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(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) – Mettler-Toledo, a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its Excellence XP Balances for weighing operations in difficult environmental conditions. The Excellence XP Balances set standards in hands-free weighing and cleaning,…
(GE: Billerica, MA) – Rightrax HT, the latest on-line corrosion monitoring system from GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies, provides accurate and reliable wall thickness data of pipes and vessels and is capable of operating at extremely high temperatures. Corrosion monitoring is extremely…
(Navitar Inc.: Rochester, NY) -- Navitar Inc., a supplier of high magnification imaging optics for machine vision and biomedical applications, has announced the launch of its second generation interactive online lens selector tool, the Optical Wizard 2.0, now available at www.opticalwizard.com…
(Keithley: Cleveland) -- With Keithley's Low Level Measurements Handbook, you get measurement advice that's critical to making accurate, low-level measurements. Request a copy today, and Keithley will send you a copy in the mail and grant you online access at no charge.
This 200+ page handbook…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Cameron Compression Systems used NVision HandHeld laser scanners to produce a solid model of an existing large engine in one-tenth of the time that would have been required using conventional methods.
“It would have taken several years to re-engineer the large diesel…
(Nikon Instruments Inc.: Melville, NY) -- Nikon Instruments Inc. recently announced the availability of the iNEXIV VMA Automeasure Version 2.5 software specifically designed for the iNEXIV VMA-2520 multisensor measuring system. Built on the VMA Automeasure platform, the update significantly…
(MicroDynamics: Woodstock, GA) -- MicroDynamics announces the release of the new MD-MicroQC, a lightweight, durable surface inspection microscope. This advanced system design, "provides for enhanced performance, reliable results and the versatility to adapt to different production environments,"…
(Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium: Arlington, TX) -- The new DMIS Output Tools are inexpensive and easy-to-use reporting tools. The DMIS Output Tools application offers a simple set of data reporting and export capabilities based on standard DMIS output files.
Its key features…
(Society of Manufacturing Engineers: Dearborn, MI) -- Be sure to mark May 18–20, 2010, on your calendar. That's the date for RAPID, North America's largest annual rapid and additive manufacturing conference and exposition. The event will be held at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.…
(ITC: New York) -- Register for the International Test Conference and make your online hotel reservations. Test Week events will be held Nov. 1-6, 2009, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
Mark your calendar and plan to join us at ITC Test Week 2009 as we celebrate our 40th…
(Onset, Bourne, MA) -- Onset, a supplier of data loggers, recently announced the HOBO Measurement & Verification System, a portable energy logging system for measuring, analyzing, and documenting building energy performance.
The self-contained system makes it convenient and economical for…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw's new FASTRACK linear encoder scale system brings high accuracy, stainless steel construction, and quick, easy installation to large, sectional machines used in flat-panel display and photovoltaic manufacturing applications, as well as large coordinate…
On October 8, the federal government arrested three people in Southern California on suspicion of selling counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) used in the manufacture of electronic devices to the U.S. Navy. The government executed search warrants at three business locations, two residences, and a…
(EDL: Danville, VA) -- EDL's new thermocouple compensated mini-grabbers provide a continuous thermocouple connection from bare wires to the measuring instruments without attaching plugs. These connectors will save time and improve the accuracy of your measurements.
Stop making thermocouple…
(Toshiba Teli America Inc.: Irvine, CA) -- The CS9501 from Toshiba Teli America Inc. is one of the world's smallest cameras. The ultracompact 1/6-inch CCD camera head measures a mere 7 mm in diameter and weighs 3 grams.
About the size of a pen cap, the camera head with its integrated three-…
(Keithley Instruments Inc.: Cleveland) -- The metrology services organization at Keithley Instruments Inc., a provider of advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has expanded the scope of its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation with the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA…
Note: "When this announcement from Fluke says "Big Game" it really does mean "Superbowl XLIV." The NFL apparently gets sue-happy when companies use the term "Superbowl," so the legal team at Fluke opted to use "Big Game." A spokesperson from Fluke assures us that the winner of the contest will…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- In a nondescript village, somewhere in the world, the residents take old, discarded circuit assemblies, strip and clean the components, then remark and repackage them for sale as new.
In many cases, the entire economy of the village is based on creating these…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. launches the Niton XL2 Series handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer as the newest member of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton alloy analyzers. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world’s leading manufacturer of handheld…
(R&R Sales & Engineering: Grand Haven, MI) -- New R&R Modular Fixtures make coordinate measuring machines and vision systems more productive. No more wasting time and money with cumbersome part set-ups that can actually take more time than checking the part itself. R&R Fixture set-…
(Cooper Instruments and Systems: Warrenton, VA) -- Cooper Instruments and Systems has recently introduced a line of portable hydraulic compression and tension test stands called the T-Rex System. This line of rugged and flexible hydraulic compression and tension test stands has been expanded to…
(Hexagon Metrology: London) -- Hexagon Metrology recently announced the immediate availability of improved GLOBAL coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) by the DEA brand. Thanks to the ScanPlus optimization program, continuous scanning becomes even more accurate, reliable, and faster over the…
(Tektronix Inc.: Beaverton, OR) -- Tektronix Inc., a worldwide provider of test, measurement, and monitoring instrumentation, recently announced the DMM4000 Series of 5.5 digit and 6.5 digit resolution digital multimeters (DMM) designed to help engineers debug complex electronics and validate…
(Werth Messtechnik GmbH: Old Saybrook, CT) -- With the newly developed ScopeCheck MB Werth Messtechnik GmbH presents a multisensor coordinate measuring machine for the precise measurement of large-volume components in the shop-floor environment.
The measuring range of this series is up to 800…
(GKS: Minneapolis) -- GKS Scanning Services is seeking partnerships with surveying and civil engineering firms that want to offer 3-D laser scanning to their customers. Many of these firms see the benefit of 3-D scanning but have not yet incorporated this complementary technology due to its high…
