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(Carl Zeiss: Thornwood, NY) -- Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc. introduces the Axio Lab.A1 microscope for examinations in reflected light in the materials sciences. Its intuitive operation makes this upright microscope suitable for routine lab applications in metallography, quality control, and for…
(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- At the international 2010 Control trade fair for quality assurance, Nikon Metrology introduced the all-digital LC60Dx/LC50Cx scanners. The next-generation LC60Dx CMM laser scanner, evolved from the successful LC60D scanner, brings laser scanning into the…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), a contract manufacturer and packer of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and personal care products, is focused on exceeding customers’ expectations. To consistently achieve its high quality standards, the company relies on X-ray…
(NACMA) -- The North American Coordinate Metrology Association (NACMA) invites you to participate in the NACMA 2010 Annual Workshop and Conference, one of the largest annual meetings for dimensional metrologists, to be held Aug. 4–6. The host and location for this event is:
Medtronic Inc.
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(Fluke: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global leader in calibration technology, has introduced Fluke Manual MET/CAL software—an application for calibration professionals who need to collect, store, and report calibration data consistently and efficiently. Manual MET/CAL offers a database-driven…
(Ophir-Spiricon: Logan, UT) -- Ophir-Spiricon, a global provider of precision laser measurement, recently announced the PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors, designed to measure very low energy down to 30 pJ. Part of the PD10 family of high sensitivity silicon laser sensors, the new devices extend…
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the new Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit—a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling, and many other tasks. This kit combines the features of a transit, an…
(Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) — The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision tools and metrology equipment, has introduced the Galileo AV230+, a small, rugged video-based, multisensor measurement system. Built with a granite base and Z column, this system was developed specifically to…
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Overall machine vision sales should increase by 2.6 percent to 4.6 percent in 2010, depending upon the extent of the current economic recovery and the rate of change in industrial production that occurs. This follows a 29.2-percent decline experienced in 2009.
The…
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- Wenzel Group GmbH acquired German-based Steintek Optical Measuring Systems in the summer of 2009 and is now making available through Xspect Solutions Inc. the optical high-speed measuring sensors for the North American marketplace.
Marketed now under the…
(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION announces IMPACT 9.1 Software Suite, the latest edition in the company’s sophisticated machine vision software platform. IMPACT 9.1 enhances the previous pattern find tool with its powerful Pinpoint Pattern Find tool, which offers exceptional…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Cambridge University Press, 2010), the much-anticipated successors to the…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic will demo the latest versions of its Geomagic Studio reverse engineering and Geomagic Qualify quality inspection software for the first time in the United States in booth No. 212 at the RAPID 2010 conference and exposition, May 18–20 in Anaheim,…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Manufacturing practitioners, designers, educators, and students have been using the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) textbook classic Fundamentals of Tool Design for more than 40 years to gain an in-depth understanding of all the factors that affect tool success…
(Phase Vision: Leicestershire, UK) -- Originally developed for the most demanding conditions in the aerospace sector, Phase Vision pioneered the development of white-light 3-D scanners for the shop floor, aircraft hangar, or dockyard. The Quartz range is being launched after months of testing in…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global provider of industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the launch of the all-new ShopKMSA.com. Now customers can shop Konica Minolta’s full catalog online anytime, day or night.
This online…
(X-Rite Inc.: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc. is unveiling a new family of multi-angle spectrophotometers, and advanced quality control and formulation software that give manufacturers powerful new tools to introduce processes, improve first-time quality, and reduce the time and effort of…
(ADCOLE Corp.: Marlborough, MA) -- ADCOLE Corp. has introduced a submicron accuracy camshaft inspection gauge that features a new graphic display that enables operators to easily see the tolerance throughput status in real time for high-speed production monitoring.
The ADCOLE 1310 High-Speed…
Prototype for Ozcan’s lensless microscope
Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lenseless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further—or tinier. The UCLA engineer has created a miniature…
(Leica Microsystems: Spain, Switzerland) -- Spanish company Sensofar-Tech and Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG have agreed to expand their cooperation whereby Sensofar will supply technology and components for an optical system that complements Leica’s line of products for industrial applications.…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that 11 university teams will square off May 2–6 in two contests designed to prove the viability of advanced…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- “Accurate measurement is at the heart of physics, and in my experience, new physics begins at the next decimal place,” Steven Chu, now the U.S. Secretary of Energy, said at the 125th anniversary of the Metre Convention in 2000. Those sentiments are echoed daily at the…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw’s new PH20 probe head increases touch-trigger coordinate measurement machine (CMM) inspection throughput up to three times using fast, infinite, rotary positioning and unique “head touch” capability for high-speed point capture with minimal CMM movement…
(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- The new Artec MHT 3D Scanner from Exact Metrology is capable of capturing surface color and texture information in addition to the 3-D geometry of the scanned object. These enhanced capabilities make the MHT 3D Scanner ideal for a variety of applications including…
(Tohnichi: Northbrook, IL) -- CPT ProTork digital torque wrench is the newest innovation from Tohnichi designed especially for precision tightening. Just as easy to use as a conventional “click” torque wrench, the CPT ProTork features an LED indicator that allows users to view increasing torque as…
