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In a finding that has met with surprise and some controversy in the scientific community, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have discovered a basic property that governs the way water and many other liquids behave as their temperature changes.
Liquids…
(SICK: Minneapolis)--SICK, a global leader in the manufacture of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification solutions for factory and logistics automation, has announced the launch of its W9-3 photoelectric sensor, a high-performance sensor in an extremely tough plastic…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) makes lab asset management easy. By embedding RFID tags into every model of Pipet-Lite XLS, pipette and tip manufacturer Rainin has taken lab asset management to a whole new level, transforming pipette management with…
(MVTec Software GmbH: Munich, Germany) -- MVTec Software GmbH is working closely with NVIDIA, a global leader in visual computing technologies, on developing a powerful new machine vision solution that dramatically improves the process of product inspection.
HALCON 10, machine vision software…
(Advanced Photonix: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) announces that its terahertz system, the T-Ray 4000, will be deployed on a factory line for quality and process control at a major manufacturer of extruded web products. This ground-breaking advancement in terahertz deployment is…
(GBMP: Boston) -- GBMP Inc. has released The e2 Continuous Improvement System: Managing and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation through the e2 “Everybody, Everyday” Approach (GBMP, 2011). The book details GBMP’s “lean-by-doing” process that uses continuous improvement to unlock readers’ intellects…
(Electro Standards Laboratories: Cranston, RI) -- The CellMite Model 4337 Digital Signal Conditioner with a 16-character auto identifying display is ideal for use with strain gauge extensometers used to test steel or with other industrial testing applications. The Model 4337 connects directly to a…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) – On Jan. 4, President Obama signed into law one of the most comprehensive changes to U.S. food safety since the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Food Safety Modernization Act gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related government agencies the…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published two new brochures aimed at the continual process improvement employed by an organization and its partners to develop international standards that provide benefits for business, government, and society.
ISO…
(American Management Association: New York) -- The American Management Association (AMA) has announced three half-hour webcasts for improving communication within companies. The webcasts are free and presented by business communications experts.
Empower Your Employees and Customers
Feb. 2, Noon–1…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Enabling management to verify that processes are being performed correctly and in an efficient manner, standardized work provides limitless opportunities for process improvements. So much so, that it has become a vital component of improvement efforts in lean…
(Invisual E: Toronto) -- Invisual E Inc. announces the offer of an in-process, real-time thermal scanning system as a tool for welding inspection and monitoring for continuous or batch processes.
Metal fabricators and tube and pipe producers are constantly managing material costs, yield,…
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) – FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, celebrates 30 years in 2011. With three decades of innovation to celebrate, FARO is having one of its valued customers, Paul Jr. Designs (PJD), build a custom FARO-…
(Riegl USA: Orlando, FL) -- Riegl USA announced the latest features for the RIEGL Software Suite. This all-inclusive suite is fast, cost-effective, and extremely user-friendly. No other third-party software is required to produce accurate geo-referenced point clouds for LIDAR with RIEGL equipment…
(The L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision tools and metrology equipment, is reducing the price of its 795 and 796 line of electronic micrometers by more than 25 percent. The line, which has been expanded with 15 new tools, offers a measuring…
(Brookfield Engineering: Middleboro, MA) -- Brookfield Engineering Laboratories Inc., a global leader in viscosity measurement and control, offers two hands-on courses that equip users of Brookfield instruments with the knowledge to get the most out of their viscosity test methods. These one-day…
(Paton Professional: Chico, CA) -- Compliance to ISO 9001 is vitally important for thousands of organizations around the world, and auditing to verify that compliance is imperative. Maintaining the knowledge and skills required to perform audits to ISO 9001 is no easy feat, though, especially…
(LRQA: London) -- Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Inc. (LRQA) has been accredited to certify the latest quality management standards specific to the aerospace industry, one of the first organizations to achieve this since the publication of the revised AS family of standards in 2009.
The…
(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…
(AMETEK Petrolab: Broken Arrow, OK) -- The MINIFLASH Touch is the latest addition to the Grabner Instruments line of portable flash-point testers. The new tester combines the field-proven advantages of the MINIFLASH tester line with a colorful touch-screen design.
The MINIFLASH Touch’s large…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America rose substantially during the third quarter of 2010. Overall, year-over-year growth hit 68 percent, up from the second quarter of 2010 at 60 percent and the first quarter of 2010 at 34 percent, according to a…
(Visual Workplace Inc.: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces the Visual Workplace Factory Makeover training DVD. This 30-minute video teaches employees how to eliminate waste by first removing information deficits—those missing pieces of crucial information that slow down a work…
(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…
