192 press releases : Metrology, Inspection, Surveillance

A new product line with USB Interface is added to the ProgRes® Camera family and sets a new era. The new USB 2.0 based cameras in the ProgRes® CMOS and CCD Research camera line have been optimized according to customer wishes and will be available worldwide at authorized ProgRes® Resellers at the end of April 2009. The CMOS Camera models ProgRes® CT1, CT3 and CT5 are now equipped with USB interfa...

Cygnus Instruments has a new “Cygnus 4 General Purpose” Multiple Echo thickness gauge. More than 25 years ago Cygnus pioneered the Multiple Echo technique to ignore surface coatings and give accurate, error-checked measurements of remaining metal thickness. These benefits significantly reduce inspection time and costs. The new Cygnus 4 General Purpose embodies the latest Cygnus technology and has b...

Cygnus Instruments introduces the new “Cygnus Underwater” thickness gauge. For over 25 years, Cygnus Instruments has been the leading manufacturer of reliable, rugged underwater thickness gauges for divers carrying out maintenance inspections and corrosion checks. Developed with the Cygnus pioneered Multiple Echo technique, all Cygnus gauges ignore surface coatings and give only true, accurate meas...

NBC Sports made use of three Phantom digital high-speed cameras placed strategically around Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium. Two cameras were in the end zones and one camera was at the 50 yard line. Vision Research has a prepared a case study detailing how andy why our award winning cameras helped make Super Bowl history.

The GigE uEye® SE extends the broad range of uEye® industrial cameras by very compact models with Gigabit Ethernet interface, specially tailored to the needs of plant and machinery manufacturers. High-quality CCD and CMOS sensors with resolutions from VGA to 5 Megapixels make way for a wide range of applications. The GigE uEye® SE models are not only driver compatible with all cameras of the uEye...

The new XC range consisting of four outstanding checkweighing solutions, now offers models with improved accuracy, increased throughput, higher weighing ranges and a greater degree of water ingress protection to fulfil a wider range of application requirements. XC Accuracy +/- 0.5g XC Plus (NEW) - Increased Throughput up to 200 pcs/min XC Heavy (NEW) - Higher Weighing Range up to 6,000g X...

Denver, CO, March 30, 2009 – FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging systems, has announced that delivery of a new generation of 3D laser scanners will begin in the second quarter of 2009. Two new models, the FARO Laser Scanner Photon 120 and 20, both feature measuring rates of up to 976,000 points-per-second. The 120 also offers an unprecedented operating range of up...

Since 1981, NASA has been traveling into space using the Space Shuttle. Each shuttle was originally designed for a lifespan of 100 launches or 10 years of operational life. In 2010, the Space Shuttle is planned to be retired from service and will later be replaced by the Orion crew exploration vehicle. Making its first flights to the International Space Station by the middle of the next decade, Ori...

Hirox is proud to introduce its brand new ST-G stand especially designed to allow any kind of vibration that may occur during microscopic inspection (pictures or videos). Thanks to a highly stable and ergonomic design, this stand allows inspections up to 7,000x with a comfort and an ease of use ever reached! Also, this stand offers a Z axis motorized version for high precision millimetric move...

IDB Deutschland GmbH distributes Kerrygold butter made from the cream of Irish cow milk. To ensure high quality products, they installed a GARVENS checkweigher to verify products are at their optimum weight and a SAFELINE AdvanCheK x-ray inspection system to check for contamination. Ireland, the home of the Irish Dairy Board, IDB, is the ideal place for dairy production. Its vast green meadows, ...

Introducing a new Feinfocus Solution for the electronics and related industries from YXLON YXLON International GmbH, the leading supplier of industrial X-ray inspection- and computed tomography (CT) solutions for the non-destructive testing of materials and electronics, introduces the new Y.Cheetah to its range of Feinfocus Solutions at SMT Hybrid Packaging (booth 7-228) in Nuremberg, Germany. ...

In addition to displaying the company’s existing ranges of high-quality analogue and digital bore gauges, Bowers Metrology will have 2 exciting new products making their exhibition debuts at Control 2009. Designed for shop-floor use, Bowers’ robust new XT lever bore gauges have a simple ergonomic action and can be fitted with a wide variety of analogue and digital indicators or transducer probes. ...

The new MM-200 measuring microscope from Nikon Instruments is specially designed for engineers, inspectors and operators, who require highly accurate measurements for precision parts. Offering economies in size, weight and price, this compact product also offers precision and accuracy for measuring a variety of metal, plastic and electronic parts in all industries, especially the automotive and el...

March 19th, 2009, British Columbia, Canada- LMI Technologies is pleased to announce that they recently signed a distribution agreement with ControlVision to partner and sell LMI products: maestro™ and FireSync™. ControlVision provides state-of-the –art vision and robotic products and high level support to Integrators and OEMs throughout Australia and New Zealand. “Where LMI Technologies is well ...

Fiber Analysis made Faster, Better and Easier with the FEI Fibermetric System powered by Phenom Now, direct observation and measurement of micro and nano fibers is faster, better and easier than ever before. With the Fibermetric™ system powered by Phenom you can load and image samples in about 30 seconds. Magnifications up to 24,000 times produce accurate information on a large range of fib...

FEI™ is the company that helps you see beyond the limits of conventional optical and electron microscopes. Phenom is the easiest-to-use SEM ever made, breaking through the performance barriers of optical microscopes while defining a new standard for usability by non-experts. Now engineers, researchers, educators, and students – with very little training – can make high-resolution, sub-micron images...

In difficult economic times those companies able to invest in new capabilities are those that emerge from recession stronger than their competitors. PerkinElmer is proud to present you with the opportunity to strengthen your lab with outstanding value product solutions that will give you an immediate advantage and secure your company's future. Each product incorporates our latest innovations to pro...

The Imaging Source is one of the rare manufacturers in the world that offers FireWire (IEEE 1394) cameras with an motorized lens (focal lens 5 - 45 mm, auto iris and one push auto focus). Zoom and focus are set by stepper motors, thus all adjustments can be reproduced. The iris is driven by a fast linear Hall element. The Dxx 21xF04-Z2 camera series is equipped with a 640 x 480 CCD and outputs up t...

The Bowers Metrology Group has recently opened a new distribution and training facility in Shanghai, China. The impressive 2,500 square metre facility will serve as the Chinese distribution hub for the company’s bore gauging products that are manufactured in Bowers’ hi-tech manufacturing plant situated in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Previously, Bowers distributed their products throughout China via a...

The rapidly expanding material testing arm of the Bowers Metrology Group, CV Instruments has announced the launch of an advanced new range of multi-functional bench hardness testers. With 4 models available, the cost-effective Eseway® EW6000 series of Rockwell Hardness Testers are able to achieve consistent, accurate test results in the harshest of industrial conditions or within companies’ met...