Webinar: “Vision Solutions for Food & Beverage Production and Packaging”
(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Tough competition means food and beverage manufacturers and packagers cannot afford production errors.
First Truly Portable 3-D Noncontact Profilometer Released
(Nanovea: Irvine, CA) -- The Nanovea Jr25, a 3-D noncontact portable profilometer, is the first truly portable, high-performance profilometer of its kind. With an optional battery pack and carrying case, the Jr25 provides measurement capability rarely available during field study.
UK’s Partnership Program Aims To Improve Quality of Packaging
(City University London: London) -- City University London and Sencon UK Ltd., a developer of sensor and control systems for the metal packaging industry, have begun a three-year, £200,000 ($320,000) knowledge transfer partnership to improve the quality control of the coatings applied to food, d
Poland Develops International Surface Metrology Standards
(ICHF: Warsaw, Poland) -- Superficial layers of materials, no thicker than several atomic layers, play a key role in many important areas of science and technology, including microelectronics, catalysis, or corrosion science.
Quality’s Effect on Society and the National Culture
The growth of commerce, science, and technology has greatly expanded the extent and variety of goods and services, helping many to lead longer, safer lives.
The Basics of GD&T: Current and Future States
Effective communication and consistent measurement across all engineering disciplines and processes are essential to the design and manufacture of the highest quality products. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is key to achieving these goals.
Sum-Met Bundles Simplify Ordering Consumables for Testing Labs
(Buehler: Lake Bluff, IL) -- To simplify ordering and purchasing, Buehler created its new Sum-Met Bundles, which contain all the grinding and polishing consumables required to prepare 100 specimens.
Laser Scanning Speeds Up Handgun Replica Production
(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Soft Air USA used NVision’s laser scanning services to save three months in getting an Airsoft replica of FN Herstal’s FNP9-17 handgun to market.
Nikon Metrology Opens New Western Regional Sales Office
(Nikon Metrology Inc.: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology Inc. recently opened its new Western regional sales office in Irvine, California.
New F500 Precision Thermometer Exploits AC Bridge Technology
(ASL U.S.: Danville, VA) -- ASL U.S.’s F500 provides highly accurate, dual-channel temperature measurement for platinum resistance thermometers (PRT), and exploits the inherent advantages of AC bridge technology to maintain repeatable measurements with unique levels of performance and speed.