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(NVision Inc.: Coppell, TX) -- Delta Air Lines uses the MAXOS noncontact measurement system from NVision in its contract maintenance operations to achieve the highest possible accuracy in overhauling turbine blades and vanes. The traditional method of measuring blades and vanes to determine the…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- In an environment of diminishing resources, growing enrollment, and increasing expectations of accountability, Bill Balzer’s Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes (Productivity Press, 2010) provides the understanding…
In appreciation for the invaluable efforts of H. James Harrington to improve quality around the world, the Australian Organization for Quality New South Wales Inc. has honored Harrington as “The Global Leader in Performance Improvement Initiatives.”
Bestowing this honor was a unanimous…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Creep-fatigue testing simulates the loading and temperature conditions experienced by turbine components of aircraft engines, nuclear reactor components, and fossil power plant components during service. With increasing need for cyclic operation during peak power…
(SEEBURGER Inc.: Bretten, Germany) -- SEEBURGER Inc. has announced SEEBURGER eKanban Asset Management, an end-to-end electronic kanban solution that enables fully automated replenishment of parts inventory based on consumption as well as enterprise resource planning (ERP) production planning…
(Creaform, Lévis, Quebec, Canada) -- Creaform, provider of 3-D technology and engineering services, is proud to announce the extension of its flagship product line of optical coordinate measurement solutions.
The HandyPROBE high-accuracy, portable, wireless coordinate measuring machine (CMM)…
(Sensors Unlimited Inc.: Princeton, NJ) – Sensors Unlimited Inc. has announced the new SU1024LDH2, a high-speed, digital line scan short wave infrared (SWIR) indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) camera. The second generation 1,024-pixel, high-speed camera features an increased line rate to more…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, is pleased to announce immediate rental availability of the Fluke 1550B Megohmmeter.
The Fluke 1550B is a digital megohmmeter capable of testing…
(Plex Systems Inc.: Auburn, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No. 1 rated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, has announced it will host the annual PowerPlex User Conference May 17–19 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan. The theme of PowerPlex 2010, “…
(Kinetic Systems: Boston) -- New Mobile Environmental Enclosures have been introduced by Kinetic Systems Inc. These mobile clean rooms provide for dust-free assembly, testing, and research. Approximately eight-foot high, units are equipped with clean room curtains on all four sides. The portable…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw’s new RMP40 touch probe combines ultra-compact size with unique frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission to bring the advantages of automated job set up and in-process measurement to a wide range of machine tools and difficult…
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It’s hard to imagine a discussion about improving health care without mentioning lean thinking, doing more with less, or striving for zero defects or eliminating muda or waste. The principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) are becoming embedded in the way quality…
(Random House Inc.: New York) -- This revised edition of Peter Senge’s bestselling classic, The Fifth Discipline (Random House, 2010), is based on 15 years of experience in putting the book’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run, the only sustainable competitive advantage is…
(Toyota, New York) -- Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater has announced the appointment of six safety and quality experts to Toyota’s independent North American Quality Advisory Panel, completing the panel’s membership. The roster of experts, with experience spanning the…
(Metronor AS: Nesbru, Norway) -- At the Control 2010 fair in Stuttgart, Germany, Metronor presents the new SOLOspin, the first camera-based coordinate measurement system with a 360° field of view, bringing the productivity and user-friendliness of armless hand-held probing to applications in…
(The QC Group: Minneapolis) -- The QC Group, a provider of quality-related inspection, reverse engineering, training, and staffing services for engineering projects, has announced that its QC staffing service is now available in eight states, and its 70-plus different training programs are offered…
(DALSA Corp.: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of machine vision technology, has announced the availability of a high-resolution model of its BOA vision system, a highly integrated smart camera that comprises all of the elements of an industrial machine vision system. The new BOA…
(Ophir-Spiricon: Logan, UT) -- Ophir-Spiricon, a provider of precision laser measurement equipment, recently announced the PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors that measure very low energy, down to 30 picojoules (pJ). Part of the PD10 family of high sensitivity silicon laser sensors, the new…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking commercial food transporters to follow new guidance the agency issued to reduce the chances of physical, chemical, biological, and other risks during transportation of foods while the agency reviews current…
Arrays of coupled plasmonic coaxial waveguides offer a new approach by which to realize negative-index metamaterials that are remarkably insensitive to angle of incidence and polarization in the visible range.
[Credit: Caltech/Stanley Burgos…
In today’s time-crunched, cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. And if you spend most of your time delegating, organizing, and hypothesizing instead of, you know, actually getting the work done, then it may be time for a little…
(Lattice Technology: San Francisco) -- Lattice Technology Inc., the standard for digital mock-up and technical documentation software in the manufacturing enterprise, announces the release of XVL Web Master v. 8.2—the latest update to its ground-breaking application for automatically creating 3-D…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS has upgraded the IT infrastructure that supports eSPC, the leading software as a service (SaaS) manufacturing quality control system. The upgrade provides superior redundancy, security, performance, and scalability to companies using eSPC to provide…
(EtQ Inc.: Farmingdale, NY) -- EtQ is pleased to announce its upcoming two-day event, which will highlight environmental, health, and safety (EHS) software solutions. Day one, to be held on Wednesday, May 5, at 1 p.m. EDT, will feature a one-hour webinar about the convergence of EHS and quality…
(Premier Inc.: Charlotte, NC) --With the industry deadline for the adoption of health care data standards rapidly approaching, participants in a Premier health care alliance project are seeing benefits in preparing for implementation that lays the groundwork for improved patient safety and health…
