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(nuvoTrace: Las Vegas) -- With the Trace300 Benchtop Hydrogen/Refrigerant Leak Detector and Locator, nuvoTrace, a small business entity, offers a new industrial technology to change the way manufacturers check for leak tightness—and identify the locations of those leaks.
A new approach to leak…
(PerkinElmer: Waltham, MA) -- PerkinElmer Inc., a provider focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, has launched two digital X-ray flat-panel detectors (FPDs) for nondestructive testing (NDT) applications at the ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show, which is taking…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Kermit the Frog once declared, “It’s not easy being green.” But SME and Purdue TAP are making it easier for manufacturing professionals to become green workers—one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. work force.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is carrying out a survey of existing and potential users of ISO 9001, the global benchmark for quality management, to gather feedback to help decide whether the standard needs further improvement and, if so, what needs…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) announces the expansion of its accreditation activities to encompass special inspection agencies in New York City.
The criteria for special inspection agency accreditation requires agencies to provide…
(Agilent Technologies: Santa Clara, CA) -- Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the 708-DS Dissolution Apparatus, a quality control instrument that can be configured for manual and automated applications. The new device includes an improved design that minimizes variability and improves…
(AMETEK Inc.: Paoli, PA) -- AMETEK Inc. has acquired Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, a global provider of weathering test instruments and related testing and consulting services, from Industrial Growth Partners for approximately $159 million in cash.
Atlas is headquartered in Chicago…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Researchers are characterizing a new technique as a neat solution to the “needle in a haystack” problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it’s more like using a flashlight to find a coffee table in the dark instead of walking around until you fall over it. In a recently…
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Gold Mine: a Novel of Lean Turnaround (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2005), a popular lean business novel about a failing company that survives by adopting lean manufacturing, is now available as an audio book.
Written by Freddy and Michael Ballé, the novel deftly…
(Reverseengineering.com: La Jolla, California) -- Reverseengineering.com has announced that its 2011 CAD-integrated software plug-in is now available. Each plug-in has been optimized for the 64-bit operating system, and reverse-engineering users will realize a direct improvement in time and…
(Factory Strategies Group: Morro Bay, CA) -- Factory Strategies Group has released its new Lean Enterprise Strategy Kit to support the strategic planning efforts at organizations and smaller companies. The kit brings together the best of traditional SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and…
(Creaform: Lévis, Quebec) -- Creaform, a technology company offering 3-D engineering services and innovative 3-D scanners, has acquired Genicad, a leading Québec City company specializing in engineering, digital and mechanical design, project management, and technical drawing. The acquisition…
(InfinityQS International: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International, a provider of statistical process control (SPC) software, has released ProFicient 4.3, the latest upgrade to its real-time quality control solution. The new version delivers powerful cost analysis, data integration, and…
(GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies: Billerica, MA) -- The 3D Phase Measurement is a game-changing measurement technique that increases 3-D accuracy and productivity in aerospace and rotating equipment applications. Paired with the world-class XLG3 Video Borescope, this new technology…
(GSI: Melbourne, FL) -- Geodetic Systems In. (GSI), a global designer and manufacturer of industrial 3-D measurement systems, recently added a new line of V-STARS systems based on its new series of “DynaMo” cameras.
The new “V-STARS/D” systems incorporating the DynaMo retain all the features…
(PPT Vision: Bloomington, MN) -- PPT VISION’s newly released IMPACT M-Series Embedded Vision System delivers increased precision and speed to automated inspection, guidance. and identification production processes.
Featuring up to four asynchronously triggered cameras that run on a single…
(New River Kinematics: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics (NRK), a global provider of advanced portable metrology software, has announced the release of Power3 Suite, a comprehensive bundle of software applications providing industry-leading metrology, inspection, surfacing, and reverse-…
(INUS Technology: Seoul) -- INUS Technology Inc. has launched InvisHands, a new tool that automates the process of creating complete CAD models from 3-D scan data. InvisHands offers a new option to anyone in need of accurate reverse engineered models of physical parts. The service allows users of…
(Verisurf Software Inc.: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf has released the fifth generation of its Verisurf X software. With model-based geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) inspection technology at its core, the all-new computer-aided inspection and reverse engineering software, Verisurf X5…
In Virtual Team Success: A Practical Guide for Working and Leading from a Distance (Pfeiffer, 2010), authors Darleen DeRosa and Richard Lepsinger share findings from their 2008 global research study. They wanted to know what factors made some virtual teams excel while so many dissolved in failure…
(Direct Dimensions Inc.: Baltimore) -- Direct Dimensions, a cutting-edge 3-D imaging technology firm, ranked number 2,633 by Inc. magazine on its fourth-annual “Inc. 5000” list, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The Inc. list represents the most comprehensive…
(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology Inc. unveiled the complete new line of ROMER Absolute Arms in Chicago at IMTS 2010. In addition to the previously released absolute Arm six axis arm for tactile and tube inspection, two additional seven axis models were demonstrated in…
(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has introduced the Focus3D, a new laser scanner.
Focus3D is a high-performance 3-D laser scanner for detailed measurement and documentation with intuitive touch screen control…
(InnovMetric Software: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric Software is pleased to announce that version 12 of PolyWorks/Modeler will offer new parametric 2-D sketching capabilities. This development project is inscribed within a vision of true interoperability with CAD/CAM applications in which the role…
(Nikon Metrology: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology introduces the Laser Radar MV330/350 for automated large-scale metrology applications. The new Laser Radar doubles measurement speed and performance, offers better data quality through improved signal-to-noise ratio, and features enhanced hole and…