(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, California) -- VERISURF X, the newest software release from model-based metrology pioneer Verisurf Software Inc., has become the company’s fastest-selling new product introduction in two decades.
The next generation ‘X’ version software package was first…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- At Control 2009, Metris launched the multilaser XC65D scanner that captures all 3-D details of features, edges, pockets, ribs, and freeform surfaces in a single scan. The cross scanner’s entirely digital operation boosts scanning frequency and drives intelligent…
Story update 11/08/2010: Terry Crippen is no longer with ATT Metrology Services.
(ATT Metrology Services: Issaquah, Washington) -- ATT is pleased to announce that Terry Crippen has joined the company as vice president of business development as of March 2009. Crippen’s primary role will be to…
(ROMER Inc.: Wixom, Michigan) -- ROMER Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, announced today the rollout of the OMEGA portable measuring arm, their most economical tool for multipurpose noncontact measurement to date. The product was demonstrated in the Hexagon booth at the WESTEC 2009 Exhibition…
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, Florida) -- FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging systems, has announced that delivery of a new generation of 3-D laser scanners will begin in the second quarter of 2009. Two new models, the FARO Laser Scanner Photon 120 and…
From our distinguished white paper presentations to the Exhibition Hall packed with state-of-the-art 3D metrology technologies, the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference always delivers a world class learning experience for our visitors each year. This five-day event is where metrologists,…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) -- A recent annual report submitted to ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) by the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) indicates that a number of ASTM standards have been adopted and referenced by JISM…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- In a tour de force of measurement science, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and issued for sale a new test material for calibrating quality control equipment used extensively by the polymer (plastics) industry…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has enhanced its VisionView operator interface with new features that enable more detailed visualization of parts, easier storage of failed images, and a PC display option. VisionView is a touch screen display interface for Cognex In-Sight vision systems that…
(Delcam International Inc.: Windsor, Ontario, Canada) -- Version 5 of Delcam’s PowerINSPECT software includes support for five-axis scanning with Renishaw’s REVO probe. This new release of the world’s most successful hardware-independent inspection software also features the ability to use…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) releases Laser Radar Driver 5.1 software to set new precision standards for automated, noncontact inspection of holes in large measuring volumes. Depending on hole diameter, Metris allows Laser Radar customers to reach accuracy and…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, Rhode Island) -- Hexagon Metrology (London, U.K.) has announced the acquisition of Technodigit SARL (Lyon, France), developer of 3DReshaper software, a software package designed for 3-D point cloud and 3-D mesh manipulation for reverse-engineering, rapid…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) -- Geomagic software has been selected by Team North American Eagle in its quest to set a new land speed record by reaching 800 mph. Project engineers will use Geomagic Studio software to digitally recreate the 56-foot-long Eagle vehicle for…
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, Florida) -- FARO, the world leader in portable 3-D measurement and imaging technology, announced that it has won the Defense Manufacturing Excellence Award from the National Center for Advanced Technologies (NCAT).
The National Center for Defense…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) – The United States has 1 million miles of water mains, 600,000 bridges and 4 million miles of public roadway. Experts have pointed to serious gaps in the nation’s ability to monitor these networks adequately to ensure timely maintenance and repair. Twenty-five…
