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(Leica: Norcross, VA) -- Building on the success of its industry-leading Leica ScanStation C10 and C5 laser scanners, Leica Geosystems has announced advanced, onboard, and handheld scanner control firmware (v. 2.6) that provides increased high-definition surveying productivity and versatility…
(Renishaw: Wotton-Under-Edge, UK) -- On Oct. 12, 2011, Renishaw and Okuma will present a metrology seminar to address the need for increased process control, and provide details on the Productivity Pyramid, Renishaw’s systematic approach to reducing waste and variation in manufacturing…
(3DX-Ray: Leicestershire, UK) -- 3DX-Ray Ltd., developer, manufacturer, and installer of X-ray inspection systems, has launched CatSpect, a new software module, within the 3DX-Ray standardized software suite, that will make the analysis of items even easier. A new icon-based interface enables…
(CRAIC: San Dimas, CA) -- CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microspectroscopy solutions, has introduced Lightswitch by CRAIC, an optical multiplexer for the ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared (NIR) regions. This unit is designed to attach to an open photoport to…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. and Hendrick Motorsports have announced a multi-year partnership agreement that makes Hexagon Metrology the Official Provider of Dimensional Metrology Products and Services to Hendrick Motorsports.
Hendrick Motorsports, winner…
(MSI: Seattle) -- The new Dyna-Link 2, employing MSI’s ScaleCore technology, provides 24-bit A/D conversion and precision, 0.1-percent accuracy with standard
2,500 or optional 5,000 division resolution. More efficient processing
power allows extended continuous operating time to more than…
(Delcam: Birmingham, United Kingdom) -- Delcam has launched a new website for its PowerINSPECT CAD-based inspection software—www.powerinspect.com. The site details the many benefits that have made PowerINSPECT the world’s leading hardware-independent inspection software.
One of the most…
Counting the seconds until Metric Week (Oct. 9–15, 2011) begins? That’s the spirit! Seconds are the metric unit of time. You also could figure your distance in meters (the metric unit of length) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) labs in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has developed improvements to its laser scanner, the Focus3D. Complete with new features that enhance registration and remote functionality, this newest Focus3D represents FARO’s…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- NVision Inc., a leader in 3-D noncontact optical scanning for more than 21 years, recently provided an orthodontic company with the information it needed to recalibrate its CT scanner. The company, an orthodontic supplier, used NVision’s Engineering Service Division…
(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, UK) -- The Ultra Precision Benchtop 3D Optical Profiler from Taylor Hobson brings high-performance optical measurements within the reach of both precision manufacturing and research companies.
The Talysurf CCI Lite is an advanced type of measurement interferometer (…
(FODIS: Lustdorf, Switzerland) -- FODIS, a leader in the market for high-speed panoramic camera equipment, presents FODIS Measure 3D with new features, a combination of a fast, high-resolution, 360° panorama camera with innovative software packages. The FODIS Measure 3D allows direct 3-D…
(AMETEK: Berwyn, PA) -- Land Instruments International, a unit of AMETEK that designs and manufactures instruments for industrial infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency, and environmental pollutant emissions, has announced efficiency and accuracy improvements to its Cyclops…
(CCP: Beavercreek, OH) -- Certified Comparator Products has announced plans to move to a new, larger facility in early 2012. CCP has outgrown its existing manufacturing and sales showroom at 838 Distribution Dr., and will soon begin renovations at its new 19,000 sq ft Customer Center at 1174…
(Kistler: Winterthur, Switzerland) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has introduced the Type 9260AA, a portable multicomponent force plate, designed to measure such parameters…
(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Manufacturers of solar radiometers, and testing laboratories for solar energy, materials and durability testing will be among the primary users of a new ASTM International standard that outlines procedures using indoor test methods to calibrate radiometers with…
(threeRivers 3D: Pittsburgh) -- threeRivers 3D Inc., a manufacturer of standard and custom 3-D imaging systems, has launched the LC-2-MACRO laser scanner. The LC-2-MACRO is optimized for 3-D scanning small parts such as dental molds, hearing-aid impressions, jewelry, and other highly detailed…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), a nonprofit, nongovernmental, public service,
membership society that provides comprehensive services in laboratory accreditation and
laboratory-related training, is now offering on-site advanced…
(Paul N. Gardner Co.: Pompano Beach, FL) -- The pH/ORP TesTrode is perfect for general purpose, environmental, aquaculture, or other pH and temperature measurements.
With the tester’s ±0.02 pH unit accuracy and calibration ability with 1, 2, or 3 pH buffers that are automatically…
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Worcester, MA) -- Studying the complexities of surfaces—their textures, roughness, and behavior—can yield a world of information in a broad range of fields, including anthropology, archaeology, biomedical sciences, food science, forensics, and manufacturing.…
(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- The new COMET L3D is characterized by its reliable electronics and high quality of industrial optics. Equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, the COMET L3D has a fixed triangulation basis that can be used with pre-adjusted lenses. Thanks to the predefined position of…
(Perceptron: Plymouth, MI) -- Perceptron Inc. has announced that its customer, ROTHENBERGER USA, a manufacturer and marketer of pipe tool technology headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, launched its new ROSCOPE 500 handheld video-inspection device into the U.S. market.
The ROSCOPE 500 is the…
(Sokkia: Olathe, KS) -- Sokkia Corp. has released the NET-AX series of automated total stations in North and South America. The series includes NET05AX for 0.5 in. angle accuracy and NET1AX for 1 in. angle accuracy.
“The new series offers the highest level of precision and automation…
(Edmund Optics: Barrington, NJ) -- Edmund Optics Inc., supplier of the world’s largest inventory of optics and optical components to industry, has introduced Laser Speckle Reducers. These versatile devices are ideal for a variety of beam homogenization, 3-D scanning, metrology, microscopy, and…
(Hamamatsu: Hamamatsu, Japan) -- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has long been studying terahertz technologies as a part of its pursuit of opto-electronics possibilities. As a result, the company has developed an instrument for terahertz attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopy that features its…