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(ETQ: Burlington, MA) -- ETQ, part of Hexagon, a leading quality management system (QMS) provider, has announced the 2023 winner and finalists for its annual ETQ Innovation Excellence Awards. ETQ customer Trane Technologies was selected for as the winning project submission, followed closely by…
(Heidenhain: Schaumburg, IL) -- Discover a single device that provides position feedback from both the motor shaft and gearbox output shaft of a robot joint: the Heidenhain KCI 120 Dplus dual encoder. Using robust inductive scanning technology, the encoder’s scanning head reads two separate…
(Witt: Witten, Germany) -- Reliable, fast, and user-friendly, the LEAK-MASTER PRO 2 from Witt tests the leak-tightness of modified atmosphere packaging. Now the leak tester is available with two new, larger chambers. This means that food producers now have four chamber sizes at their disposal to…
(Advanced Photonix: Camarillo, CA) –- Advanced Photonix, a division of OSI Optoelectronics and a leading provider of optoelectronics solutions, has introduced two new silicon carbide (SiC) broadband UV photodiodes for ultraviolet source monitoring. The APX-SC0010 features a 1 mm2 active area, and…
(Southworth Products Corp.: Portland, ME) — Southworth Products Corp. has announced a new program to provide fast delivery of several models of lift tables and other vertical lifting and positioning equipment by shipping eligible products in one week. The Swift Lift 1 program combines the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Buildings in the U.S. are generally designed to withstand the usual suspects: rain, wind, snow, and the occasional earthquake. Abnormal events, such as gas explosions, vehicle impacts, or uncontrolled building fires, aren’t typically a consideration. If vulnerable…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has awarded roughly $400,000 to each of its MEP National Network Centers in every state and Puerto Rico. More…
(RationalStat: Wilmington, DE) -- The global additive manufacturing market is estimated at $12.7 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of more than 18% over the forecast period of 2019-2028.
Based on a deep-dive market analysis by RationalStat, the global additive…
(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- Vision Engineering, a world-leading provider of innovative inspection, metrology, and digital 3D visualization solutions, announces the launch of a third generation of ergonomic optical stereo microscopes.
The new Mantis range (PIXO, ERGO, and IOTA)…
(Creaform: Lévis, QC, Canada) -- Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK Inc. and a world leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, has launched VXelements 11, a much-anticipated upgrade with impressive new features and increased performance levels.
The biggest change in…
(AMETEK MOCON: Minneapolis) -- AMETEK MOCON, a global leader in permeation instruments, testing, and services, continues to expand its portfolio of permeation analyzers. The OX-TRAN 2/28 is now an instrument series with the introduction of the new HR model.
In 2020, AMETEK MOCON introduced the 2/…
(KECO: Houston) -- As companies take steps to become more environmentally friendly, they must be aware that their carbon output affects climate change. KECO offers the CarbonHound CO2 Gas Analyzer as an accurate, cost-effective, and low-maintenance method to detect and measure carbon dioxide (CO2)…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Do you know Benchy the Boat? NIST researchers certainly do, and the 3D-printing design is helping them make waves with a technique called vat photopolymerization.
To start off, Benchy (a nickname for “benchmark”) isn’t a NIST original work of art. More commonly referred…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Rising…
When machine-learning models are deployed in real-world situations, perhaps to flag potential disease in X-rays for a radiologist to review, human users need to know when to trust the model’s predictions.
But machine-learning models are so large and complex that even the scientists who design them…
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- What do a student tinkerer in Bhutan, a design professional in Nairobi, and an artist in Brazil have in common? They’re part of a global community of makers benefiting from the Fab Lab Network, which provides the space, equipment, and training to make (almost) anything.…
(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, has published a new e-book, Imperatives as Automotive Industry Pivots to Vehicle Electrification.
The e-book describes vehicle electrification engineering challenges and the capabilities of…
It’s tempting to attribute the increased profile now given to occupational health and safety (OH&S) to the Covid-19 pandemic. But while the pandemic focused a spotlight on OH&S management in many organizations, there are other issues that will keep OH&S at the fore throughout the next…
(DEEPX: Tokyo) -- DEEPX, an industry-leading artificial intelligence semiconductor technology company, announced that it has received Vision System Design (VSD) magazine’s Innovation Virtual 2023 Gold Medal. This recognition confirms that DEEPX’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) IP, DX-GEN1, is one of…
(KYZEN: Nashville, TN) -- KYZEN, a global leader in innovative, environmentally friendly cleaning chemistries, will exhibit at Rematec 2023, scheduled to take place June 27–29, 2023, in Amsterdam. The KYZEN clean team will discuss METALNOX M6355 and M6324R, as well as the effective applications of…
(Configit: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- Configit, a global leader in configuration life cycle management (CLM), announced that its Configit Ace offering can now leverage product models more effectively during the design of configurable bills of materials (cBOMs) and support quotation processes more…
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs, a world leader in measurement, inspection, and test technologies, announces the acquisition of MeSys GmbH, a manufacturer of noncontact, nonradiometric systems for measuring surface weight, thickness, and moisture level in thin and flexible web materials.…
(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, which provides a powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, announces the latest version of its Variant Management application. This application delivers capabilities designed to manage product platform variability on…
(PBC Linear: Roscoe, IL) -- PBC Linear (Pacific Bearing Co.), a global leader in linear motion solutions, announces that its Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder, a CNC machine-feeding application kit that delivers and stages parts to be placed into a machining process, has received Universal Robots+ (UR…
(Sigmetrix: McKinney, TX) -- Sigmetrix, experts in mechanical variation management, announced that its latest version of CETOL 6σ tolerance analysis software, version 11.4.0, is available for immediate download. Tolerance analysis benefits businesses in many ways. It improves profitability by…
