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(CMS: Issaquah, WA) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) is sponsoring its 26th annual conference in Reno, Nevada, July 12–16. The conference brings together 3-D measurement system users, developers, manufacturers, and researchers to present and discuss innovative applications, research, and…
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has bought a car from a dealership, but according to the recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study, 21 percent of new-car buyers will walk out of dealership because of a negative buying experience at that…
(CLSI: Wayne, PA) -- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published new proposed-level guidelines.
“How to Construct and Interpret an Error Grid for Diagnostic Assays”—Proposed Guideline (EP27-P) describes what an error grid is, why it is useful, and how to go about…
(DALSA, Yokohama, Japan) -- DALSA Corp., a global provider of machine vision technology, recently introduced the Piranha HS 12k 90 kHz camera. This new high-speed model features 12k resolution with a 5.2 µm pixel size, and breakthrough speeds of 90 kHz line rate or 1.2 gigapixels/second. This new…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Implementation of ISO management system standards for food safety and for information security (with IEC) has sharply increased, as revealed by The ISO Survey of Certifications—2008.
Certification to ISO 22000:2005, which gives the requirements for food safety management…
(Pinpoint Laser Systems: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the “Transparent” Receiver to the Microgage 2-D family. This receiver allows a laser beam to pass clearly through it while making a precise position measurement for aligning machinery and equipment. It was introduced…
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- Lean manufacturing, or more precisely, lean management began on the shop floor, but a growing number of companies are realizing that its ability to cut costs and lead times while improving productivity and quality has application throughout the business. These companies…
(DALSA: Billerica, MA) -- DALSA , a global leader in digital imaging technology, announces the introduction of its XRI-1600 digital image processor , which is ideal for X-ray imaging applications. Specifically engineered for demanding X-ray instrumentation and radioscopy, the XRI-1600 is capable…
(LeanSSC: Seattle) -- The Lean Software and Systems Consortium (LeanSSC) 2010 announces its inaugural U.S. conference to take place in Atlanta, April 21-23, at the JW Marriott - Buckhead. The conference will be the first formal community event tailored specifically to those interested in lean,…
(Spectronics Corp.: Westbury, NY) -- Spectronics Corp. has introduced the TRITAN 450 blue light (450 nm) LED lamp, a safe and effective alternative to UV-A black light (365 nm) for quick NDT pre-inspection or screening of fluorescent particles.
This powerful, hand-held unit is designed…
In late November management system registrars DNV and Intertek announced that they were in discussions regarding a potential to unite their business assurance activities. According to sources at DNV, Intertek will be purchasing DNV’s business unit DNV Business Assurance. This unit, which works…
(NIST: Washington) -- President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for innovation and performance excellence.
The 2009 Baldrige…
(Productivity Press: New York) -- Lean thinking has been linked to most core business processes, including product development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting, and the supply chain. Lean Safety: Transforming Your Safety Culture with Lean Management, by Robert Hafey (Productivity Press, 2009…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Austin, TX) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently announced a new method that enables rapid and accurate identification and quantification of pesticides in rice. The QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) extraction method takes advantage of…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its new XP105 analytical balance, an addition to the company’s extensive line of XP balances. Offering a safe and accurate solution for quantifying the purity of sugar in a…
Today’s uncertain business environment is a driver for organizations to respond faster and with more agility to internal and external conditions and many are looking to the proven benefits of process management for help. Within process management, a process assessment framework (PAF) can give you…
(EAGLE Registrations: Dayton, OH) -- EAGLE Registrations Inc., a third-party certification body that audits businesses to international standards, has published a new book, Management System Standards and Certification… The Basics 101.
The free book covers common globablly-accepted quality,…
(Eriez: Erie, PA) -- Customers can virtually attend material X-ray tests in real time with Eriez’s interactive online X-ray testing. Using a password-protected web site, participants can see their products passing through an Eriez E-Z Tec X-Ray Inspection System to determine its performance for…
(Delcam plc: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam.TV now has a special section devoted to the 2010 version of FeatureCam, their software for feature-based machining. This includes videos highlighting all the important new features in the latest release, including demonstrations of the much faster calculation…
(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixcom, MI) -- Xspect Solutions is the world’s largest supplier of rebuilt and remanufactured coordinate measurement machines (CMMs), and has extensive expertise in the area of large CMMs. So when Science and Engineering Services Inc.’s (SESI) Huntsville Manufacturing…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Dec. 2, Vice President Joe Biden, and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gary Locke, presented three U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for innovation and performance excellence.
The ceremony—the 22nd…
(FMA: Rockford, IL) -- Despite assertions from manufacturers that they will need a new breed of highly skilled workers in the years ahead and job opportunities will abound for today’s youth, U.S. teenagers in large numbers want to wear white collars, not blue, when they launch their careers.
A…
(SenGenuity: Hudson, NH) -- SenGenuity, the sensors division of Vectron International, announced that its TempTrackr Wireless Temperature Measurement System Kit is now capable of reading six independent, passive, wireless temperature sensors. Each sensor operates in a unique frequency band, which…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. announces VisionPro 6.0, a new release of the company’s popular, hardware-independent vision software. VisionPro 6.0 has more acquisition options, higher accuracy calibration, and expanded ID reading capability.
“VisionPro 6.0 provides more freedom than…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- The ARTEL Multichannel Verification System (MVS), an objective performance assessment and optimization tool for automated liquid handlers, will be launched at LabAutomation2010, in Palm Springs, California, on Jan. 24–26. The MVS will be demonstrated with automated liquid…
