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(Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.: Columbia, MD) -- The Autograph AGS-X Series table-top universal testers, now available from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, deliver efficient, precise tensile and compression tests for the rubber, plastic, and film industries. With the AGS-X, users can…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest community of quality resources and experts, now offers ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, the new international standard on social responsibility (SR). The standard provides global guidance for both private…
(McGraw-Hill: New York) -- In the global marketplace, people can work practically anywhere and anytime. Managing the Mobile Workforce: Leading, Building, and Sustaining Virtual Teams, by David Clemons and Michael Kroth (McGraw-Hill, 2010), shares stories about organizations that have taken the…
(DIS: Novi, MI) -- Dynamic Intelligent Solutions LLC (DIS) has launched its patent-pending process, called “ChamberCam,” that more efficiently measures dimensional-stability components under extreme climatic conditions, reducing development time and cost while increasing the breadth of data…
(Jossey-Bass: Hoboken, NJ) -- The Leader to Leader Institute’s (formerly The Drucker Foundation) best-selling The Five Most Important Questions Self-Assessment Tool (Jossey-Bass, 2010) has helped facilitators, leaders, and consultants guide thousands in unleashing their organizations' full…
(ISPE, Tampa, FL) -- ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, will offer seven training courses, including a session focused on complying with 21 CFR Part 11, at its 2010 ISPE Philadelphia Classroom Training. The event will take…
(Nikon Corp.: Tokyo) -- Nikon Corp. has introduced the HN-6060, a new concept in noncontact, multisensor 3-D metrology. The HN-6060 captures high-density 3-D point clouds from part surfaces with high speed and precision. The newly designed laser scanning sensor extracts the surface form and…
(Newport Corp.: Stratford, CT) -- Oriel, a Newport Corp. brand, has announced a new uniformity measurement tool for measuring the uniformity of irradiance at the sample plane of solar simulators. The photovoltaics (PV) tool is equipped with a single metal test platen, compatible with English and…
(McGraw-Hill Professional: New York) -- We live in a world of vast collaborative potential. Yet all too often, powerful boundaries create barriers that can splinter groups, which can lead to uninspiring results. To transform borders into frontiers in global, multistakeholder organizations, you…
Donald L. Dewar, founder and president of QCI International and Quality Digest magazine, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 27 at the Visual Workplace International Summit 2010 Conference in Salt Lake City.
Dewar is recognized for bringing quality circles and many other…
(Direct Dimensions Inc.: Owings Mills, MD) -- Every year a select group of students in the mechanical engineering program in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, compete in the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) competition. The…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is participating in a worldwide effort to recommend major revisions to the International System of Units (SI), the…
(AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Americas: Norcross, GA) -- AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Americas and Toyota Motor Sales USA have agreed to combine experience and resources surrounding process improvement methods for collision repair operations, resulting in the Toyota Production System for Collision (TPS-C…
(Albion Devices Inc.: Solana Beach, CA) -- Albion Devices Inc., an engineering firm specializing in precision measurement instrumentation, recently introduced its new, inexpensive Fireball USB interfaced digital linear-measurement probe.
Fireball digital probes are the lowest cost, easiest-to-…
(NAG: Oxford, UK) -- Quality control engineers who develop applications in the Microsoft .NET environment and program in C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, or F# can now incorporate the methods from one of the most extensively tested and comprehensively documented numerical libraries in the world, the…
(Dimensional Control Systems Inc.: Troy, MI) -- Dimensional Control Systems Inc. (DCS), a provider of dimensional engineering software solutions and consulting services, has released a new version of GDM-3D, its quality data analysis and reporting software, with enhancements that dramatically…
(Xsens Technologies B.V: Los Angeles) -- Xsens Technologies B.V., a provider of professional 3-D tracking systems, has released the MTw miniature wireless inertial motion tracker for ambulatory 3-D kinematic measurements. The Xsens MTw wireless body-area network system will be shown for the first…
(Kistler: Farmington Hills, MI) -- Kistler has introduced the Corrsys-Datron Microstar II, the next-generation of its flexible microwave sensor. The Microstar II is designed to offer highly accurate and repeatable measurements of vehicle dynamics parameters such as driving performance,…
(StatPoint Technologies Inc.: Warrenton, VA) -- StatPoint Technologies Inc., the developer of the Statgraphics line of statistical tools used in data analysis across the spectrum of business management, manufacturing, and scientific research, has launched a free Statgraphics User Community Forum…
(ISO: Geneva) -- November 1 sees the launch of one of the most eagerly awaited standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in recent years: ISO 26000:2010—”Guidance on social responsibility,” which provides guidance to business and public sector organizations on social…
(Kistler: Switzerland) -- Kistler’s new Types 6162A and 6163A diaphragm sensors allow high-precision measurement of cavity pressure during injection molding and pressing of low-viscosity melts. The sensors are the latest quality assurance tool for processing cross-linking molding compounds and for…
SmartScope Apex Micro precision dimensional measurement system
(OGP: Rochester, NY) --Optical Gaging Products (OGP) introduces the new SmartScope Apex Micro precision dimensional measurement system to the industrial marketplace. Apex Micro is a floor model…
(Imagine Optic: Paris) -- Imagine Optic, Europe’s provider of high-precision wavefront metrology and adaptive-optics solutions, has launched HASO R-Flex as the latest addition to its product line.
HASO R-Flex is a compact, auto-illuminated wavefront sensor that is available in a variety of…
(Wenzel/Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixom, MI) -- Xspect Solutions has installed more Renishaw REVO systems than any other coordinate measuring machine (CMM) specialist. Their unique approach to technology and experience with the universal CMM controller (UCC) has put them in an ideal position to also…
(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) -- PowerSteering Software, the on-demand project and portfolio management (PPM) solution for managing lean Six Sigma and other strategic programs, will host a new webcast on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 12 p.m. EDT. The free session, “Using Lean to Change Culture in…
