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(Micromeritics: Norcross, GA) -- Micromeritics Instrument Corp.'s Tristar II 3020 Analyzer provides high-quality surface area and porosity measurements on solid materials by using the technique of gas adsorption. The TriStar II is a fully-automated, three-station analyzer capable of increasing the…
(HHS: Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released the first in a series of health care "success story" reports that document innovative programs and initiatives that can serve as models for a reformed U.S. health care system…
(AMT: McLean, VA) -- Manufacturing technology suppliers reacted with cautious optimism over reports that Ford Motor Co. posted the first sales gain in two years and that U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July. But that’s not to say that tough times are over for the…
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) today announced an agreement to launch a bilateral good clinical practices (GCP) initiative, designed to ensure that clinical trials submitted in drug marketing applications in the…
(NCQA: Washington, DC) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released its latest edition of Quality Compass, one of the nation's leading databases of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 415 commercial health plan products serving 94…
(White House: Elkhart, Indiana) -- Further accelerating the manufacturing and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries, and components here in America, and creating tens of thousands of new jobs, President Obama today announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will…
(Intevac, Santa Clara, CA) -- Photonics, a division of Intevac Inc., has announced the availability of DeltaNu's RAPID-ID, an innovative tool for the plastics industry. RAPID-ID is an industrial quality instrument that supports a lean manufacturing process by reducing waste at all stages of…
(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc. has introduced its VS450 spectrophotometer that gives laboratories an advanced and affordable technology to accurately control the quality of color by measuring a wide range of wet and dry samples without touching test surfaces.
The VS450 offers:
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(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- ASTM International Committee 11 on Quality and Statistics is continuing the conversion process of popular military acceptance standards based on Military Standard 105E, Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes.
The U.S. Department of Defense (…
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- Baumer, a Swiss-based manufacturer of high performance sensors and digital cameras, has become a member of the Cognex Acquisition Alliance. This partnership will facilitate vision system integration by unifying Baumer digital camera and VisionPro vision software…
(Renishaw: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Renishaw's new MODUS CMM software application works with the company's UCC2 universal CMM controller and full range of sensors, including the REVO five-axis measuring system, to form a single-source coordinate measurement machine (CMM) retrofit package, installed…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Quality equipment is essential to a quality education. 3M’s in-kind gift of 250 Super Close Projection Systems 700 Series, valued at about $720,000, which includes projectors, speakers, and wall-mounts, has been donated to the SME Education Foundation for distribution to the…
(WENZEL Group GmbH: Wiesthal, Germany) -- The acquisition of Steintek GmbH, located in Greding, Germany, by the WENZEL Group GmbH & Co. KG that was already announced at the Control exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany, this past May, has now been successfully concluded. The contracts for the 100…
(DNV: Katy, TX) -- DNV is pleased to announce a webinar around a topic every company in every industry deals with... customer satisfaction. This free, live webinar, "Customer Satisfaction—Guidelines for the Complaint Handling Process—ISO 10002" will be held on August 27, at 1 p.m. CDT.
Hosted…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a provider of online lean Six Sigma training and support technologies, has increased the content of SigmaPedia, their free online lean Six Sigma encyclopedia, now offering more than 400 terms and definitions. With the addition of the new terms,…
(Olympus: Center Valley, PA) -- The LEXT OLS4000, the newest laser scanning confocal microscope from Olympus, is the next generation in noncontact optical measuring solutions. It advances scan accuracy, accelerates scan speed, and puts the power and flexibility of dual confocal technology into the…
(The Conference Board: New York) -- The number of U.S. companies with an offshoring strategy has more than doubled from 2005 to 2008 and very few plan to relocate activities back to the United States, according to Duke Offshoring Research Network's fifth annual report on offshoring trends,…
Takt is a German word for the baton used by maestros. Just as musicians must be synchronized with the conductor, the rate of production within an organization must be synchronized with the rate of its delivery.
In a nutshell, takt time is a theoretical figure that indicates how much time is…
(Stanley Vidmar: Allentown, PA) -- Stanley Vidmar, a manufacturer of premium custom storage solutions for use in a wide range of industries, is now offering its customers another lean manufacturing solution: the 5S Cabinet. Made with a durable cabinet case featuring metal pegboard inserts and…
(Fire Starter Publishing: Gulf Breeze, FL) -- A new book by best-selling author, Stephen C. Beeson, M.D., Engaging Physicians: A Manual To Physician Partnerships (Fire Starter Publishing, 2009) takes leaders on a stepwise, staged journey to engage physicians in a systemwide effort and align…
(ASQ Old Pueblo Section: Tucson, AZ) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Tucson Old Pueblo Section 0707 will sponsor a one-day conference to provide Arizona-based health care organizations with a forum to learn about and discuss the vast number of changes affecting the health care industry…
(Sokkia: Olathe, KS) -- Sokkia Corp. introduces the NET05X—a new manual 3-D station that provides unparalleled precision in a broad range of applications such as surveying, engineering, construction, and industrial 3-D measurement.
0.5" angle accuracy
The combination of market-proven absolute…
(Mahr Federal Inc.: Providence, RI) -- As dimensional metrology systems increase in accuracy and sophistication, they are more capable than ever of helping to improve quality and cut costs in production environments. Once there, however, they must often be run by operators who are not experienced…
(Delcam: Windsor, ON, Canada) -- Delcam International Inc. will launch the new version of its FeatureCAM feature-based machining software at the American Manufacturing Exposition (AMMO) taking place in Las Vegas, Aug. 17–19, at Booth No. 428. The new release will include enhancements across the…
(American Health Care Association: Washington) -- Following the release of a new national report from research firm Holleran Consulting that found little or no connection between a nursing home’s rating under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) controversial Five-Star Quality…
