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(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION announces IMPACT 9.1 Software Suite, the latest edition in the company’s sophisticated machine vision software platform. IMPACT 9.1 enhances the previous pattern find tool with its powerful Pinpoint Pattern Find tool, which offers exceptional…
(Bosch Rexroth: Buchanan, MI) -- Bosch Rexroth is offering advice on how to incorporate lean principles into the design of a new factory, or expansion of an existing factory, in an episode of their lean manufacturing podcast series.
Developed with lean manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh,…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Millions of toys have been recalled around the world because of hazardous levels of lead or cadmium, choking hazards, dangerous magnets, and other safety hazards. Two new standards in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8124 toy safety series aim to reduce the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Cambridge University Press, 2010), the much-anticipated successors to the…
(Geomagic: Research Triangle Park, NC) -- Geomagic will demo the latest versions of its Geomagic Studio reverse engineering and Geomagic Qualify quality inspection software for the first time in the United States in booth No. 212 at the RAPID 2010 conference and exposition, May 18–20 in Anaheim,…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- The U.S. manufacturing technology consumption during March totaled $258 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S.…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Manufacturing practitioners, designers, educators, and students have been using the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) textbook classic Fundamentals of Tool Design for more than 40 years to gain an in-depth understanding of all the factors that affect tool success…
(GxPi Ltd.: Nottingham, UK)– Regulatory compliance experts GxPi announce the availability of its leading electronic document management system (eDMS) “x-docs” as a hosted software service. x-docs hosted enables small and medium-sized organizations in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and health…
(Phase Vision: Leicestershire, UK) -- Originally developed for the most demanding conditions in the aerospace sector, Phase Vision pioneered the development of white-light 3-D scanners for the shop floor, aircraft hangar, or dockyard. The Quartz range is being launched after months of testing in…
(Konica Minolta: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global provider of industrial measurement of color, light, and shape, announces the launch of the all-new ShopKMSA.com. Now customers can shop Konica Minolta’s full catalog online anytime, day or night.
This online…
(AHRQ: Rockville, Maryland) -- Using bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors, as well as potential drug-related adverse events, says a new study funded by the Department of Health &…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- ASQ’s Six Sigma Forum is sponsoring a combination expert panel roundtable discussion, featuring guest speaker, long-time Quality Digest contributor Thomas Pyzdek, renown author and founder of Six Sigma Training.org, on May 26, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the World Conference on…
(SME: Montreal) -- Manufacturing in Quebec has done an about face. In the depths of the recent recession, pundits were claiming that recovery would be a long and slow road for the manufacturing sector in Quebec. But on the heels of one blockbuster announcement after another in the aerospace market…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- Developed in a collaborative effort by volunteers from Chrysler Group LLC, Delphi Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Honda of America Manufacturing Inc., Nexteer Automotive, The Lincoln Electric Co., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc…
(GlobalSpec: Troy, NY) -- GlobalSpec, a specialized search engine, information resource, e-publishing and online events company for the engineering, industrial, and technical communities, recently announced the availability of its newest research report, “2010 Economic Outlook Survey: How…
(GlobalSpec: Troy, NY) -- GlobalSpec, a specialized search engine, information resource, e-publishing and online events company for the engineering, industrial, and technical communities, recently announced the availability of its newest research report, “2010 Economic Outlook Survey: How…
(X-Rite Inc.: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc. is unveiling a new family of multi-angle spectrophotometers, and advanced quality control and formulation software that give manufacturers powerful new tools to introduce processes, improve first-time quality, and reduce the time and effort of…
(ADCOLE Corp.: Marlborough, MA) -- ADCOLE Corp. has introduced a submicron accuracy camshaft inspection gauge that features a new graphic display that enables operators to easily see the tolerance throughput status in real time for high-speed production monitoring.
The ADCOLE 1310 High-Speed…
Prototype for Ozcan’s lensless microscope
Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lenseless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further—or tinier. The UCLA engineer has created a miniature…
(Leica Microsystems: Spain, Switzerland) -- Spanish company Sensofar-Tech and Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG have agreed to expand their cooperation whereby Sensofar will supply technology and components for an optical system that complements Leica’s line of products for industrial applications.…
(QAI LLC: Sparta, IL) -- National quality training provider QAI LLC is introducing a next-generation problem solving and root cause analysis (RCA) instructional video. The purpose of the video is to teach the 8D problem solving process. This process is one of a few techniques commonly used to…
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global nonprofit association of 24,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are co-sponsoring FDA-ISPE Collaboration: Pharmaceutical Quality…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- In a joint initiative, the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) collaborated with four major vehicle manufacturers—Chrysler Group LLC., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., and Toyota Motor Engineering and…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that 11 university teams will square off May 2–6 in two contests designed to prove the viability of advanced…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- “Accurate measurement is at the heart of physics, and in my experience, new physics begins at the next decimal place,” Steven Chu, now the U.S. Secretary of Energy, said at the 125th anniversary of the Metre Convention in 2000. Those sentiments are echoed daily at the…
