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(Assembly Guidance: Chelmsford, MA) -- Assembly Guidance Systems Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of high-performance laser projection systems for manual manufacturing and quality monitoring, has delivered a 20-projector laser system for wind-turbine blade fabrication.
Following a…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has announced the relocation of its Michigan Precision Center to a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility on a campus-like setting in Wixom, Michigan. The 26,000 sq. ft. facility includes a spacious calibration laboratory, enhanced…
(API: Rockville, MD) -- Automated Precision Inc. (API), designer, manufacturer, and supplier of machine-tool calibration systems and precision measuring instruments, continues to advance the cause of metrology and precision measurement for the future with a recent gift to the University of North…
Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has announced that its 3-D imaging and reverse engineering software, Geomagic Studio, has been used to create the highest resolution, most dimensionally accurate 3-D digital model ever of…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- More than 100 metrology and manufacturing professionals gathered to visit the new Nikon Metrology Technology Center, located at the company’s Headquarters for the Americas in Brighton, Michigan. The event introduced one of the most advanced technology centers…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology’s SHUTTLEPIX Digital Microscope has been awarded the Good Design Award 2011, which is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design organized by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
This award system was originally…
(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- Steinbichler, a global provider of optical measuring and sensor technology, is presenting the COMET 5 Eco as a reduced-price complete solution for high-precision 3-D digitizing.
“The particularly innovative sensor concept of COMET 5 Eco offers the greatest…
During the past decade, laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace-gas detection, and related physics research.
Although typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies,…
(Micro-Epsilon: Raleigh, NC) -- Micro-Epsilon, designer and manufacturer of high-precision sensors, instruments, and
systems for displacement, position, dimension, and temperature
measurement, offers the new colorCONTROL MFA-5 for the inspection of LEDs, starting at a basic version that offers…
(Newport Corp: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, announces the 1830-R Optical Power Meter. A newly designed optical meter, the 1830-R provides a drop-in replacement for Newport’s legacy 1830-C Power Meter, which…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has recently unveiled a major upgrade to the software platform for its surface metrology systems. MarWin 4.5 offers increased functionality and ease of use, a range of new features, and a series of special option packages for specific applications…
(Solartron Metrology: Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK) -- Solartron Metrology, part of the Electronic Instruments Group of AMETEK Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, has been selected to custom-design dimensional gauging probes for the 25 antennas…
(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- A camshaft gauge with upgraded submicron accuracy for end-of-line inspection that provides high-speed production monitoring of up to 200 parts-per-hour has been introduced by ADCOLE Corp. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of high-accuracy optical…
(Meggitt Sensing Systems: San Juan Capistrano, CA) -- Meggitt Sensing Systems, designer and manufacturer of sensing and monitoring systems that measure physical parameters in extreme environments, has introduced the Endevco model 2226C, a compact and lightweight adhesive-mounted piezoelectric…
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- More than 100 metrology and manufacturing professionals gathered to visit the new Nikon Metrology Inc. Technology Center, located at the company’s headquarters for the Americas in Brighton, Michigan. The purpose of the event was to introduce one of the most advanced…
(Concurrent Technologies: Johnstown, PA) -- In an effort to save costs in ship construction and maintenance, the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) is conducting a Navy ManTech project that is developing a prototype system for inspecting tapers of main propulsion shafts for submarines and aircraft…
(CMM Dynamics: Apollo, PA) -- CMM Dynamics Inc., a leader in the precision fixture design and manufacturing industry, has designed and patented a precision universal fixture, the Vision Slide, which will reform the methodologies of fixture setup allocation on vision systems. The Vision Slide…
(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, Ontario) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, has launched its new BOA Pro smart camera. The BOA Pro combines the robustness of its integrated BOA smart camera with the flexibility of the company’s Sherlock…
(Lumetrics: Rochester, NY) -- Lumetrics, a leading manufacturer of measurement technology, began shipment of its latest innovation, the LumetriScan 360, a fully automated, noncontact thickness measurement system for the medical industry.
The LumetriScan 360 can be used on long-length medical…
(TriNano: Eindhoven, the Netherlands) -- TriNano is a new nano/micro coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for measuring objects with submillimeter features in 3-D and with nanometer uncertainty. Current micro-CMMs comply with the Abbe principle in 2-D or even in 3-D, which is a preferred method to…
(MVTec: Munich, Germany) -- As part of the “Medical Discovery Tour” at VISION 2011, scheduled for Nov. 8–10, 2011, in Stuttgart, Germany, MVTec Software will present HALCON 10, its standard software for image processing. In medical engineering, different imaging methods are used. Among other…
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology is offering a free live webinar about the release of PC-DMIS 2011 MR1, to be held on Thurs., Oct. 27, 2011, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The seminar will feature live demonstrations of software enhancements as well as a…
(National Instruments: Austin, TX) -- National Instruments (NI) has opened registration for the 2011 NI Technical Symposium, a series of daylong events that showcase the latest NI technologies and development techniques for engineers and scientists working with measurement and control systems.…
(AMETEK: Kleve, Germany) -- SPECTRO Analytical Instruments, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis Division and a leading supplier of analytical instruments for optical emission and XRF spectrometry, has introduced the next-generation SPECTRO xSORT handheld energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (…
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- The First Surface Metrology Seminar for the Americas will convene at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Oct. 24–25, 2011, and will be supported by Olympus, a leader in industrial measurement and imaging instruments. The conference will focus on the latest…