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(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has launched the Sheffield 4.5.4 SF, a new line of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) built for the shop floor and designed to withstand harsh manufacturing environments.
The SF series introduces a variety of evolutionary advancements based on…
(Mettler-Toledo: Oakland, CA) -- Mettler-Toledo, a global manufacturer and distributor of premium pipetting instruments and consumables, has released its Rainin AutoRep S manual repeater pipette. This new lightweight, positive displacement repeater pipette gives laboratory researchers and…
(LMI: Vancouver, Canada) -- LMI Technologies, a global leader in 3-D laser measurement and control sensor technology, has launched upgraded firmware for its line of Gocator 3-D smart sensors. Release 3.3 expands Gocator’s built-in tools with new support for advanced measurements, improved scripting…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D’s fifth biannual Measurement Innovation Conference will be held Aug. 21–23, 2012, in Costa Mesa, California. This educational event focuses on how companies are improving their design, production, and manufacturing with innovative 3-D measurement…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex, a global supplier of machine vision and industrial ID systems, will host a series of complimentary half-day seminars for logistics professionals. The new “Image-Based Barcode Readers Transforming the Logistics Industry” events, the first of which was held May 22,…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies, a global leader for 3-D measurement technology, has released CAM2 Gage 2.2. It is the latest software update for the company’s leading lines of portable measurement solutions, the FaroArm and FARO Gage. New features such as enhanced QuickTools, barcode…
(MicroRidge: Sunriver, OR) -- MicroRidge Systems will highlight its reliable, flexible and easy-to-use MobileCollect wireless measurement technology at the 2012 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) being held Sept. 10–15, 2012 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. MicroRidge can be found in…
Wild Heerbrugg (now Leica Geosystems) produced the Theodolite T4, which was developed by Dipl. Ing. Berchtold in the 1940's. The T4 was mainly used, up until the 1970s, to establish astronomical latitude and longitude of geodetic points by observing the stars. Photo courtesy of Hexagon Metrology/…
MAGLEV Inc. used 3-D scanning technology to capture the Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) fossil skeleton depicted in this poster. Working in the Dinosaur Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a team of metrology experts scanned every inch and surface of the world’s most famous…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp., a global supplier of machine vision systems, invites participants to join 31-year veteran and Cognex co-founder Bill Silver for an online presentation explaining a completely new foundation for image-based barcode readers. “A New Foundation for 1-D Barcode…
(Mettler-Toledo: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo has introduced the latest generation HX204 Excellence Moisture Analyzer, providing high-measurement performance and compliance with industry standards.
The HX204 can be adjusted and calibrated at operating temperature, ensuring the instrument is…
(Carl Zeiss IMT: Oberkochen/Germany) -- The O-INSPECT line from Carl Zeiss is growing: The O-INSPECT 322 coordinate measuring machine is now available. It is the smallest system with which Carl Zeiss is expanding the range of applications of its coordinate measuring machines. The system unites…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- The ROMER Absolute Arm is now up to 23 percent more accurate compared to the previous versions. With point repeatability values from 0.016 mm, the ROMER Absolute Arm is the most accurate portable measuring arm that Hexagon Metrology has ever produced. It is…
(Nextec: Eastlake, OH) -- Nextec Laser Metrology, a corporation serving the quality inspection market, has announced its WIZprobe solution, an advanced noncontact laser-scanning sensor that significantly reduces component inspection time while providing highest precision. WIZprobe offers a large…
(Fraunhofer: Freiburg, Germany) -- Laser systems can be used to implement highly precise and ultrafast measuring processes. Railway measuring technology has a potentially huge worldwide market. One prerequisite for its use is that nobody is damaged or suffers irritations by the laser.
Heinrich…
(Frost & Sullivan: Mountain View, CA) -- The vision measuring machine rebounded strongly in 2010, a surge caused by the revival of the manufacturing and automotive sectors in North America and Europe. The trend continued in 2011, with unit sales of 8,000 to 10,000. In between 2010–2011, most…
This transit, modified by A.N. Brunson to operate in the extreme cold, accompanied Admiral Richard Byrd to the South Pole during his 1939 expedition. Thanks to Brunson’s engineering, Brunson received a telegram back from the explorer indicating that this transit worked perfectly while others froze…
Direct Dimensions Inc. scanned “The Awakening,” a 70 ft long sculpture from J. Seward Johnson. The sculpture depicts an enormous man struggling to rise out of the earth, which was a fixture at Washington D.C.’s Hains Point for decades. In a single day, cranes, trucks, and barges converged on the…
(Cybermetrics: Phoenix) -- Cybermetrics, developer of calibration and maintenance management, and supply chain software solutions, is offering a no-cost seminar on Wed., May 16, 2012, in Schaumburg, Illinois, at the Gateway Executive Park, 1821 Walden Office Square, Suite 400.
Attendees will learn…
(API: Rockville, MD -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has released the latest generation of its hand-held probing and scanning instrument, the I-360. The new I-360 features an ergonomic handle grip that is easier to use when taking measurements and a lighter body weight of just 3 pounds. This…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Metrology CT is the fusion of metrology and X-ray computed tomography (CT). X-ray has long been used for industrial applications. With X-ray CT, a number of 2-D X-ray images are taken at different angles around the sample. All the external and internal geometry…
(DCS: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), a provider of quality management software solutions and consulting services, will hold its 2012 Global Technology & User Conference (GTC) on May 22–23, 2012, in Detroit at the historic Atheneum Suite Hotel.
Nearly 100 participants are…
(Michell Instruments: Rowley, MA) -- The S8000 Remote chilled mirror hygrometer, from Michell Instruments, manufacturer of high-precision moisture and humidity measurement solutions, is among the most precise instruments currently available for emissions testing and can be used as a primary…
(Creaform: Québec City) -- Do you have an existing 3-D concept? Are you are looking for a flexible 3-D scanner with dynamic referencing? Would you like to get a parametric 3-D CAD? Join Creaform for a no-cost webinar on Tues. May 15, 2012 at 9 a.m. EDT. This webinar explains how you can digitize…
(University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Portable gas sensors can allow you to search for explosives, diagnose medical conditions through a patient’s breath, and decide whether it’s safe to stay in a mine.
These devices do all this by identifying and measuring airborne chemicals, and a new, more…
