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(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine-tool positioning accuracy and its effect on manufacturing-process capability and on-machine measurement. The three-day session…
(Duke University: Durham, N.C.) -- Want the inside track on predicting a company’s profitability and stock returns for the next six months? Listen closely to the CEO.
Whether it’s excitement about an unpublished research result in biotech or disappointment over an order cancellation in…
(Leap Technologies: Naperville, IL) -- On Wednesday, March 23, at the 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Carle Foundation Hospital’s chief operating officer John Snyder and Beth Edrington, director of internal consulting and performance improvement, will explain how Carle Foundation has used…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Atlanta) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in serving science, has launched the ARL PERFORM'X X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer for advanced materials characterization.
The ARL PERFORM'X integrates bulk elemental analysis capabilities with…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal Inc. will be featuring the next generation of its well-established µMaxµm line of digital indicators at EASTEC 2011, May 17–19, at the Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Mahr Federal will occupy booth No. 3019.
The enhanced…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Today’s top manufacturers rely on machine vision systems and image-based ID readers to deter counterfeiting, improve product quality, reduce costs, and increase manufacturing efficiency. As such, accurate inspection is key to their success.
Captured inspection…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts, has announced that 32 global teams have been named finalists in the 26th annual International Team Excellence Awards. The teams will be part of live project presentations May 16…
(DALSA Corp.: Ontario, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, will launch its new BOA IDR product at booth 1019 at the Automate 2011 show on March 21–24, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Teledyne DALSA’s BOA IDR is ideal for part…
(WCBF: Chicago) -- The 10th annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit will take place at the New Orleans Marriott, in New Orleans, May 10–13. The health care sector is a key area where lean Six Sigma processes are making a tremendous impact. Health care organizations are…
(Renishaw plc: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s new Equator system, a software-driven comparative gauge, is starting to soften up the cost for multiple hard gauges at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool Inc. of Cincinnati. In its prelaunch application, one Renishaw Equator gauge has eliminated…
(Renishaw plc: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw’s new Equator system, a software-driven comparative gauge, is starting to soften up the cost for multiple hard gauges at aero-engine component maker Meyer Tool Inc. of Cincinnati. In its prelaunch application, one Renishaw Equator gauge has eliminated…
(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, CA) -- Join Verisurf for a free webinar, “3-D Scanning with Verisurf” on Tuesday, April 26, from 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PDT.
Webinar agenda:• 3-D scanning and 3-D digitizing technology overview• 3-D scanning for inspection and quality assurance• Filtering during and after…
(OPTEK: Blairstown, NJ) -- Operations Technology Inc. (OPTEK), a manufacturer of precision metrology systems since 1978, has introduced a line of fast, highly accurate three-axis staging and transport systems with superior design features, suitable for a wide range of OEM applications.
Designed…
(Kistler: Farmington Hills, MI) -- Kistler, a global supplier of precision sensors, systems, and instrumentation for measuring pressure, force, torque, and acceleration, has announced the North American market introduction of Types 4260A and 4262A piezoresistive pressure transducer families. Each…
(AIT: Melbourne, FL) -- Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) introduces a new portable pipe inspection camera. The Sidewinder push camera is an inspection camera designed for power generation, petrochemical, industrial, welding, cleaning validation, and other applications. The handheld camera…
(Capture 3D: Costa Mesa, CA) -- Capture 3D announces GOM Inspect, GOM’s latest free software release.
GOM Inspect allows users to import scan data from various types of measuring systems with a wide array of advanced point-cloud and inspection functionalities.
Mesh-processing: polygonize…
The fact that companies are unable to reap the full benefits of innovation has little to do with specific process improvement programs such as lean or Six Sigma. Instead, the problem lies with how a new process improvement initiative interacts with the physical, economic, social, and…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Waltham, MA) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in serving science, has launched the laboratory information management system (LIMS) SampleManager LIMS 10.0, a solution that delivers significant new time- and cost-savings for scientists and lab managers…
(MoreSteam.com LLC: Lewis Center, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, announces its 2011 Master Black Belt (MBB) spring webcast series, which will be offered in April and May 2011. In this series of free, one-…
(Larson Electronics LLC: Kemp, TX) -- Magnalight.com has added the EPL-16C-1MLED-100 cart-mounted, explosion-proof LED tank light to its explosion-proof lighting inventory. This tank light is approved for use in enclosed spaces and produces 10,000 lumens of light in a wide flood pattern.…
(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, MI) -- New certification programs for robotics and machine vision system integrators will be explained at the Automate 2011 show scheduled for March 21–24, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
The robotics integrator program will be formally announced during…
(NVision Inc: Coppell, TX) -- NVision’s handheld laser scanner is being used by Lockheed Martin engineers at its Missiles and Fire Control division to ensure that the fit of accessories to aircraft exteriors and interiors is positioned perfectly the first time.
The NVision handheld scanner is a…
(BSI: London) -- In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the number of organizations offering services to inventors and other originators and developers of ideas. These include commercial companies, universities that specialize in invention and product design, and inventors’…
(Extensible CAD Technologies: Raleigh, NC) -- In response to Rand Worldwide’s recent announcement that it will no longer sell or support its functional tolerance and annotation (FT&A) and first-article inspection (FAI) tools, Extensible CAD Technologies is offering support for CATIA v. 5…
(Lennox Hill Ltd.: London) -- Lennox Hill Ltd. has included system specification language (SSL) encryption to its isoTracker document control and quality management software. isoTracker is an online hosted platform, also known as cloud software or software as a service, that provides document…
