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(Solar Metrology: Halbrook, NY) -- Solar Metrology expands its SMX XRF tool portfolio for film composition and thickness measurement of CIGS photovoltaic depositions with the addition of the System SMX-Remote static head ILH.
Solar Metrology’s System SMX-ILH is an atmospheric in-line X-ray…
(Struers Inc.: Westlake, OH) -- Struers Inc. introduces its new state-of-the-art micro/macro hardness testing product line, the DuraScan. With its extensive features and benefits, the DuraScan is a natural complement to Struers existing hardness testers.
The DuraScan, designed in five basic…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology announces the release of PC-DMIS 2009 Minor Release 1 (MR1), an incremental update to PC-DMIS 2009, which was newly released in July 2009.
“The model of doing frequent minor releases represents the continuation of our new agile…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D, together with Trilion Quality Systems, is excited to announce the “Go Lean and Be Smart with 3D Metrology Techniques Workshop” U.S. tour.
Presentations from various industries focus on how optical 3-D technology is being used to improve quality…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced a new version of its popular MMQ 200 Formtester Cylindricity Machine with an automated T7W probing system. The T7W is a ±360° motorized bidirectional probe intended to reduce operator involvement and improve measurement capability…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- A custom gun grip manufacturer has substantially improved the quality of its products by using the MobileScan HD portable 3-D laser scanning system from NVision to reverse engineer the original grips. In the past, the manufacturer used a coordinate measuring machine (CMM…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- If you’re watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important—especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution imaging. But new research1 makes it possible to scrutinize…
(Dickson: Addison, IL) -- Quality managers and others responsible for maintaining the integrity of temperature and/or humidity chart recorders or data loggers, can now download a comprehensive guide to all aspects of instrument calibration at www.dicksondata.com/calibration/calibration_order.php…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- The latest HEIDENHAIN ND 1400 Quadra-Chek digital readout (DRO) is designed specifically for manual coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), and can capture two- and three-dimensional features with its measuring computer functionality. This intuitive DRO with its color…
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(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, the world’s largest supplier of metrology equipment and software, and Morris Group Inc. of Windsor,…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, the world’s largest supplier of metrology equipment and software, and Hartwig Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, the largest distributor of computer numeric control (CNC) machine tools and metal cutting…
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) -- Rockwell Automation announces the availability of its FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition (ME) software. This machine-level data historian is designed to help manufacturers mitigate the risk of machine downtime and reach continuous process improvement…
Maximum precision is required for the manufacture of medical parts—dental implants, spinal implants, and surgical instruments. Diener AG Precision Machining uses solutions from Carl Zeiss to fulfill and verify these extreme demands on quality.
Customers rely on the on-time delivery of…
(MFG.com: Atlanta) -- MFG.com, the largest global sourcing marketplace for manufacturers, today announced significant advancements to its online platform that are designed to create additional competitive advantages for manufacturers and suppliers of custom parts, standard components, assemblies,…
(Nikon Metrology NV: Leuven, Belgium) -- The corporate name of Metris has been changed to Nikon Metrology NV. Under the Nikon brand, Nikon and Metris will synergize their respective strengths with regard to technology, marketing, and services, thereby delivering innovative metrology products with…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Groby, England) -- For the first time in the world, computed radiography for weld inspection has been qualified and validated for inspection of steel pipes that are up to 3.5 inches (89 mm) in diameter. Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has…
(Cerritos College: Anaheim, CA) -- Cerritos College Economic Development in partnership with California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) attended the WESTEC trade show, the largest cutting-edge machine tool and manufacturing event on the West Coast, earlier this year. The college's…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Brown & Sharpe, a brand of Hexagon Metrology Inc., announced that it will debut the ONE Shop Floor CMM outfitted with the ScanShark 4Vix laser line scanning probe in Booth 16021 at the FABTECH 2009 Exhibition at McCormick Place in Chicago, from…
(Delcam: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam has added two new options for its PowerINSPECT inspection software. PowerINSPECT PartAligner can be used with portable inspection equipment to simplify set-up operations for machine tools. It is similar to the automated position compensation provided by NC-…
(FARO Technologies: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies, Inc. has introduced the FARO Laser Tracker ION, their latest 3-D measurement system.
The FARO Laser Tracker ION is the most advanced, state-of-the-art FARO Laser Tracker ever introduced. It is the most accurate laser tracker available…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced today it has acquired all the outstanding assets and technical intellectual property of Mahr Multisensor GmbH. Hexagon Metrology will reorganize the business, and has agreed to employ certain technical service, development and…
New River Kinematics Inc. (NRK) has recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility in Williamsburg, Virginia. The eight acre campus consists of two custom designed buildings that offer 20,000 sq. ft of space. The new location includes 6,000 sq. ft. of laboratory space specifically dedicated to…
(AICON3D Systems: Braunschweig, Germany) -- The countdown has started! On December 2, AICON will unveil all details about a powerful product at the EuroMold show.
EuroMold runs from December 2-5, 2009, in Frankfurt/Main (Germany). You will find AICON in hall 8.0, stand K55.
At the show,…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- As employers across the country continue to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many manufacturers are facing an ironic dilemma. As they eliminate positions—mainly repetitive, assembly type jobs—they still have unfilled job openings for high-skilled workers.
According to…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the addition of its new 3-D scanning and engineering services division to its existing 3-D noncontact-scanner business unit.
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