(AMETEK Petrolab: Broken Arrow, OK) -- The MINIFLASH Touch is the latest addition to the Grabner Instruments line of portable flash-point testers. The new tester combines the field-proven advantages of the MINIFLASH tester line with a colorful touch-screen design.

(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America rose substantially during the third quarter of 2010.

(Visual Workplace Inc.: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces the Visual Workplace Factory Makeover training DVD.

(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- A large crankshaft measurement gauge for manufacturers of diesel, marine, and locomotive engines as well as mining, oil field, and power-generation equipment is being introduced by ADCOLE Corp., of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announced the addition of the Checker 4G Series to its line of vision sensors.

Success in the competitive field of nanoindentation measurement often hangs upon depth and load specifications. Competing nanoindentation instruments list resolution capabilities from the pico to the micro ranges.

(StatSoft: Tulsa, OK) -- StatSoft announces the release of STATISTICA 10, its flagship high-performance  enterprise data analysis, predictive modeling, and analytic reporting platform.  

(IQL: Ashaway, RI) -- Independent Quality Labs Inc. (IQL) is offering Machine Tool Metrology 101, a seminar that provides in-depth understanding of machine tool positioning accuracy (metrology) and its impact on manufacturing process capability and on-machine measurement.

(Advanced Inspection Technologies: Melbourne, FL) -- Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) introduces the INVU pipe camera.

Since thermal management is critical to heat sink performance, testing with Thermex temperature distribution film has become a useful design and assembly quality control check.