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(Delcam: Windsor, ON) -- Delcam has converted its Professional Services Group into an independent subsidiary, Delcam Professional Services Ltd. (DPS), as the first stage in a significant expansion planned for its process development activities. The new subsidiary also includes the company’s former…
Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, at tiny levels of detail. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Measurement systems analysis is an important topic in statistics and quality for engineering, manufacturing, laboratory practice, and business process applications. A new ASTM International standard, ASTM E2782—“Guide for measurement systems analysis (MSA),” covers…
(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- A large crankshaft measurement gauge for manufacturers of diesel, marine, and locomotive engines as well as mining, oil field, and power-generation equipment is being introduced by ADCOLE Corp., of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
The Adcole Model 1200–10 Crankshaft Gage…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced the addition of the Checker 4G Series to its line of vision sensors. The new Checker 4G offers Ethernet networking for remote setup and monitoring, PROFINET, PLC communication through Ethernet and IP, and the ability to save inspection images…
Success in the competitive field of nanoindentation measurement often hangs upon depth and load specifications. Competing nanoindentation instruments list resolution capabilities from the pico to the micro ranges. Unfortunately, these specifications are sometimes intentionally misleading. When…
(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine tool positioning accuracy (metrology) and its impact on manufacturing process capability and on-machine measurement. The three day session,…
(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -- Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) introduces the INVU pipe camera. The INVU is a handheld video inspection system designed for industrial and commercial applications. It is a unique miniature push camera system, with the rigidness of a…
Since thermal management is critical to heat sink performance, testing with Thermex temperature distribution film has become a useful design and assembly quality control check. Thermex, from Sensor Products Inc., is an economical thin sensor film that can be used in virtually any application to…
(Keithley Instruments: Cleveland) -- Printed and organic electronics are novel and unconventional technology that have the potential to change the world of electronics. Learn more by attending the one-hour online seminar offered by Keithley Instruments Inc. on Jan. 27, “Understanding Electrical…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, a global leader in liquid handling quality assurance, will present a workshop providing guidance on validation and optimization for the Tecan Freedom EVO Liquid Handling platform. This workshop, which will be held Jan. 31 during the LabAutomation2011 conference in…
(Johnson Gage: Bloomfield, CT) -- As a part of its continuing commitment to the aerospace and defense market, The Johnson Gage Co. will feature its industry standard and time-tested Thread Inspection Systems as well as a broad spectrum of new products in booth No. 1718 at the AeroDef 2011…
(Indicate Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) -- The Applied Dimensional Metrology Workshop to be held Feb. 16–18 at the Indicate Technologies showroom in Santa Clara, California, is a hands-on seminar where attendees will do the real work to collect data from physical parts and perform the…
(Vision Engineering: Surrey, United Kingdom) -- Vision Engineering Ltd.’s Falcon incorporates more than 50 years of optical experience in a high-accuracy, three-axis noncontact video measuring system suitable for shop-floor quality control and manufacturing inspection applications with a…
(Process Sensors Corp.: Franklin Lakes, NJ) -- Process Sensor Corp., a manufacturer and distributor of noncontact infrared temperature and moisture measurement instruments, announces its high-accuracy bench-type blackbody calibration source, design model BBS 1150, that features high emissivity of…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the U.S. launch of its new FD-Series Spectrodensitometers for the digital imaging market.
The spectrodensitometers will come in two…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Mettler-Toledo has announced an upcoming webinar in collaboration with Dionex Corp. that will describe a unique, automated approach to linearity testing to shorten workflow and reduce error rate. The sample preparation process will be discussed as…
(Measurement Systems International: Seattle, WA) -- A chemical processing facility wanted to integrate data from a crane scale to its programmable logic controller (PLC) system and structured query language (SQL) server. A secondary goal was to provide real-time access to the scale data from…
For website owners and bloggers, there is a new widget from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that will keep web pages right on time.
Web “widgets” are small application programs designed to be run inside web pages. The NIST time widget, created by engineer Andrew…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D has released the GOM ATOS Triple Scan series of 3-D scanners incorporating blue LED light-source technology and new pattern projection techniques.
ATOS is known for its accuracy, speed, and configuration flexibility, and supports small to extra-large…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has introduced a new MarCheck measuring and evaluation unit for its high-precision Linear 100 universal length-measuring instrument. MarCheck allows both measurements and calibrations to be performed quickly and reliably at the touch of a button.…
Is the expansion of the universe accelerating for some unknown reason? This is one of the mysteries plaguing astrophysics, and somewhere in distant galaxies are yet-unseen supernovae that may hold the key. Now, thanks to a telescope calibrated by scientists from the National Institute of Standards…
(VISIONx: Pointe-Claire, Quebec) -- VISIONx INC., a developer of software and systems for automated visual inspection and high-accuracy measurement, now offers the VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator in vertical configuration. In the vertical configuration, parts are mounted flat on the system’…
(Alicona: Bartlett, IL) -- Alicona is now marketing the IF-Portable (figure 1) and the Edgemaster (figure 2) for 3-D surface measurement. Both are based on Alicona’s FocusVariation technology.
The IF Portable is a mobile optical measurement system to measure form and roughness on larger…
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new technique that allows plasmon lasers to operate at room temperature, overcoming a major barrier to the technology’s practical use.
The achievement, described Dec. 19, 2010, in an advanced online publication of the…
