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Bede X-ray Metrology recently launched its wafer edge defect inspection capability that uses the company’s BedeScan defect-inspection system. The tool is capable of looking at process-induced defects on the surface of the wafer. It can also detect crystallographic abnormalities inside the…
Davis Inotek Instruments has signed a final purchase agreement with GE Consumer & Industrial to buy its instrumentation services unit, a calibration and repair operation based in Duluth, Georgia. The unit serves more than 1,000 manufacturers throughout the country.Davis Inotek…
The Mahr Group recently acquired Helios Messtechnik GmbH & Co., a German provider of noncontact and contact shaft measurement, and precision gages. The acquisition creates a new corporation, Mahr Helios Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, and will allow the Mahr Group to enhance its…
Davis Inotek Calibration Laboratory recently acquired Precision Metrology Inc. The acquisition of PMI, which is based in San Diego, will allow Davis Inotek to expand its ability to provide instrument calibration for manufacturers in Southern California and Mexico. This is the Davis Inotek’s…
Endevco Corp. recently formed a partnership with Global Noise and Vibration Co., a Korean company. “The partnership will allow Endevco to expand its Korean business opportunities by having Global Noise and Vibration Co. as an authorized reseller of Endevco products and services. “Global…
Metrology experts from around the globe will gather at the 22nd-annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference from July 17–21, 2006, at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando, Florida. CMSC is the only North American conference dedicated solely to those responsible for on-the-factory-floor…
Equipment Reliability Institute will host a training program for vibration and shock test fixture design on Nov. 14–16 in Las Vegas. The course is for test engineers in laboratories that perform vibration and shock tests in a variety of sectors. Steve Brenner, who has many years of experience…
Cascade Microtech Inc. recently received Electronic Products’ Product of the Year award for its L-Series Microfluidics Metrology System. The editors of the periodical evaluated thousands of products launched in 2005 on their innovation of design, the significance of their advancement in…
Equipment Reliability Institute will host a training program for vibration and shock test fixture design on Nov. 14–16 in Las Vegas. The course is for test engineers in laboratories that perform vibration and shock tests in a variety of sectors. Steve Brenner, who has many years of experience…
Hundreds of metrology professionals are expected to attend the International Metrology Interoperability Summit, March 28–30 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The goal of the event is to define a unified “technology roadmap” for dimensional metrology system interoperability, which will form the…
Renishaw recently started offering a special trade-in program for users of older Hewlett Packard HP5528 and HP5529 laser systems. The company will provide trade-in allowances when users upgrade to Renishaw’s ML10 Gold Standard laser calibration system. The upgrade program saves HP users…
YESTech Inc., a supplier of automation-inspection and yield-enhancement systems for the electronics industry, recently received the Service Excellence Award from Circuits Assembly magazine. The award recognizes companies that receive the highest customer service ratings in various…
Planners of the upcoming Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference are accepting papers for possible presentation during the event. The conference will be held July 17–21 at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Metrology specialists from leading manufacturers and laboratories are invited…
European researchers are hard at work developing wireless sensors that will predict when components will fail. The implication of such a sensor has broad implications for just about all sectors of the manufacturing industry. The sensor could theoretically reduce machinery breakdowns to…
Trace Laboratories recently acquired a new vibration testing system to expand its services in vibration and mechanical-shock testing. Its new Unholtz-Dickie T2000 Series vibration-testing system meets the high-G vibration- and shock-testing capabilities required by aerospace, automotive…
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology and Hartwig Inc., a machine-tool distributor, have expanded their partnership to allow Hartwig to distribute Zeiss products in the southeastern United States.Hartwig has been a Zeiss distributor since 2001, and its distribution territory used to extend…
Agilent Technologies Inc. recently introduced an innovative measurement solution that provides precise modulation measurements on the digitized communication signals found in the digital-signal processor-based radio transceivers used in cell phones, base stations, satellite and military…
Metris, a Belgian automotive and aerospace metrology-products producer, recently announced the simultaneous acquisition of LK Ltd., 3D Scanners Ltd. and Arc Second Inc.Metris reports that the acquisitions will allow it to offer fully integrated hardware and software solutions that cover…
The 2006 Measurement Science Conference will be held Feb. 27–March 3 in Anaheim, California. The event is expected to draw hundreds of metrology professionals from around the U.S., and will be held at the Disneyland Hotel. The conference will feature dozens of tutorials and workshops,…
Instron Corp. is now offering on-site temperature-calibration services for a wide variety of equipment. With more than 100 field-service engineers located all over the United States, the company offers temperature, force, speed, displacement, strain, and alignment calibrations. Instron’s…
Quametec Corp., a consultancy, proficiency-testing organization and training provider, has released a new course for metrology professionals.Quametec Trainer is a self-paced, multimedia training system based on the company’s popular ISO/IEC 17025:2005 uncertainty-analysis seminars. It’s been…
Leica Geosystems’ line of Universal coordinate measuring machine (CMM) products was recognized by the Chinese trade magazine Automobile Industry for its new technologies and manufacturing equipment for the automobile industry. It took 67 industry experts three months to select the winner from…
Intertek Automotive Services, which operates the first commercial automotive test lab of its kind in China, is now offering buzz, squeak and rattle (BSR) testing at its facility in Shanghai. The company uses a newly purchased MB Dynamics low-noise vibration system for the BSR testing. IAS is…
FARO Technologies Inc. has combined two of its top-selling portable coordinate measuring machines into a single package called the TrackArm. The new offering unites the FARO Laser Tracker, which has a range of up to 230 ft., and the Platinum FaroArm, a long-reach probe with six degrees of…
ENDEVCO Corp. recently partnered with Cambridge Vibration Maintenance Service to provide calibration and repair services in the United Kingdom. Endevco, a designer and manufacturer of dynamic instrumentation for vibration, shock and pressure measurement, has many U.K.-based clients in the aerospace…
