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(Professional Business Solutions: O’Fallon, MO) -- Professional Business Solutions Inc. (PBSI), a provider of technical assistance and training programs for forensic laboratory professionals worldwide, has released its 2010 edition of the combined Forensic Laboratory Lean Six Sigma Training and…
(WENZEL Group: Wixom, MI) -- With the advent of 3-D technologies, requirements for quality assurance have increased. Previously, all major dimensions could be taken from a 2-D drawing for tactile measurement, but that is no longer the case. The curves of free-form surfaces are almost impossible to…
(IMTS: McLean, VA) -- IMTS 2010 was nothing less than the premier event that everyone has come to expect. The latest installment was the eighth largest edition in its 28-event history.
A total of 1,728 companies from 30 countries filled 1,180 booths and 1,137,375 sq. ft. with the latest…
(Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc.: Ramsey, NJ) -- Konica Minolta Sensing Americas Inc. (KMSA), a global provider of industrial measurement tools for color, light, and shape has partnered with B&W Tek Inc., an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems…
(L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co., a global manufacturer of precision tools and metrology equipment, has announced that its 795 and 796 Series Electronic Micrometers now offer measuring capabilities from 0-4 inches (0-125 mm). Both micrometers feature an IP67 level of…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- With the exponential increase in computing power and the broad proliferation of digital cameras, super-resolution imaging is poised to become the next “killer app.” The growing interest in this technology has manifested itself in an explosion of literature on the…
(Fluke Corp.: Everett, WA) -- Fluke Corp., a global provider of portable electronic test and measurement technology, will donate $65,000 worth of test instruments to schools and training programs for use in teaching students to diagnose and repair sophisticated industrial process control systems…
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. has released its new ShuttlePix P-400R Digital Microscope, made for inspection, observation, simple measurement, and recording of high-resolution images.
For on-site analysis of samples, it serves as a hand-held microscope that…
(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) has introduced the Pilit-Mini, a portable pipe inspection camera designed for industrial, HVAC, welding, cleaning validation, law enforcement and other applications. The hand-held inspection camera can…
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Customer satisfaction has improved for major household appliances and is at or near all-time highs for personal computers and big-ticket consumer electronics such as televisions, according to a report released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Amid recent…
(Visual Workplace Inc.: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. has a new buyer’s guide available for do-it-yourself visual controls. This comprehensive catalog details the company’s complete line of lean workplace and 5S visual management solutions, headlined by the Mobile In-House Sign Shop (…
(Bluespring: Cincinnati) -- Bluespring Software, a leading provider of business process innovation (BPI) technology and solutions, has announced that it will expand its Rapid Process Assessment (RPA) service. Bluespring RPA provides organizations with quantitative data to make informed decisions…
(Baumer: Southington, CT) -- With the DSRT strain sensor, Baumer offers a sensor for indirect force measurement that can be used in the packaging industry, engineering, wind energy plants, and many other industrial applications. The DSRT is the smallest strain sensor with the highest resolution (0…
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex has announced its next-generation DataMan hand-held industrial ID scanner, the DataMan 8000 Series. The rugged scanner is designed for the factory floor and offers the industry’s most advanced code-reading technology, IDMax, for reading 1-D and 2-D codes…
(Aven: Ann Arbor, MI) -- A high-intensity microscope ring light featuring 72 LED lights and adjustable illumination for any specimen or application has been released by Aven Inc. All electronics are part of the compact, self-contained MC90/50 model design.
Several features make this model…
(nuvoTrace: Las Vegas) -- nuvoTrace, a small business entity, has introduced innovative technology to safely and quickly test packages for leak tightness—down to 7 micron channels. The nondestructive tester developed by the company uses safe, nontoxic tracer gas to determine leak tightness of…
(The Delta Group: Greenville, SC) -- CareChex, a division of The Delta Group specializing in rating the quality of hospital and physician care, has released three new studies that reveal broad disparities between the quality of U.S. health care by state and metro area, and surprising regional…
(Cognex: Natick, MA) -- In this webinar series, Cognex will focus on technical topics that showcase the power of machine vision and how to solve inspection applications with advanced techniques and new tools. The webinar will take place Thursday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT. It lasts 30…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Siemens PLM Software’s new NX CMM Inspection Programming application, the latest addition to the NX software part-manufacturing solutions, has become the first inspection programming software application officially certified by the Dimensional Metrology Standards…
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- A major manufacturer of hydraulic fracturing tools for the oil and gas industry is using NVision’s hand-held laser scanner to increase the performance and life of its products by gaining a clearer picture of erosion patterns. The company previously used ultrasonic sensors…
What is kansei engineering? Editors Mitsuo Nagamachi and Anitawati Mohd Lokman and publisher CRC Press present two books that explore kansei engineering: Innovations of Kansei Engineering defines in detail what kansei is and its role in developing products based on the customer’s feelings, wants,…
(Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Cambridge, MA) -- Every year, the National Forum refuels the tanks of leaders of change, from executives to the front line. The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec. 5–8, at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida, is the premier “…
(The Boeing Co.: Smithfield, MI) -- The Boeing Co. and the Northrop Grumman Corp. will hold their second joint Global Product Data Interoperability Summit Nov. 8–11 at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort in Chandler, Arizona.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the organizers…
(RAND Corp.: Santa Monica, CA) -- When looking for a new physician, patients are often encouraged to select those who are board-certified or who have not made payments on malpractice claims. Yet these characteristics are not always a good predictor of which physicians will provide the highest-…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The process of reverse engineering has proven infinitely useful for analyzing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components to duplicate or repair them, or simply improve on their design. A guidebook to the rapid-fire changes in this area, Reverse Engineering:…
