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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available “meter stick” for the nano world, the…
(Olympus America: Center Valley, PA) -- Industrial engineers, quality control inspectors, and researchers can perform image capture and analysis tasks quicker and easier than ever, thanks to the groundbreaking new Olympus microscopy software platform, Stream v1.3. In industrial laboratory…
(Palmer Wahl: Asheville, NC) -- Wahl Instruments Inc. is proud to announce the Wahl Heat Spy Portable Calibration Black Body, an ambient temperature black body used for single point calibration verification and checking of thermal imaging cameras and point infrared thermometers. With an accuracy…
(Advantest: Tokyo) -- Advantest Corp. announces that it has successfully developed the world’s first terahertz (THz) wave imaging system, using Advantest’s original terahertz-wave technology, for nondestructive 3-D analysis and inspection. The system is the first product developed within the…
(GBMP: Worcester, MA) -- On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7–8, hundreds of people, those passionate about lean philosophies and those curious to learn more and get started, will descend upon the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, for the 5th Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference. The lineup…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The panel of judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 15 organizations for the final review stage for the 2009 award. Starting this month, teams of experts in…
(New Vista Corp.: Baltimore, MD) -- New Vista Corp. has developed a thread verification unit that is hand-held, the TVU-HH, for the rapid inspection of internal or external threads in production parts. The TVU-HH powers a thread gauge into and out of (or onto and off of) the part. The unit…
(NewsBlaze: Al Asad Airbase, Iraq) -- The Maintenance Platoon with the 47th Transportation Company, 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, from Fort Bliss, Texas, keeps the missions moving.
The company’s Maintenance Platoon supports a fleet of 125 pieces of…
(CGU: Claremont, CA) -- The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and The Drucker Institute have announced the details of the global commemoration and celebration of the life of the late Peter F. Drucker, eminent author, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and…
(UI: Iowa City, IA) -- A group of researchers at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business is using the principles of more efficient manufacturing processes in an effort to help contain ever-increasing health care costs.
“Whether you’re talking about health care or manufacturing, lean…
(FARO Technologies Inc.: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, recently announced the release of their latest 3-D measurement system, the FARO Laser Tracker ION.
The FARO Laser Tracker ION is the most advanced,…
(Z Corp.: Burlington, MA) -- Z Corp. recently introduced the world’s most affordable portable 3-D laser scanner, providing high-resolution 3-D data capture to a broad base of users at an economical price.
The ZScanner 600 extends Z Corp.’s fast-growing line of unique hand-held, self-…
(OGP: Rochester, NY) -- Optical Gaging Products Inc. (OGP) introduces the new Focus Advance 16-inch Horizontal Contour Projector, continuing its longstanding tradition of supplying state-of-the-art optical comparators to the industrial marketplace. The new Focus Advance is a premium bench top…
(Snap-on Tools: Kenosha, WI) -- Snap-on Tools Co.’s new Digital Image Capturing Borescope (BK6000) solves the case of inspecting hard-to-see places.
With the Digital Borescope, professional technicians can diagnose problems more accurately and quickly, avoiding disassembly when not…
Product News: Manufacturing Cleanliness with Automated Filter and Particle Analysis System Available
(Olympus America Inc.: Center Valley, PA) -- In fields as diverse as aerospace, pharmaceuticals, heavy machinery, and medical devices, the inspecting and analyzing of residue on filters is key for documenting the purity and cleanliness of the manufacturing process and analyzing particles found…
(HealthyStuff.org: Ann Arbor, MI) -- A nonprofit environmental research organization recently released results on more than 900 common products tested for toxic chemicals including lead, cadmium, mercury, bromine, chlorine (PVC), and arsenic. Using an XRF analyzer, researchers at the Ecology…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Business, industry, and nongovernmental organization leaders addressed quality opportunities and crises in the 21st century in a dialogue, hosted by American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the Baldrige National Quality Program at the National Institute of Standards and…
(Plex Systems: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No. 1-rated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers, recently announced enhanced configurable dashboard features that increase productivity and efficiency from the shop floor to the top floor.
Users…
(Baumer Group: Southington, CT) -- To increase the flexibility of machine vision systems and allow control over custom-designed LED illumination, Baumer has introduced advanced gigabit Ethernet (GigE) cameras outfitted with four independent input/output (I/O) ports located adjacent to the trigger…
(Mahr Federal: Providence, RI) -- Mahr Federal has introduced the next generation of portable surface finish measuring instruments with the new MarSurf M 300. The first surface finish instrument to offer cable-free Bluetooth connection between drive and evaluation units, the new MarSurf M 300 also…
(Magnatag Visible Systems: Macedon, NY) -- Visual communications are important for successful lean manufacturing. Inventory, safety, quality, and productivity are key metrics in lean manufacturing. With the patented RotoCube rotating towers, production managers nationwide are putting whiteboard and…
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(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- As part of its Socially Responsible Organization (SRO) movement, the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is offering a four-part webinar series on the importance of social responsibility and how organizations can build business value by improving environmental and societal…
(Indicate Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- Indicate Technologies Inc. is partnering with Optical Gaging Products and the International Institute of GD&T to present a seminar series, Precision GD&T: Introduction & Fundamental Principles, which explores the implications of geometric…
(BSI Group: London ) -- Aerospace components must endure unique demands. BSI has recently published BS EN 9100:2009—"Aerospace series. Quality management systems. Requirements (based on ISO 9001) and Quality systems. Model for quality assurance in design, development, production, installation and…
