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(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…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) — Hexagon Metrology introduces a new generation of ROMER portable 3-D measuring arms to the market. The ROMER Absolute Arm is the most accurate ROMER CMM ever manufactured. It is also the first measuring arm to have absolute encoders, a development that…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- With the introduction of the TT 449 tool touch probe, HEIDENHAIN brings to market its first infrared tool probe. Designed for use with numerically controlled machine tools, the TT 449 is suitable for applications where unlimited movements are necessary, such as with…
Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, recently announced the release of PC-DMIS Planner software. The toolset improves the flow of information between the design department, which designs parts in the virtual CAD world, and the engineering department, which manages the quality…
(Delcam plc: Birmingham, UK) -- Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC (KAAP) has been able to reduce machining times and reduce hand finishing by switching to Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system. The change produced savings both during programming and on the machine; the software that the company had…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced the release of PC-DMIS 2010, the latest version of its market-leading CAD-based metrology software. The PC-DMIS, developed by Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, is a family of software products covering a variety of…
(Cole-Parmer: Vernon Hills, IL) — A new series of i-LAB hand-held analyzing spectrometers from Cole-Parmer offers the convenience of portability. Weighing only 7.4 ounces each, the compact battery-operated instrument enables users to go directly to the sample source. For those who test water…
NIST physicist Sae Woo Nam works with refrigeration equipment used to cool photon detectors to nearly absolute zero. His team’s efforts have created devices that can detect single photons with 99-percent efficiency.
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Scientists at the National…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. introduces Advantage Image Engines, a family of programmable vision devices for original equipment manufacturers (OEM). Advantage Image Engines offer superior 1-D barcode and 2-D Data Matrix code reading, plus a full suite of industry-proven Cognex vision…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Dreieich, Germany) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, opened on April 15, a global food testing laboratory devoted solely to helping contain costly and life-threatening chemical contamination crises. The Food Safety Response Center,…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP). The new TIP competition offers cost-shared funding for innovative research on “…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) — Artel has unveiled its Multichannel Verification System (MVS) with several significant enhancements that provide additional capabilities for understanding the performance of automated liquid handlers. The Artel MVS now generates measurements—traceable to national and…
Researcher, Tara Lovestead, prepares a sample of meat (by excising a few milligrams) for testing with a new sampling method developed by Lovestead and NIST research chemist, Tom Bruno, that can detect trace amounts of low volatility compounds produced when perishable…
(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- In the past, free-form tubes were in demand primarily from the furniture business for design reasons. These days, demand is generated from all industrial areas. Consequently, more tube benders need measuring systems that take the particular problems of complex…
(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc is introducing a new option in its proprietary Total Vu software package: customizable reports from Microsoft Excel templates.
For this option, Total Vu users can set up report templates in Microsoft Excel, specifying desired layout features. The user…
(INUS Technology Inc.: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology Inc. announces that Rapidform XOR3 is directly compatible with five leading computer-aided design (CAD) software applications. Rapidform was the first 3-D scanning software to feature direct interfaces to CAD, enabling users to scan…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego, CA) -- The SRM-3006 Selective Radiation Meter is Narda Safety Test Solutions’ second generation, hand-held system for performing narrowband analysis of electromagnetic fields. The SRM-3006 has the ability to provide results of individual emitters and…
(Artel: Orlando, FL) -- It has been said that time is money. In the world of life science research, whether at a research university, in pharmaceutical drug discovery operations, or in high-throughput screening labs, that phrase can be amended to “downtime is money.” With regard to today’s…
(Olympus NDT: Waltham, MA) -- Olympus is pleased to announce the introduction of new 10-meter long scopes for the lightweight IPLEX LX and IPLEX LT industrial videoscopes. With an effective length of 10 meters (32.8 ft) and a diameter of 8.5 mm, the new scopes are ideally suited for applications…
(CMS: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) is sponsoring its 26th annual conference, the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), in Reno, Nevada, July 12–16. The conference brings together measurement system users, developers, manufacturers, and researchers to present…
(DMSC Inc.: Arlington, TX) -- A training workshop on the Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) is scheduled for the week of April 19–22. This workshop will use the new DMIS 5.2 as well as the I++ Dimensional Measurement Equipment (DME) Specification.
Training classroom
This DMIS 5.2/…
(Emerson Process Management: Austin, TX) -- Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, applauds the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) unanimous vote to certify WirelessHART technology as the first global standard for wireless communications for industrial process…