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Michelle Paret, Eston Martz
Story update 8/27/2009: An error was spotted and corrected by author in paragraph starting with "The population mean for a six-sided die..."
Mark Twain famously quipped that there were three ways to avoid telling the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics. The joke works because statistics…
Minitab LLC
Story update 8/27/2009: An error was spotted and corrected by author in paragraph starting with "The population mean for a six-sided die..."
Mark Twain famously quipped that there were three ways to avoid telling the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics. The joke works because statistics…
FARO
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc. today announced a global reduction in force. This reduction is in addition to previously announced reductions of approximately 21 percent that occurred during the first quarter of 2009.
The reduction, effective immediately, affects approximately 8…
EMICS
(EMICS Ltd.: Nottingham, UK) -- Calibration is essential for proper functionality of machines used in the manufacturing sector. The entire production process is dependent on the accuracy of instrument calibration and there are only a few instrument calibration service providers who are capable of…
ASQ
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will offer a one-day conference titled "First Congress ASQ Mexico: Quality and Education" Thursday, Sept. 10, at La Hacienda de los Morales, Mexico City. The event is part of the ASQ Mexico office grand opening.
The event theme reflects…
Cognex Corp.
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has further expanded its range of inspection solutions for solar cell manufacturing processes. The new VisionPro Solar Toolbox includes preconfigured software tools for the most common vision alignment and inspection applications in photovoltaic solar…
Omega
(OMEGA Engineering Inc.: Stamford, CT) -- The OMEGA HHP350 Series smart manometer brings high precision and value to hand-held manometer users. Standard accuracy is ±0.05 percent full scale, including temperature effects, with ±0.025 percent full scale optional. Models are available for gage,…
Reliable Plant
(Reliable Plant: Columbus, OH) -- One week from now Lean Manufacturing 2009 kicks-off in Columbus, Ohio at the Columbus Convention Center. It's one of five co-located conferences at Reliable Plant 2009, Sept. 1-3.
More than 90 sessions, case studies, and keynotes
More than 100 exhibiting…
IPC
(IPC: Bannockburn, IL) -- Driven by its members’ needs, the IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that an IPC Solar Standards Committee has been formed and has begun work on standards for the poly-silicon photovoltaic (solar) industry, specifically the assembly of solar…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, highly sensitive, low-cost technique for measuring light…
Verisurf Software Inc.
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc., the leader in model-based metrology software, is continuing its commitment to expand the company’s presence worldwide by appointing David Olson as its new Director of Sales and Marketing. He will be building upon the company’s successful model of…
InnovMetric
On July 4, 2009, InnovMetric Software, the company that develops and markets the PolyWorks software suite, celebrated its 15 years of existence and successful business endeavors. Founded in Quebec City, Canada, in 1994 by Marc Soucy and Esther Bouliane, InnovMetric and its strategic partner Duwe-…
AICON 3D Systems
A new operational concept, extended functionalities, and faster data processing—these are the cornerstones of the new MoveInspect software.
MoveInspect is AICON’s optical system for the 3-D measurement of dynamic processes. MoveInspect has the unique ability to record any number of measuring…
Mobile 3-D-measurement technique ProCam for bus manufacturing
A vast number of varieties, multiple special customer requirements and a low level of automation are significant for the manufacturing of passenger busses. An automated control of individual parts and complete vehicles as part of the…
Greetings to all! Welcome to the eighth edition of CMSC World, the electronic counterpart to the The Journal of the CMSC, the official print publication of the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS). This edition comes as the 25th anniversary of the CMSC is still fresh in our minds. Held this year in…
Denise Robitaille
The final draft of the revised ISO 9004 standard is out for ballot. This means that it will hopefully be available before the end of this year. It’s radically different from the last version. For one thing, the title has changed. It’s now: “Managing for the sustained success of an organization—A…
PRTM
(PRTM: Detroit and Shanghai) -- PRTM, a global management consulting firm, is releasing the findings from its global study of more than 350 automotive suppliers to determine the winners and losers in the consolidation of the automotive supply industry.
Chinese and the largest global European…
Miriam Boudreaux
Even after many years of hearing the words ISO 9000 and seeing many organizations achieve registration to ISO 9001, there are still companies who are skeptical when it comes to going for ISO 9001 registration. For some, a misconception about the objectives of the ISO 9001 standard or a lack of…
Aviation Week
(Aviation Week: NY) -- Aviation Week, the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense (A&D) industries, recently released the results of its 2009 Workforce Study, which show a continued decline in the industry's workforce. Produced in…
Carl Zeiss Microscopy
(Carl Zeiss: Oberkochen, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis solutions, presents its newly developed line of corrected LIBRA 200 transmission electron microscopes (TEM).
Two different configurations are offered…
International Manufacturing Technology Show
(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- Despite the current economic conditions, show management for the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is committed to maintaining the high marketing standards the show has held to for more than 80 years. The 2010 marketing program begins October 2009 using many…
Lean Learning Center
(Lean Learning Center: NOVI, MI) -- The Lean Learning Center, one of the most recognized and premier providers of lean consulting and transformation services in the world, announced the availability of their version of The Beer Game - a new educational product to move a company's lean…
Baumer
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- For high speed distance and position measuring, Baumer has introduced the new FADK 14 Pulsed Red LED Sensor that offers resolutions of 0.1 mm to 1 mm at a sensing range of 50 mm to 400 mm.
The cost effective FADK 14 Sensors deliver highly accurate measurements…
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his article describes a new solution for precise automated digitalization of large objects. The practical application is carried out with the help of a standard (imprecise) industrial robot, a near range on-line photogrammetric system and a 3-D White Light Scanner. The tracking system…
The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson
The sweet strains of a Puccini aria cut through the Saturday night clatter of the busy Italian restaurant in New York City, but it wasn’t coming from the aging voice of the Sicilian baritone, who was hired to belt out favorites such as “Funiculi-Funicula.” It was a soprano whose crystal-clear…
