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(ECM: Topsfield, MA) -- ECM Global Measurement Solutions has introduced a completely redesigned metrology services website. Significantly restructured and customized for easy navigation and application support, the new East Coast Metrology (ECM) site offers users the ability to research available…
(AMETEK: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK) -- AMETEK Solartron Metrology, a leader in linear measurement and dimensional gauging, has introduced a Bluetooth-enabled interface controller for wireless communication with the Orbit 3 network.
The wireless interface module (WIM) allows communication…
On Dec. 10, 2014, the MIT Technology Review ran a story titled, “How to Measure Planck’s Constant Using Lego,” based on a paper by NIST researchers posted to Cornell University’s arXiv.org site. (“A LEGO Watt Balance: An Apparatus to Demonstrate the Definition of Mass Based on the New SI.” Click…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw's new EZ-IO software for the Equator Flexible Gauge makes it easy for automation integrators to configure communications between Equator systems and a cell controller. EZ-IO software allows intelligent functions, such as automatic re-mastering when the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- As part of an interagency agreement between NIST and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), PML’s Radiation Physics Division recently completed a series of image quality measurements of a high-energy X-ray vehicle-screening system at a newly constructed port of…
(Bruker: Boston) -- At the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Bruker announced the release of the UMT TriboLab, the latest generation of the world-leading Universal Mechanical Tester (UMT) platform. TriboLab incorporates into a single, modular platform the full range of performance previously…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched PC-DMIS 2014.1, a significant update of the world’s most popular measurement software used for the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data. The new midterm software release introduces tools and…
(Mahr Federal: Providence RI) -- Mahr Federal has introduced MarVision QM 300, a new video measuring microscope with image processing capability, the flagship product for a new line of Mahr optical measuring instruments.
Designed for the measurement or dimensioning of geometric elements, the…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., developer and manufacturer of 3D measurement, imaging, and realization technology, has released FARO CAM2 SmartInspect 1.2, the industry’s first full-featured portable software for basic geometric measurements, without CAD, for laser trackers and…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies has released the new FARO Laser Line Probe HD. The power of the high-definition 3D scanner combined with the flexibility of the FARO Edge measuring arm creates the world’s most affordable, high-performance contact/noncontact portable measurement system on…
(NRK: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics (NRK), producer of SpatialAnalyzer (SA), announced it will host the 2015 SA User Conference at Kingsmill Resort & Conference Center on April 21–23, 2015 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The SA User Conference allows users and partners to take advantage…
(Aicon: Braunschweig, Germany) -- The new benchmark in tube and wire measurement wins gold. An expert jury at the CONTROL-TECH in Poland has awarded TubeInspect P8, Aicon’s optical 3D tube and wire measurement system, with the Gold Medal of the Kielce Trade Fairs. It represents a great success…
(InnovMetric: Quebec, QC, Canada) -- Following four years of successful cooperation, InnovMetric Software Inc. and its Brazilian business partner, Danilo Ribeiro of PWB Suporte Técnico Ltda., have launched PolyWorks Brasil to market the PolyWorks Universal 3D Metrology software platform to Brazil’…
(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. is pleased to announce Verisurf X8 with many new enhancements that make stationary coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), portable CMMs, and 3D scanners more productive for automated inspection, guided assembly, and reverse engineering. Built on a…
(Virtek: Waterloo, Canada) -- Virtek Vision International, a market leader in the field of laser-based manufacturing technologies, has announced a signed distribution agreement with Baykal Machinery for the Virtek LaserQC inspection system.
Baykal is a leading manufacturer and global supplier of…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Leading metrology solutions developer Hexagon Metrology has unveiled the Leica Absolute Tracker AT960, a walk-around coordinate measuring machine that fits in a single flight case. The latest model in the Leica Absolute Tracker range, the AT960 answers…
(LDI: Minneapolis) -- Laser Design Inc. (LDI), developer and provider of 3-D scanning systems and dimensional inspection services, now offers Europe’s leading anti-reflection coating for laser scanning, Helling 3D Scan Spray.
Reflectivity is detrimental to 3D data acquisition, so it is often…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology, Inc. has announced its customer CRCoachworks (CRC, Lakewood, WA) will be featured using a ROMER arm this season on the TV show “Corvette Nation.” Airing on Discovery’s Velocity channel, this weekly series is dedicated to America’s sports car—the…
(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- Steinbichler has introduced a newly updated and completely redesigned worldwide website for 3D scanning metrology solutions. Significantly restructured and customized for easy navigation and application support, the new Steinbichler website offers users the ability…
(Sciemetric: Ottawa) -- Sciemetric Instruments, a pioneer of technologies used by many global manufacturers to increase yield, improve quality, and optimize manufacturing processes, has unveiled a new leak-test system with an unmatched combination of accuracy, speed, and affordability.
Leak…
(Toshiba: Irvine, CA) -- Toshiba Imaging Systems Division announces the IK-4K, UltraHD 4K, the world’s smallest three-chip video camera with an unprecedented 8-megapixel, 3,840 x 2,160 pixel output.
The versatile camera delivers extraordinary detail with up to 1,600 TV lines of resolution and…
(Keysight Technologies: Santa Rosa, CA) -- Keysight Technologies Inc. has introduced the industry’s highest bandwidth and lowest noise oscilloscope probe for making power integrity measurements to characterize DC power rails.
The new Keysight N7020A power-rail probe specifications are tailored…
(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, designer and manufacturer of digital imaging and semiconductor technology has introduced its high-resolution, 8k line-scan camera to its Linea series of low-cost, high-value cameras. Linea cameras address the mainstream market for machine…
(The Sensor Connection: Troy, MI) -- The Sensor Connection, a division of Harold G. Schaevitz Industries, has expanded its line of measurement and control instrumentation with the addition of the model TCA-MS-K-8-A4. This amplifier module converts the low-output voltage signal from eight-channel,…
(AMETEK: Philadelphia, PA) -- To understand how hip implants perform in vivo, Exponent, an engineering and consulting firm, along with the Implant Research Center at Drexel University in Philadelphia, are working together to utilize the unique capabilities of the Talyrond 585 metrology instrument…
