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(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has launched the 2010 R2 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection software. The new release incorporates automatic surface inspection and the ability to use geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) data from CATIA models, plus improvements to the handling…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo introduces the new SWD440 dual-ended-beam weigh module. The SWD440 weigh modules offer good value for general-purpose weighing of tanks, hoppers, and original equipment manufacturer machinery. They use dual-ended-beam load cells to deliver…
Fluorescence microscopy requires an intense light source at the specific wavelength that will excite fluorescent dyes and proteins. The traditional method employs a white light, typically from a mercury or xenon arc lamp. Although such broad spectrum lamps can generate ample light at desired…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. will distribute Lasertec’s Optelics H1200, a real color confocal microscope with unprecedented color separation and high resolution. The two companies have agreed that Nikon will distribute the system in the United States and Canada.
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(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. introduces the Confocal NEXIV-K6555 with advanced confocal metrology capabilities that provide new measurement possibilities for demanding applications. The Confocal NEXIV-K6555 incorporates the latest Confocal, image processing, and Through…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss now offers the fifth generation of contact scanning with the new VAST Performance Kit. The kit is optionally available for the top-of-the-line PRISMO, CenterMax, and GageMax coordinate measuring machines and incorporates various elements of optimized…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. introduces the Eclipse L300N/L300ND, an FPD/LSI inspection microscope with an enhanced epi-fluorescence function enabling 365 nm UV excitation, optimal for inspecting semiconductor resist residues on 300 mm wafers and organic…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., global provider of portable 3-D measurement and imaging solutions, has released an accurate, break-resistant, spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) as a part of its newly expanded line of laser tracker targets.
The break-resistant SMRs offer…
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT introduces the first semiautomated (semi-AUT) ultrasound phased-array solution developed for corrosion mapping applications. This portable inspection solution comprises several components, including the OmniScan MX PA flaw detector, OmniScan MXU software…
(Veeco: Tucson) -- Veeco Instruments Inc., a global provider of precision instrumentation and metrology solutions, announces a new ContourGT Optical Surface Profiler configuration optimized for characterizing high-brightness, light-emitting diode (HB-LED) patterned sapphire substrates (PSS). The…
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Systematically implementing customer requests was the main challenge in developing the new ACCURA coordinate measuring machine. The result is a multisensor-capable measuring system that permits fast, economical, precise, and flexible measurements—primarily due…
(Exact Metrology Inc.: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology Inc. has opened a new office in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, Wisconsin. The facility will support the company’s rapidly growing contract measurement services business, as well as provide technical support and training to Exact Metrology…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Electronic test-and-measurement technology provider Fluke Corp. has introduced the 1594A/1595A Super-Thermometers from Hart Scientific, designed to combine accuracy, value, and innovative features for calibrating SPRTs, PRTs, and thermistors.
The Fluke 1594A…
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the new Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling, and many other attributes. This kit combines the features of a transit…
(UNITRON: Commack, NY) -- UNITRON Ltd. is proud to announce the introduction of its new 15854 LED Ring Light. Manufactured to fit any stereo microscope, they are ideal for observing circuit board, electronic, and highly reflective specimens.
Designed for the cost-conscious consumer, these light…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, announces immediate availability of the Teseq NSG 3060 6kV conducted immunity generator, which is designed to fulfill testing requirements for four ISO/…
(The National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA) -- To characterize subsurface oil plumes in the Gulf using novel technology and the latest in biogeochemical techniques, a team of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) embarked June 17 for a 12-day research effort in the…
(Autodesk, FARO: San Rafael, CA; Lake Mary, FL) -- Autodesk Inc. a provider of 3-D design, engineering, and entertainment software, and FARO, the provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announce their collaboration to add direct integration of point cloud data to AutoCAD 2011…
Swedish measurement firm Hexagon AB entered into an agreement this week to acquire U.S.-based software provider Intergraph Corp. The $2.1 billion purchase is expected to strengthen Hexagon’s position as a global provider of measurement technologies by integrating Intergraph’s CAD and geospatial…
(Creaform: Levis, QC, Canada) -- Creaform, a world-class company in 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce that the U.S. Navy has chosen to use the company’s Handyscan 3-D technology to scan submarine hulls.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, will be the…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME ) -- Douglas Scientific, a provider of high-throughput laboratory automation, has incorporated the Artel MVS (multichannel verification system) into its engineering and development process for its innovative Array Tape liquid-handling platforms. The Minnesota-based company…
(Seminars For Engineers: Madison, NJ) -- Seminars For Engineers announces, in association with Wyoming Text Fixtures Inc., the 2010 dates—Aug. 25 and 26—for its new seminar, “Test Methods for Composite Materials,” to be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Tampa, Florida.
Composite materials,…
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus NDT is pleased to announce that it has acquired Innov-X Systems Inc., a manufacturer of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analytical instruments based in Woburn, Massachusetts. Innov-X Systems instruments provide real-time, nondestructive material analysis in…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- Lockheed Martin has agreed to exhibit a full-scale model of its F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter during the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2010, being held at Chicago’s McCormick Place Sept. 13–18.
The F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- Education is paramount at the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC). This year, there will be four educational workshops, held in the afternoons. Topics include the metrology certification initiative, gauge repeatability and reproducibility (R&R), 3-D imaging, …
