(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces Gauge Marking Label—a simple and cost-effective means for machine operators to quickly identify gauge and inspection parameters and specifications.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc., developer of CAD, reverse engineering, and 3-D model-based inspection software, introduces complete manual coordinate measuring machine (CMM) retrofits that transform any manual CMM into a high performance 3D-model-based inspection system by adding the power of Verisurf X6 Software and new USB communications.

(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Purdue University’s Formula SAE team is utilizing NVision’s HandHeld laser scanner to pursue its goal of taking home a first-place trophy in the annual Formula SAE Competition. The team anticipates that reverse engineering data obtained by the HandHeld scanner will allow for a strong Purdue showing at the upcoming 2013 competition.

(3DX-RAY: Loughborough, UK) -- 3DX-RAY has launched its MDXi-200 X-ray inspection system, expanding its industrial inspection product portfolio. The new MDXi-200 has a compact footprint that delivers a cost reduction while increasing the effectiveness of process control for organizations performing X-ray inspection on production lines.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. and select resellers worldwide have introduced the 3DGage coordinate measuring machine (CMM). “The new 3DGage enables manufacturers to quickly implement lean model-based inspection right on the shop floor that yield real improvements in production and quality while reducing costs,” says Ron Branch, Verisurf product manager. “With these benefits it’s easy to see why 3D model-based measurement systems are revolutionizing manufacturing around the world.”

(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the new Brown & Sharpe TWIN-CAL IP67 calipers with an innovative built-in output connection, which are on display this week at Hexagon Metrology’s booth E-5202 at IMTS 2012, Sept. 10–15, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

(Bruker: Santa Barbara, CA) -- Bruker, developer, manufacturer, and provider of scientific instruments and analytical services, has released the new PeakForce Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) mode for its line of atomic force microscopes. PeakForce KPFM utilizes frequency-modulation detection to provide the highest spatial resolution Kelvin probe data. It builds on Bruker’s exclusive PeakForce Tapping technology to provide directly correlated quantitative nanomechanical data, which improves the sensitivity of the frequency-modulation measurement and eliminates artifacts.

(Meggitt: San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of sensing and monitoring systems that measure physical parameters in extreme environments, has announced the North American market introduction of its Sensorex SX41200 and SX41400 series: two families of rugged, gravity-referenced, closed-loop servo inclinometers and accelerometers. They are designed to provide high-reliability tilt or acceleration measurements within harsh environments, particularly those characterized by high shock and vibration inputs.

(Kistler: Novi, MI) --  Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has announced the North American market introduction of the Type 2516B, a rugged, handheld engine peak meter, designed to support the balancing and diagnostics of large natural gas, marine, and diesel-engine cylinder pressure cycles at speeds of up to 4,000 RPM with immediate on-site data evaluation and reliable, time-based combustion-pressure measurement capabilities.

(MOHR: Richland, WA) -- With the global fresh-produce market worth an estimated $675 billion, more than $100 billion in the United States alone, consumer satisfaction is an important goal not only for the fresh produce industry but also for the wider economy. Despite this, fresh produce supply-chain quality management has lagged behind other industries in the test and measurement arena, in part because test machines have a hard time measuring the taste and texture of fresh produce.