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(Delcam plc: Birmingham, United Kingdom) -- Software from Delcam and support from AZtech have helped VMP Team Audi to a successful season.VMP Team Audi has entered into a partnership with Delcam’s South African reseller AZtech covering the supply of software, hardware, and support. Following…
(Multi Metrics Inc.: Menlo Park, California) -- Multi Metrics Inc., a global provider of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) technology, training, and support, recently announced the launch of its SmartGD&T Machine Shop Partner Program, delivering affordable, on-demand, GD…
(InnovMetric Software Inc.: Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software Inc. released an intermediate version of PolyWorks, its universal metrology software platform, in November 2007. With PolyWorks 10.1, InnovMetric significantly increases the productivity of its sheet metal…
(Metris: Leuven, Belgium) -- Metris has recently announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of X-Tek Group for the purchase of 100 percent of the X-Tek stock. The X-Tek purchase fits in the Metris acquisition strategy to strengthen its product portfolio with…
(Metronor AS: Nesbru, Norway) -- BAE Systems has awarded Metronor AS an additional Harmolign boresight system contract. The contract covers development and supply of a new configuration of the Harmolign boresight system for BAE Systems’ Hawk jet trainer. The system will replace a legacy…
(API Technical Services LLC: Newport News, Virginia) -- API Technical Services LLC is pleased to announce that it has formally started operations as of January 2008. API Technical Services is a new metrology services company, wholly owned by Automated Precision Inc. (API) and is based in Newport…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization and its partner, the International Electrotechnical Commission, have published a new guide on the vocabulary of metrology—the science of measurement and its application.ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007, “International vocabulary of…
(EOS: Krailling, Germany) -- EOS, a manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, has announced that the 11th EOS International User Meeting (IUM) will be held April 14–16 at the hotel The Monarch hotel in Bad Goegging, Germany. The annual conference provides participants with a platform for…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization and its partner International Electrotechnical Commission have published a new guide on the vocabulary of metrology, the science of measurement and its application.ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007—“International vocabulary of metrology—Basic…
The four images (taken with scanning laser confocal microscopy) show variations in surface roughness of an aluminum alloy as produced by increasing amounts of strain: A – 1 percent, B – 4 percent, C – 8 percent and D – 12 percent. Mark Stoudt, Joseph Hubbard and Stanley…
(ASTM International: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) -- Manual 56, Guide to Friction, Wear and Erosion Testing is now available from ASTM International. The manual, authored by Kenneth G. Budinski, is a resource for newcomers to tribology, which is the science and technology of interacting…
Metryx Ltd., a supplier of mass metrology equipment to the semiconductor manufacturing industry, has announced that it has entered into a joint development program with Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center (IMEC ) of Belgium, a leading research institute. The program is designed to evaluate…
(Artel: Los Angeles) -- At Death Valley for Mission No.3 of the Extreme Pipetting Expedition, Artel found that pipettes underdeliver by up to 35 percent in dry and hot environments. While volume delivery errors were partially reduced by prewetting pipette tips, underdelivery still persisted…
(Agilent Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, California) --Agilent Technologies Inc. and Multiprobe Inc. will expand the their strategic partnership. As a result, Multiprobe’s Multiscan Atomic Force Prober (AFP), the world’s highest-resolution nanoprober, will be sold and supported by Agilent to…
(Lockheed Martin: Herndon, Virginia) -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Lockheed Martin are working to streamline and speed the delivery of critical maps, imagery and other geospatial data to users worldwide. The Demand-Based Geospatial Intelligence (DBGI) program is an…
(Brunson Instrument Co.: Kansas City, MO) – Brunson Instrument Company is proud to announce that Ray Ryan has joined the company as senior metrology consultant. Ryan’s expertise is in assisting clients with the development, implementation, and documentation of solutions for their high-accuracy…
(The Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference Society: Redmond, Washington) -- The CMSC is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2008 conference in Charlotte-Concord, North Carolina, near Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the heart of NASCAR Country. The 24th gathering of the CMSC will be held at…
(Exact Metrology Inc.: Algonquin, Illinois) -- Exact Metrology Inc. has recently acquired Berding 3D Scanning, a reverse-engineering and laser-scanning services firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The acquisition further strengthens Exact Metrology as one on the nation’s leading metrology services…
(Creaform 3D: Levis, Quebec, Canada) -- Creaform is proud to present the EXAscan, a third-generation self-positioning hand-held 3-D laser scanner equipped with three high-definition cameras which produce very high scanning resolution and data-acquisition accuracy.
The EXAscan is a self-positioning…
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingston, Rhode Island) -- Hexagon AB has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of CogniTens Ltd., a leading provider of shop floor noncontact dimensional measurement solutions. The company will be integrated into Hexagon…
(Hexagon Metrology Inc.: North Kingston, Rhode Island) -- ROMER Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, has released the ultra-portable INFINITE 5012, a 1.2-meter (4-foot) model of its flagship measuring arm line. With all the performance and flexibility of its larger siblings, the 5012 excels at…
How are physicists helping to eradicate malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than a million people annually? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology helped a young company create weakened, harmless versions of the malaria-causing parasite. These parasites…
(Cogiscan Inc.: Bromont, Quebec) In collaboration with strategic partners, Fuji, Juki, and Siemens, Cogiscan Inc., introduced its RFID Smart Reel Detection system at Productronica, in Munich, Germany. The development project, announced earlier this year, uses RFID technology on reels of…
(Innov-X: Woburn, Massachusetts) -- Innov-X has installed two systems for online quality control testing of stainless steel tubes at Sandvik Materials Technology in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The FOX-IQ on-line X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer is a totally automated elemental analysis system,…
(Leica Geosystems Inc.: Atlanta, Georgia) -- The TPS1200+ Total Station introduces Leica’s most precise automatic positioning ever, along with several other accuracy improvements. Users can combine pointing accuracy with the convenience of robotic instruments. In combination with the new…
