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(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems’ Transparent Receiver, which works with the company’s Microgage 2D line, allows a laser beam to pass clearly through it while making a precise position measurement for aligning machinery and equipment. The receiver is compact and…
Anyone involved with any type of management system has run across the term “preventive action.” It leaves many professionals scratching their head, wondering what a preventive action actually is. I must admit, the term and its concept can be quite confusing and abstract.
Webster’s dictionary…
(Coordinate Metrology Society: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the preeminent membership association for measurement professionals, has announced the extension of its call for papers deadline to March 18. The organization has received a record number of abstract submissions…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. has introduced FLOOR-Mark, a better alternative to tape and paint for marking floors and other areas of the workplace, quickly and easily. FLOOR-Mark is ideal for high-traffic areas. It features peel-and-stick backing for simple…
(Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group: Asheville, NC) -- America’s first instrumentation company, Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group, is proudly celebrating 175 years of manufacturing industrial instrumentation in 2011.
Originally founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1836 by James Foster, Jr., Palmer Wahl…
AMS 300i
(Leuze electronic: Hudson, MI) -- The AMS 300i distance measurement unit by Leuze Electronic Inc. can be used whenever position data of moving system components, such as in high-bay warehouses, are required. Its unique selection of industrial Ethernet, supplemented with all well-…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International Inc. has announced the launch of its new website, logo, and blog. The more user-friendly website enables visitors to quickly and easily navigate to find information that is most pertinent to them. The site provides a wealth of information…
(Gemba Research LLC: Mukilteo, WA) -- Gemba Academy is celebrating its second anniversary and the release of its Leader Standard Work course by bringing back the most popular promotion Gemba Academy has ever done.
Specifically, between March 1 and March 31, anyone who purchases a six-month or a…
It turns out that I am not the only one who has noticed that food regulation is sometimes a little, well, silly. The federal government recently “identified a mother lode of government waste and duplication” and decided that getting rid of it “could potentially save billions of tax dollars annually…
The business world seems fascinated with the story of how Toyota “invented” lean manufacturing. In actuality, Toyota did not aim to create this heavily marketed tool kit that we call lean manufacturing; the company simply did things “The Toyota Way” as they put it. Unleashing the innovative…
There’s no more vicious cycle than problems that constantly reoccur because there’s no time to stop and solve them correctly. Although we all would like this cycle to stop, managers can’t afford to let employees waste time with too much researching, and employees don’t always have the time…
With stakeholders that include the Palestinian National Authority, the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Armenian Apostolic Authorities, it’s hard to overestimate the religious and political importance of the International Project for Survey, Study, Assessment,…
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- Indicate Technologies Inc. and Greg Hetland, Ph.D., of the International Institute of GD&T present the popular Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Seminar series, April 11–15, to be held at Indicate Technologies’ Santa Clara Showroom in…
(Kistler Instrument Corp: Amherst, NY) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has introduced its Type 8763B triaxial accelerometer into North America. The Type 8763B is a miniature…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in serving science, offers a selection of handheld analytical instruments that is now among the industry’s most diverse, serving applications ranging from airport security and consumer-product testing to…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The creator of the triple-bottom-line concept is one of two featured keynote speakers at the first American Society for Quality (ASQ) Pathways to Social Responsibility Conference, June 16–17, in San Francisco. Also speaking is a noted expert in the integration of corporate…
(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Machine vision, a critical automation technology used for inspection, part tracking, robot guidance, and process control, will be featured at Automate 2011, to be held March 21–24, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
“Advances in machine vision have…
The USM Vision innovative, ultrasonic weld inspection system, from the Inspection Technologies business of GE Measurement & Control Solutions, allows nonultrasonic trained specialists to gather reliable and accurate pipe-weld inspection data, for subsequent remote assessment by a suitably…
Heather, a manager at a publishing company, prides herself on her extremely high standards, even jokingly referring to herself as a “perfectionist,” but she has difficulty meeting deadlines. During brainstorming sessions with her staff, Heather yearns to unearth new discoveries and innovations…
The average automobile has more than 80 dynamic seals that can fail at any given time, according to the Institute for Measurement and Sensor-Technology's paper, "Second Generation Lead Measurement." Failures attributed to leaking seals cost the transportation and power industry tens of millions…
There are people in every organization whose titles indicate they are leaders. Often, and unfortunately, their employees beg to differ. Oh, they don’t say it directly, not to the boss’s face, anyway. They say it with their ho-hum performance, their games of avoidance, and their dearth of…
(Accu-Sort: Telford, PA) -- Accu-Sort Systems Inc. will present several automated bar code system solutions that increase accuracy and reduce cost during the ProMat 2011 International Expo scheduled for March 21–24 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The solutions include reliable midrange laser…
(Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta) -- Seismologists have developed a new system that could be used to warn future populations of an impending tsunami only minutes after the initial earthquake. The system, known as RTerg, could help reduce the death toll by giving local residents valuable…
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva, Switzerland) -- A new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will help optimize individual monitoring and protection of workers exposed to radiation. It will also provide the technical basis for…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Before you can build that improved turbojet engine, before you can create that longer lasting battery, you have to ensure all the newfangled materials in it will behave the way you want—even under conditions as harsh as the upper atmosphere at supersonic speed, or…
