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(OAKTON Instruments: Vernon Hills, IL) -- OAKTON Instruments, designer and manufacturer of innovative scientific instruments for
research, industrial, and educational
uses, announces its new pH 700 and Ion 700 Benchtop Meters. These compact meters (6 in. × 7 in.) save valuable bench…
(Raytek: Santa Cruz, CA) -- Raytek, a designer, manufacturer, and provider of infrared (IR), thermometry instruments, has enhanced its MI3 Series IR temperature measurement sensors with new integrated network communication options. The Raytek MI3 sensors are now compatible with the Modbus and…
(Micro-Epsilon: Cheshire, UK) -- Visitors to booth No. P47 at this year’s Sensors+Systems for Control and Instrumentation exhibition, Sept. 14–15, 2011, in Farnborough, North Hampshire, southwest of London, will have the opportunity to view a range of new sensors from precision measurement…
(TraceLink: Woburn, MA) -- TraceLink Inc., developer of the TraceLink Network, an industrywide supply collaboration network, has released Trace Link Quality Review, the first service designed to help virtual quality teams from pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies and their chief…
(Paul N. Gardner Co.: Pompano Beach, FL) -- The Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc., which serves world commerce through the distribution, production, and design of
quality physical-testing instruments for the paint, coatings, and related industries, announces its new coating thickness gauge, the MiniTest…
(ROMER: North Kingstown, RI) -- ROMER Inc., a brand of Hexagon Metrology, has launched the CMS108, a high-precision, noncontact laser scanner available for the company’s portable coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The newest option in ROMER’s laser scanning portfolio, the CMS108 is the most…
(Jenoptik: Jena, Germany) -- Light and compact in design, easy to operate with long-lasting battery power, the Hommel-Etamic W5 surface roughness measuring system is ideally suited for measurements on the production line. Capable of a wide range of measuring tasks using an extensive array of…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the release of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for the recently introduced FD-Series spectrodensitometers.
These new…
(L.S. Starrett: Athol, MA) -- The SR200 Surface Roughness Tester from The L.S. Starrett Co. is a powerful, full-featured instrument that can be used either free-standing (e.g., on horizontal, vertical, or even inverted surfaces) or bench-mounted with fixtures for batch measurement and laboratory…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API) has released its Radian Laser Tracker with the INNOVO Technology Platform. This new and advanced laser tracker changes the way that people use laser trackers. Radian brings with it advanced features that include I-Vision, ADM-Maxx, and a…
(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- Nanovea has introduced its patent-pending breakthrough method of reliably acquiring yield strength through indentation, which should replace the traditional tensile testing machine for yield strength measurement.
Traditionally, yield strength has been tested by using a…
(LUDECA: Doral, FL) -- LEVALIGN EXPERT provides an accurate and easy-to-use method for the measurement of split machine casings, the flatness and straightness of machine bases and foundations, and the flatness and parallelism of circular, rectangular, and odd-shaped flanges. The system consists…
(Mettler-Toledo: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- Determining the size of particles is becoming increasingly important. If the particle distribution changes during the manufacturing process, then the quality of the finished product will also change. A simple and quick means of determining the size…
(UC Berkeley: Berkeley, CA) -- On Sunday, July 17, the moon acquired two new companions in less than a month. That’s when the second and third of two probes built by the University of California, Berkeley, and part of NASA’s five-satellite Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during…
(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced its final schedule of events for the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC) scheduled for July 25–29, 2011, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will kick off with…
(3Shape: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- 3Shape, a global leader in 3-D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has launched its latest Convince 2011 3-D Scanning and Quality Control system, a comprehensive solution for 3-D digitization and quality control of small, detail-rich objects.
3Shape has…
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus Stream Microscope Software v.
1.6 offers robust new features for users in industrial laboratory
environments. Stream software uses an intuitive graphical user
interface (GUI) to guide users from simple-image capture to multifaceted
material science…
(Newport Corp.: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation, and 3-D noncontact measurement equipment. The consideration to be paid by Newport is $8.43 per share, or a…
(Marposs: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Marposs Corp. will introduce its Nemo ultra-compact gauge computer in booth No. 514 at Quality Expo, Sept. 20–22, 2011, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
The new Nemo computer, which is designed for use on the shop floor, has intuitive features that enable quick…
(Keyence: Woodcliff Lake, NJ) --The Keyence VK-X Series 3-D laser scanning microscopes combine the capabilities of SEMs and noncontact roughness gauges with the simplicity of an optical microscope. This newly released system now boasts an unprecedented 0.5 nanometer Z-axis resolution with a…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has announced the availability of version 2.10 of SpectraMagic NX Color Quality Control Software.
SpectraMagic NX is designed for the easy…
(IPETRONIK: Livonia, MI) -- IPETRONIK, an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of mobile measurement technologies for the global automotive market, has announced the introduction of the Sx-STG, the newest member of the IPETRONIK Sx product family.
The Sx-STG is a compact…
(Carl Zeiss: Jena, Germany) -- Carl Zeiss, a global leader of high-tech companies in the optical and opto-electronic industry, and Digital Surf, a developer of topography software and supplier of metrology components, have signed an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap software.…
(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- Congratulations to Rony Moreno, the winner of Taylor Hobson’s world record competition. Using a Surtronic roundness instrument, Moreno completed the measurement of five precision bearings, in tolerance and including loading and setup, in a staggering 77.77…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global leader in the industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, has launched its newest benchtop spectrophotometers, the CM-3600A and the CM-3610A.
The CM-3600A spectrophotometer is a versatile instrument…
