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(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, will be demonstrating its latest 3-D reverse-engineering and inspection software products throughout the SolidWorks World 2012, scheduled for Feb. 12–15, 2012,…
(CMSC: New Orleans, LA) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society, the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, has announced that its 28th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) will be held July 16–20, 2012, in New Orleans at The Roosevelt Hotel. The five-day…
(Meggitt: San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of high-performance sensing and monitoring systems for air and land-based machinery in extreme environments, has introduced the Endevco model 28959F/28959FV, a portable accelerometer shaker and calibration…
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the 430 Series II three-phase power quality analyzers, the first tools to use a patented algorithm to measure energy waste and quantify its cost. The 430 Series II helps…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Tecan, developer and manufacturer of solutions in the life science supply industry, has partnered with Artel the worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance to offer the QC Kit, a fully integrated performance verification solution for Tecan’s Freedom EVO liquid…
(Land Instruments: Dronfield, England) -- A new monitoring system for critical vessels uses thermal imaging cameras to provide higher measurement density than traditional systems based on thermocouples. The Critical Vessel Monitoring System from Land Instruments International, a unit of AMETEK,…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal, manufacturer of production dimensional measuring technology, will feature the addition of an economical and powerful skidless surface evaluation system to its MarSurf line of mobile surface metrology systems at Quality Expo Texas 2012, scheduled for…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 series. Winner of Photonic Tech Brief’s 2011 Reader’s Choice Product of the Year, the WLS400 white light series is available in both automated and manual configurations. Coreview 6.0, the latest…
(Vision Components: Ettlingen, Germany) -- VC Smart Inspect, the new vision sensor from Vision Components, the image processing experts, is an ultracompact and complete machine vision solution for a wide range of industrial applications. Featuring a 700 MHz processor with a computing power of 5,600…
(FasTest: Minneapolis) -- FasTest announces TwistMate AN Step connectors for calibrating flow transmitters on flow benches. TwistMate AN Step connectors simplify flow bench step tree connections by delivering fast, leak-tight, threaded connections without the use of thread sealant and wrenches, and…
(Mitutoyo: Aurora, IL) Mitutoyo America Corp. has released its new, High-Accuracy Digimatic Digital Micrometer, the first micrometer to offer 0.1 μm resolution measurement. Now high-accuracy measurement can be had in a convenient, handheld tool.
The High-Accuracy Digimatic Micrometer uses the…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- An emerging trend in laser scanning and building information modeling (BIM) comes from the adoption of repetitive scanning or ongoing project scanning. Here scans are taken at the very inception of the project, integrated into the model, and are continually taken to update…
(Boulder Imaging: Louisville, CO) -- Boulder Imaging, a leading imaging solutions company for machine vision applications, is releasing a new version of its Benchmark in- or off-line optical coordinate measuring machine (CMM).
Benchmark provides precise micron-level part measurement and…
(Uson: Houston) -- Quality engineers seeking leak-detection equipment that can be custom-configured to their unique test application requirements can now obtain a competitively priced and first-of-a-kind leak and flow tester from Uson, the Optima vT leak and flow tester.
Uson’s Optima vT includes…
(RheoSense: San Ramon, CA) -- RheoSense Inc., designer and manufacturer of analytical instruments and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor technology, has developed a viscosity test protocol for its m‑VROC viscometer that achieves viscosity measurement using only 20 µl (microliter) of…
(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Calibration, a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software, has introduced version 8.0 of its MET/CAL Plus calibration management software, the latest edition of the application suite for calibration professionals who need to automate the calibration…
(Newage Testing Instruments: Feasterville, PA) -- All Brinell optical scanning system (BOSS) units from Newage Testing Instruments now feature a USB connection as standard. This addition allows the field-proven units to be used with any desktop, laptop, or tablet-style PC while maintaining the…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- AICON 3D Systems GmbH, specialists in photogrammetry for industrial 3-D measurements, has opened an office in Plymouth, Michigan to support its expanding operations in North America. Headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, AICON 3D Systems has regional offices in…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology has introduced a significant update and redesign of its website. The redesign gives users a faster and more customized way to find the information that they need. Users will be given the option of looking up information either by specific product…
(Carltex: Nyack, NY) -- Carltex Inc. has introduced a new line of Microscope LCD Digital Tablet/Cameras that are ideal for any microscope that is used in education, industry, medical, and research and development applications.
Available in 2.0 MP (BLC-200) and 5.0 MP (BLC-500) resolutions, these…
(Photron: San Diego) -- Photron Inc., a global manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image-analysis software, has introduced the ultra-high-speed, high-resolution camera system, the Fastcam IS-1M. The 312 × 260 pixel resolution ISIS (in-situ image storage) CCD sensor system is designed to…
(Meggitt : San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of high-performance sensing and monitoring systems for air and land-based machinery in extreme environments, has introduced the Endevco model 2273A series, a family of radiation-hardened piezoelectric…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Light on physics and math, with a heavy focus on practical applications, Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies, edited by Krzysztof Iniewski (CRC Press, 2012), discusses the developments necessary to realize the growth of truly integrated…
(Paul N. Gardner: Pompano Beach, FL) -- Unlike disposable pocket-sized pH meters, the miniLab Pocket pH Meters contain a virtually unbreakable, nonglass silicon chip sensor that gives stable readings in seconds. Part of the H-Series family of nonglass probes, miniLab meters use ion-sensitive field…
(AMETEK: Peabody, MA) -- Technical Manufacturing Corp. (TMC), a unit of AMETEK and a global leader in high-performance vibration isolation systems, has released its comprehensive Resource Guide 12, highlighting the company’s expanded line of precision floor vibration isolation systems, optical…
