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(Nikon Corp.: Tokyo) -- Nikon Corp. has introduced the HN-6060, a new concept in noncontact, multisensor 3-D metrology. The HN-6060 captures high-density 3-D point clouds from part surfaces with high speed and precision. The newly designed laser scanning sensor extracts the surface form and…
(Newport Corp.: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, has announced a new uniformity measurement tool for measuring the uniformity of irradiance at the sample plane of solar simulators. The photovoltaics (PV) tool is equipped with a single metal test platen, compatible with English and…
(Direct Dimensions Inc.: Owings Mills, MD) -- Every year a select group of students in the mechanical engineering program in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, compete in the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) competition. The…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is participating in a worldwide effort to recommend major revisions to the International System of Units (SI), the…
(Albion Devices Inc.: Solana Beach, CA) -- Albion Devices Inc., an engineering firm specializing in precision measurement instrumentation, recently introduced its new, inexpensive Fireball USB interfaced digital linear-measurement probe.
Fireball digital probes are the lowest cost, easiest-to-…
(NAG: Oxford, UK) -- Quality control engineers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world, the…
(Dimensional Control Systems Inc.: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), a provider of dimensional engineering software solutions and consulting services, has released a new version of GDM-3D, its quality data analysis and reporting software, with enhancements that dramatically…
(Xsens Technologies B.V: Los Angeles) -- Xsens Technologies B.V., a provider of professional 3-D tracking systems, has released the MTw miniature wireless inertial motion tracker for ambulatory 3-D kinematic measurements. The Xsens MTw wireless body-area network system will be shown for the first…
(Kistler: Farmington Hills, MI) -- Kistler has introduced the Corrsys-Datron Microstar II, the next-generation of its flexible microwave sensor. The Microstar II is designed to offer highly accurate and repeatable measurements of vehicle dynamics parameters such as driving performance,…
(Kistler: Switzerland) -- Kistler’s new Types 6162A and 6163A diaphragm sensors allow high-precision measurement of cavity pressure during injection molding and pressing of low-viscosity melts. The sensors are the latest quality assurance tool for processing cross-linking molding compounds and for…
SmartScope Apex Micro precision dimensional measurement system
(OGP: Rochester, NY) --Optical Gaging Products (OGP) introduces the new SmartScope Apex Micro precision dimensional measurement system to the industrial marketplace. Apex Micro is a floor model…
(Imagine Optic: Paris) -- Imagine Optic, Europe’s provider of high-precision wavefront metrology and adaptive-optics solutions, has launched HASO R-Flex as the latest addition to its product line.
HASO R-Flex is a compact, auto-illuminated wavefront sensor that is available in a variety of…
(Wenzel/Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- Xspect Solutions has installed more Renishaw REVO systems than any other coordinate measuring machine (CMM) specialist. Their unique approach to technology and experience with the universal CMM controller (UCC) has put them in an ideal position to also…
(Oriel: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, introduces two high-performance scientific cameras, the InstaSpec ISX CCD and the InstaSpec ISX IR. The cameras are available with new InstaSpec Pro software, which provides complete system control of single or dual camera configurations and…
(HEIDENHAIN Corp.: Tarsdorf, Austria) -- A new open linear encoder (no housing on scale) equipped with a unique integrated mounting control is now available from RSF Elektronik, as of Oct. 27. Called the MS 25, this RSF encoder utilizes a tricolored LED directly at the reading head enabling the…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Greifensee, Switzerland) -- The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) defines positive and negative tolerance ranges for weights. Traditional weight manufacturing with mechanical weight polishing normally targets the zero line. METTLER TOLEDO is the first…
Precise 3-D data acquisition with the smartSCAN 3D
(Breuckmann GmbH: Meersburg, Germany) -- Breuckmann GmbH will debut its extended smartSCAN 3D product series during Euromold 2010, which occurs Dec. 1–4 in Frankfurt. Thanks to Interface FireWire(B), this modular system…
Story update 10/27/2010: We incorrectly gave the purchase price for Intergraph as $2.125 million instead of $2.125 billion.
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- On July 6, 2010, Hexagon AB entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based software provider Intergraph Corp. The completion…
(Tektronix: Beaverton, OR) -- Tektronix Inc., a global manufacturer of oscilloscopes, has announced the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series of digital and mixed signal oscilloscopes that now deliver 100 GS/s (gigasamples/sec) sampling rate performance, enabling lower noise along with increased data points on…
(Honeywell: Houston) -- Honeywell, one of the top automation technology suppliers to several Gulf Coast facilities, has announced a scholarship to help re-energize Houston Independent School District students about pursuing careers in engineering.
Aside from financial assistance, however, the…
(Qualitest: Plantation, FL ) -- Qualitest introduces a range of automatic quality inspection machines for the rubber, plastic, and elastomer industries. The Lite D series automatic inspection system can check gaskets made of rubber, PTFE, and metal, but the same machine is capable of inspecting…
(Spar Point Group: Portland, ME) -- Three-dimensional modeling and 3-D laser scanning are exciting new technologies that are rapidly changing the way we plan and understand our environments. As manufacturers constantly aim to improve efforts to design and build new boats or retrofit aging vessels…
(Apex: Cheshire, United Kingdom) -- The Large Volume Metrology Conference (LVMC) and Exhibition is the only European event solely dedicated to portable and large volume 3-D measurement technology. The LVMC combines technical conference sessions with a comprehensive trade exhibition of some of the…
(Computer Imprintable Label Systems: West Sussex, UK) -- Computer Imprintable Label Systems (CILS), a manufacturer of high-performance label identification systems, has developed a durable, full-color printed, synthetic label range to replace expensive riveted metal data plates. These save time…
(Paul Scherrer Institute: Villigen, Switzerland) -- A novel nano-tomography method developed by a team of researchers from the Technische Universität München (TUM), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), and the ETH Zurich opens the door to computed tomography (CT) examinations of minute structures at…
