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(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. has announced expanded equipment rental options for its bridge coordinate measuring machines (CMM), portable arm, and laser tracker product lines. Brown & Sharpe Bridge CMMs such as Global and ONE are now available in most…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Quality Digest and Musselman Pictures, in partnership with William Tandler of Multi Metrics, have announced the release of "SmartGD&T: An Advanced Beginner's Course." The DVD contains nine short, but information-packed, episodes on geometric dimensioning and…
(DeFelsko Corp.: Ogdensburg, NY) -- DeFelsko recently announced the addition of Bluetooth Wireless Technology to the popular PosiTector 6000 Coating Thickness Gauge. Memory models allow users to wirelessly transmit readings from gauge to a Bluetooth-compatible device up to 10 m (33 feet) away.…
(Frost and Sullivan: London) -- The European large scale micro metrology market is anticipated to register low growth during the first few quarters of 2009 due to the economic downturn. An upturn in the economic situation by the last quarter of 2009 is set to spur market growth with resurgent…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring its new MMQ 200 cylindricity measuring machine at Quality Expo 2009, Sept. 22–24, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, at booth No. 4725.
The MMQ 200 Formtester extends the capability of Mahr Federal's…
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a systematic analysis technique that facilitates the identification of potential problems (failure modes) within a design or manufacturing process. Problems can then be ranked in order of importance to prioritize improvement actions. These actions are…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, announced the release of PC-DMIS 2009, the latest version of its market-leading CAD-based metrology software. PC-DMIS 2009 is a family of software products covering a variety of metrology hardware platforms and…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could usher in a new…
(InterTech: Skokie, IL) -- Recession-strapped manufacturers and machine builders with applications requiring high-speed leak testing of parts from several cubic centimeters to several liter volumes can now integrate leak testing into test-intensive assembly operations with unprecedented ease with…
Bright Minds, a Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) mentoring program, provides a chance for students interested in manufacturing to get an in-depth look into the industry. Students are given the opportunity to immerse themselves in rapid prototyping, tooling, and additive manufacturing.…
(Vision Engineering: New Milford, CT) -- With more than 50 years of proven optical experience, Vision Engineering has packed massive technical capabilities into the new Falcon three-axis noncontact video measuring system, delivering performance you would expect to find on systems many times the…
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers presents a new book from Michael J. Termini, Concept to Customer: Portfolio, Pipeline, and Strategic Project Management (SME, 2009). Termini wrote Concept to Customer in response to the many questions from project managers and novices who have sought his…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Senior leaders from the three organizations selected for the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from past award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences on Sept. 15 in Milwaukee, and…
(AMETEK Calibration Instruments: Largo, FL) -- AMETEK Calibration Instruments has introduced the JOFRA RTC-156, its most advanced dry-block reference temperature calibrator to date.
With a host of innovative features and AMETEK’s long history of providing reliable, low-drift calibration…
(Leica Geosystems: London) -- The Leica Absolute Tracker is now equipped with PowerLock. This vision technology automatically locks onto any moving target without user intervention. Current laser tracker technology requires the operator to pay careful attention that the laser beam between the…
(Alliance Scale Inc.: Canton, MA) --A compact moisture analyzer that rapidly and uniformly dries a sample, performs automatic test measurements with high repeatability, and has an integral database is available from Alliance Scale Inc.
The Alliance-Ohaus MB-Series Moisture Analyzer has a…
(Dyadem: Toronto, Canada) -- Dyadem recently upgraded its Stature enterprise risk management platform. Stature 4.0 will enable Dyadem’s customers to make more informed and strategic decisions about the production processes and products they manage.
The Stature platform is built on the…
(GE: Billerica, MA) -- The CRxFlex is the latest addition to the suite of digital radiography conversion options from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. Reliable and versatile, the CRxFlex provides superior image quality making it the right choice for flaw detection in welds, cast parts,…
In response to what it claims was a misleading press release issued by Hexagon Metrology last week regarding an intellectual property suit, Xspect Solutions Inc. has added clarification and detail to some of the language used in Hexagon's release. A subsidiary of Wenzel Prazision, GmbH, Xspect…
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- For a range of liquid level detection applications in laboratory automation, medical devices, pharmaceutical packaging, beverage processing, and other industries, Baumer has introduced the FFDK 16 photoelectric level sensors, compact sensors designed to be mounted onto…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION Inc. announces a new standard API (application programming interface) that uses the Microsoft ActiveX platform to provide industry standard connectivity, linking, and embedding. ActiveX control is now built into PPT VISION’s IMPACT Software Suite 8.3,…
(Hexagon: London) -- Hexagon Metrology announced a litigation victory in its dispute over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets from its PC-DMIS inspection and measurement software, which is developed and published by Hexagon Metrology division Wilcox Associates Inc. The suit, filed against…
(Agilent Technologies Inc.: Santa Clara, CA) -- Agilent Technologies Inc., a leading test and measurement equipment manufacturer, has entered into a long-term agreement with Davis Calibration, a third-party calibration services provider, to provide high-quality calibration services for a wide…
(Bytewise: Columbus, GA) -- With more than 20 years of profile measurement experience, Bytewise now extends its product offerings to include a line of sensor products to solve everyday measurement applications for scientific and factory applications. The CrossCheck product line offers customers…
(InnovMetric: Québec, QC) -- On July 20-24, 2009, InnovMetric will be exhibiting at booth 310 at the 25th CMSC conference, the most focused annual event for close-tolerance metrology industry professionals.
As part of CMSC 2009, InnovMetric will hold a special event called "PolyWorks - Probing…
