Electron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, from biological tissue to miniature magnetic devices, at tiny levels of detail.

A young man in PQ Systems' hometown survived a dramatic auto accident last summer in which police-captured video footage of his spectacular, airborne vehicle was broadcast throughout the nation.

A few years ago, I mentioned to Clare Crawford-Mason that we need to make quality cool again. Crawford-Mason is the lady who helped bring Deming into public consciousness with her production of the 1979 NBC White Paper “If Japan Can, Why Can’t We?”

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Measurement systems analysis is an important topic in statistics and quality for engineering, manufacturing, laboratory practice, and business process applications.

(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.