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(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the world’s largest machine vision trade association.
To earn certified vision professional status,…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
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…
(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…
(Solartron Metrology: Bognor Regis, England) -- The Orbit 3 Network and digital products from Solartron Metrology offers improved accuracy to 0.05 percent of reading, and increased versatility vs. the Orbit 2 product line. The Orbit 3 controllers and modules are 30-percent lighter, offer improved…
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing two new bore alignment accessories for the popular Laser Microgage line. Developed for a large shipyard installing drive shafts, these new mounts can accommodate bore diameters as large as three feet and as small as 2.5…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, has announced a series of seminars to showcase the company’s expanding capabilities in food safety testing. The seminar program will take place across Europe May 11–13 and May 18–20. The…
(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- Vision Engineering will be showcasing their new and exciting products at MACH 2010, June 7–11, in Birmingham, United Kingdom, including the new Falcon video measuring solution with computer numeric controlled (CNC) option, and the Mantis Elite-Cam—an award…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- AICON has launched the unique MI.Probe which combines extraordinary design with technical finesse, and is easy to handle at the same time.
The MI.Probe works in combination with AICON’s portable coordinate measuring machine MoveInspect. This measuring system…
(Global Test Supply: Wilmington, NC) -- Global Test Supply recently announced a strategic reseller partnership with LeCroy Corp., a leading provider of oscilloscopes and other test and measurement products used to design and test a wide range of electronic devices.
GlobalTestSupply.com will…
(Donnelly: Alexandria, MN) -- Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Co., a leader in short-run injection molding, has invested in a 3-D laser scanner to provide advanced inspection services, continuing its relentless quest to improve quality, precision, and turnaround services for customers.
By…
(Carl Zeiss IMT GmbH: Oberkochen, Germany) -- CARMET II from Carl Zeiss was developed specifically for suppliers and manufacturers in the automotive industry. This new horizontal-arm measuring machine is available in four sizes up to a measuring range of X = 7 m, Y = 1.6 m and Z = 2.5 m. It comes…
(Critical Manufacturing: Moreira da Maia, Portugal) -- Critical Manufacturing, a provider of leading edge software solutions for the high-tech manufacturing industries of solar, electronics, and semiconductors; and Op-tection GmbH, a metrology company located in Heinsberg, Germany, with innovative…
(LVMC: Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom) -- The Large Volume Metrology Conference and exhibition, hosted by Airbus, is designed to be informative, topical, and educational to stimulate further debate and to inspire ongoing personal development. This nonprofit and self-financed event…
(Carl Zeiss AG: Maple Grove, MN) -- Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology celebrated the official grand opening of the West Coast Tech Center (WCTC) in Irvine, California, April 6–7. Set up as a production inspection facility with metrology systems running in a process support role, the two-day…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, has released the latest version of its unique laboratory software, LabX 2010. LabX software is recognized for its unique approach to aiding the performance of laboratory weighing…
