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(Eriez: Erie, PA) -- Eriez, a global leader in advanced technology for magnetic, vibratory, and inspection applications, announces the availability of the Eriez Pull Test Kit. When used properly, the kit will help users monitor the efficiency of their magnetic separator by measuring the holding…
(Rexroth: Hoffman Estates, IL) -- Developed with lean manufacturing expert Dan Fleming, Rexroth’s lean manufacturing podcast, episode 16, “Lean in Assembly Operations” discusses how to apply lean concepts to automation. The episode is the latest in a series of Rexroth podcasts dedicated to…
(NASA: Washington) -- To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore pointed Hubble’s eye at an especially photogenic pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.
“For 21…
(Seidenader: Markt Schwaben, Germany) -- The particular attention paid to leak tightness of pharmaceutical containers has been continuously increasing during the past months. Seidenader stays abreast of these changes with the development of a module for head space analysis (HSA). Besides the…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Thursday, July 21, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a webinar, “Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals.” Georgia Harris, of NIST’s Weights and Measures Division (WMD), will lead the webinar. At the end of (or during…
(Prrrfect: Carlsbad, CA) -- Prrrfect Technologies LLC has chosen the CONTROL 2011 exposition, held May 3–6 in Stuttgart, Germany, to launch its portable direct computer controlled coordinate measuring machine (DCC CMM) specifically designed to support production operations such as precision…
(Artel: Westbrook, ME) -- Artel, a global leader in liquid-handling quality assurance, will be holding “Pipetting Olympics” competitions in labs across the country as part of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24–30. During this competition, lab technologists—as…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- Though fixed-mount ID readers have been enabled with Ethernet support for quite some time, handheld ID readers, traditionally serial or US-based, have always required a PC to connect into the factory network.
As a node on the Ethernet factory network, the DataMan 8000…
As part of the keynote of the recent GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) CEO Bruce Johnson, along with former Republican Senator Bill Frist and former Democratic Senator Tom Daschle, addressed an audience of more than 600 health care business leaders about the…
(DOE: Washington) -- As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to reduce U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced new steps underway at the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles. This includes the availability of…
(Schoelly: Worcester, MA) -- Schoelly Imaging’s high-temperature borescopes enable inspection and analysis of areas otherwise inaccessible to standard remote-viewing instruments. Designed for use at operating temperatures up to 2,000ºC, these specialty borescopes provide critical inspection…
(Instron: Grove City, PA) -- Instron, a provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, announces its new composites team. Lead by composites marketing managers Ian McEnteggart and Lorenzo Majno, this team specializes in composites…
(Enthone: West Haven, CT) -- Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, will offer Six Sigma Black Belt certification courses for manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, energy, electronics, building, hardware and tooling, and surface finishing markets.
Participants must bring a laptop…
(GIA Inc: San Jose, CA) -- The number as well as size of testing laboratories worldwide, especially in developed markets such as the United States, has been on the rise during the past several years. Increasing consumer demand, globalization in sourcing and distribution, and the existence of…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork, by Donald A. Dinero (CRC Press, 2011) provides the insight of leading experts to assist in the execution of training within industry (TWI), a game-changing business tool. Presented as a series…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Customer satisfaction rises for hospital services and electric and natural gas utilities, according to a recent report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The report covers customer satisfaction with hospitals; ambulatory care services; and investor…
(ABTech: Swansey, NH) -- ABTech Inc., a precision air-bearing metrology gauge manufacturer has introduced the air bearing-based μicroForm Gage model μFG150. This compact gauge is designed around an air-bearing rotary axis with microinch (nanometer) accuracy, ensuring precise, repeatable…
(CSA Group: Toronto) -- To speed entry for solar panel manufacturers into the North American and international markets, a new a photovoltaic (PV) certification test company, CFV Solar Test Laboratory, has opened in Albuquerque, New Mexico, offering worldwide certification services from one location…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a nonprofit, member-supported organization that works with a wide range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, announced the release of “Supply Chain Data Network Connectivity…
(Tooling U: Cleveland) -- To meet the needs of manufacturers who are increasingly using nontraditional materials in their manufacturing process, Tooling U announces a new web-based composites training program.
Tooling U, a leading provider of online training for the manufacturing industry,…
(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Readers and editors of SAE International’s Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine have selected the 2011 Chevrolet Volt as the “Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011.” The announcement was made during the SAE 2011 World Congress, April 12–14, in Detroit.
“The…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded the American Society for Quality (ASQ)—the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts—the prestigious Authorized Provider status. IACET Authorized Providers are the only…
(FasTest: Roseville, MN) -- FasTest Inc. announces the FasCal Manifold System for pressure calibration. The manifold supports connections of up to four different devices at the same time, accommodating a wide variety of fitting configurations. The stainless-steel system allows any FasCal connector—…
(Duff and Macintosh: Hornsby, Australia) -- Duff and Macintosh Pty Ltd now supplies the laminar mass flow meters and mass flow controllers manufactured by Tuscon, Arizona-based Alicat Scientific.
Alicat’s mass flow meters and controllers can be used in a variety of measurement and control-based…
(Marlin Steel Wire Products: Baltimore, MD) -- Eli Goldratt, author of The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (North River Press, 1992), one of the most widely admired handbooks on manufacturing efficiency, was the honored speaker at a special meeting of the Regional Manufacturing Institute (…
