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(FasTest: Roseville, MN) -- FasTest Inc. announces Cal Mate flange connectors to provide quick, temporary calibration connections for gauges, transmitters, and other devices equipped with sanitary, tri-clamp style fittings. CalMate flange connectors quickly attach to sanitary flanges in seconds…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- When it comes to recessions, the U.S. economy doesn’t bounce back like it used to, The Conference Board reports in a recent analysis.
By March 2011, the number of people employed in the United States was only 0.2-percent higher than in June 2009, when the…
(Lean Frontiers: Fishers, IN) -- It was in a time of crisis that training within industry (TWI) proved its worth more than 60 years ago, and many companies are turning to TWI again. Find out why at the fifth annual TWI Summit set for May 17–18, 2011, with an optional presummit workshop on May 16,…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal will be featuring the new option package for its well-known MarForm MMQ 200 Formtester at MD&M East, the medical design and manufacturing exposition held June 7–9, 2011, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, in New York. Mahr Federal will…
(Jergens Inc.: Cleveland) -- Jergens Inc., a global leader in quick-change fixtures, introduces a new workholding system that dramatically reduces costly setup times on 3+2 multi-axis and five-axis machines. The Fixture Pro 5-Axis Quick Change System permits multisided access to pallet-mounted…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Minitab, a leading provider of software for quality improvement, is offering a free webinar to highlight how its process improvement software can support lean Six Sigma projects. “Meet Quality Companion” will be held on May 19, 2011, at 11 a.m. EDT. Space is limited…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- CAMIO7 is a major software release in many ways. This multisensor coordinate measuring machine (CMM) software now reflects the latest from Microsoft Windows, featuring the ribbon-style toolbar. This serves as the central location where all software functions…
(FDA: Washington) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced two new regulations that will help ensure the safety and security of foods in the United States. The rules are the first to be issued by the FDA under the new authorities granted the agency by the FDA Food Safety…
(ANSI: Washington) -- Throughout the month of May, the International Code Council Foundation (ICCF) is celebrating its 31st annual Building Safety Month. The public awareness campaign seeks to create communitywide recognition and understanding of building safety and sustainability,…
(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Mettler-Toledo introduces the BBA226 stainless steel bench scale—a perfect fit for many applications in any industrial environment, with light hose-down requirements.
The BBA226 is a robust, rugged, cost-effective, and multifunctional stainless steel scale…
(CRAIC: San Dimas, CA) -- CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of ultraviolet–visible-near infrared (UV-visible-NIR) microspectroscopy solutions, has introduced the 20/20 XL UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer. The 20/20 XL microspectrophotometer is designed to nondestructively analyze…
(Olympus America: Center Valley, PA) -- Olympus NDT, a pioneer in industrial ultrasound phased-array instrumentation, has introduced the newest version of the OmniScan Series flaw detectors, the OmniScan MX2. This phased array flaw detector features an entirely new design with a large, bright 10…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced the addition of 3-D vision in the new release of VisionPro 3D. It delivers accurate, real-time, 3-D position information to automate challenging assembly verification, logistics, and robot applications. VisionPro 3D works with any number of fixed…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- More fragmented and uncoordinated health care may be on the horizon, thanks to a growing shortage of U.S. health care workers. That’s the message from a new poll of health care quality experts conducted by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of…
(Optech: Toronto) -- Optech Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital cameras, and survey instruments, announces the latest addition to its innovative line of multibeam airborne imaging systems, the ALTM Pegasus HD500.
Now available with 500 kHz capability, Pegasus maintains…
(Rosalina Instruments: Mumbai) -- The Advanced 3250 Single-Sample Osmometer uses the industry-preferred freezing-point method for an accurate determination of total concentration. With on-board sample identification, broad measurement range, and optimal sample size requirement, the Advanced…
Total Flow Management: Achieving Excellence with Kaizen and Lean Supply Chains, by Euclides A. Coimbra (Kaizen Institute, 2009), has been distributed only within Kaizen Institute and among its customers. Now this book is available to all and will surely join the classics on the practical…
(Vishay Precision Group: Malvern, PA) -- Vishay Precision Group (VPG), a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of resistive foil technology products, announces the release of a current sensing resistor—the CSM3637P—with an improved power rating and low thermal electromotive force (EMF). The…
(Egemin: Holland, MI) -- Egemin Automation Inc., a leading manufacturer of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and warehouse management systems since 1976, has developed a hybrid Automated Guided Vehicle. Morphing manual and automatic operations onto a standard, off-the-shelf
forklift provides…
(PTI: Tuckahoe, NY) -- Packaging Technologies and Inspection (PTI), a leading manufacturer of nondestructive, noninvasive inspection technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, will showcase the VeriPac Leak Detection Systems at Interpack, the international processes and packaging exposition…
(Opto Diode: Newbury Park, CA) -- Opto Diode Corp., a subsidiary of ITW Photonics Group, and a global supplier of advanced performance photodiodes and highly reliable, visible and IR LEDs, now supplies custom light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for a variety of applications.
The company is one of the…
(Precyse: Wayne, PA) -- Precyse, a leader in health information management (HIM) services and technologies, has launched precyseCode, an advanced and comprehensive HIM platform available today. PrecyseCode is driven by state-of-the-art technologies that understand and process human voice,…
(LeCroy: Chestnut Ridge, NY) -- LeCroy Corp. introduces a new line of 12-bit resolution WaveRunner oscilloscopes, the WaveRunner HRO 6 Zi. The WaveRunner HRO, a high-resolution oscilloscope, features an industry-leading, 12-bit analog-to-digital convertor (ADC), deep memory of 256 Mpts/ch, and…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. presents the Flexible Flaw Detection webinar, scheduled for May 5, 2011, at 2 p.m. EDT. The webinar will focus on technical topics that showcase the power of machine vision and how to solve inspection applications with advanced techniques and new tools. If you…
(MIRTEC: Oxford, CT) -- MIRTEC, a global leader in inspection technology, is the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 Global Customer Service Leadership Award for the surface mount technology (SMT) inspection equipment market. MIRTEC was selected based on its superior quality and timeliness…
