192 press releases : Metrology, Inspection, Surveillance

The Imaging Source - an international manufacturer of industrial cameras and software - announces a new line of CMOS cameras for price sensitive applications. As of today, these cameras are available with a 3 megapixel sensor. The new CMOS cameras ship with a Micron 1/2" rolling shutter CMOS sensor and a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. The cameras are available in color and bayer variants and ha...

February 2009 After a banner year for the EScan, 3D Digital will unveil the EScan Plus model that utilizes white light fringe projection technology. This EScan Plus will have the advantages of white light systems in an affordable package, making it highly attractive to industries which require an alternative to lasers. With scan times in the 5 second range, the scanner is ideal for customers wit...

With the screwable transponder Simatic RF630T, the Siemens division Industry Automation extended its RFID system Simatic RF600 by an exceptionally compact and re-writable data memory on the basis of EPC Class 1 Gen2. The passive and maintenance-free transponder for saving the “Electronic Product Code” (EPC) of 96 bit/ 240 bit also comes up with a user memory of 64 Byte. It can be directly attached ...

The Mantis stereo inspection system from Vision Engineering is a superior inspection system with ergonomic advantages like the eyepieceless viewer eradicating fatigue related to using a traditional microscope with eyepieces. A popular choice with engineers, the Mantis provides brilliant clarity and contrast with high specification lenses and accurate colour matching capabilities with up to 24 br...

9th Detektor International Awards 2008: "Innovative Achievement Award“ for the Hemispheric Camera Q22 The Detektor International Award is a worldwide established award that recognizes technological innovations and trend-setting products that significantly contribute to the further development of the security industry. The best products are divided into the following three categories: · Alar...

CALYPSO® 3D measuring software from Carl Zeiss now offers another key benefit – an interface to surface measuring instruments from Carl Zeiss. Handysurf and DuraMax® from Carl Zeiss are a perfect duo. This scanning measuring machine featuring the fast VAST® XXT sensor is the ideal replacement for all gages. It can be used in any size workshop or for inline process control. The VAST XXT scanning ...

DuraMax®, the compact scanning measuring machine, is an ideal replacement for gages and testing equipment directly in production. At automotive supplier TRW Automotive in Alfdorf, Germany, DuraMax has recently begun simplifying the quality assurance process of components for vehicle safety. This measuring machine is unaffected by the vibrations of a nearby 800-ton press which is used to punch pins ...

Your benefits: - saving of costs - saving of time - unlimited mobility Further features: - sleek, state-of-the-art hand-held-unit with fully integrated, adjustable LED light source - all control elements are integrated in the aluminium handle (one-hand operation) - unmatched high intensity of illumination (5.500K colour temperature) - no bulb replacement necessary - 2-way articulation at...

- with lithium-storage-battery - light intensity stepless adjustable - battery-supplied and rechargeable - extraordinary compact design (27 x 89 mm, 90 g) - ACMI-connection - almost unlimited compatibility - no bulb exchange necessary due to LED technique - 45 minutes operating time at maximum power - at least 100 lm light output - 2 h charge time

FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO), the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced it has enhanced it’s award-winning metrology software, CAM2 Q, which now has the ability to collect scan data. “CAM2 Q 1.0 hit the scene in 2008 and earned a Reader’s Choice Award as the Best Quality/Inspection Software,” FARO President and CEO Jay Freeland said. “Now, F...

FARO®, the world leader in 3D measurement and imaging devices, sold six high-performance Photon Laser Scanners to Quantapoint, a leading provider of laser scanning technology and services. Quantapoint is integrating the FARO Photon with its own Laser Model™ technology and software to help customers eliminate preventable project defects. Citing a high demand for zero-defect services using laser sca...

Worldwide unique is the numeric keypad of the LPC 300 pressure calibrator. This means a very easy input of measured values, read from analogue pressure gauges. The measured values of test specimen with electric output are entered automatically. The deviation of the test specimen is immediately indicated in % of full scale value - at every measuring point. With the unique feature of a numerc keypa...

The new dry block temperature calibrator PYROS-650 has been developed for the special requirements of the marine market for the portable use on vessels, ships, offshore, ... The lightweight calibrator (6 kgs) for portable use covers the range from ambient temperature up to +650°C (1200°F). Thanks to the switchable powerboard (115 VAC / 230 VAC) the PYROS-650 can be used worldwide without any prob...

Product info: A scan thickness measuring, easy for users to identify the measuring errors by analyzing the waveform on screen. Function of echo-echo measurement is available. It is used for measuring the distance between echo to echo, and thus users will get to know the thickness of steel plate even though it is covered by coating, such as inspection of oil tanks. Min. and Max. mode function...

When your mission is to collect information to assist with life threatening situations, there is no room for mistakes. This need for accuracy led researchers at the West Virginia University Research Corp. and the National Guard to ShipShaper, LLP, an engineering service provider from Morgantown, WV. ShipShaper’s mission was to determine the dimensions of a C-130 cargo bay that would serve as the...

Art Morrison Enterprises reverse engineers entire automotive chassis – including bumper mounts, body mounts, transmission mounts, rear bumper mounts, frame rails, core support, and engine location. An entire chassis can be 150-in long to well over 200-in. To measure components of such size, AME used a variety of hand tools such as plumb bobs, calipers, measuring tape, and many sheets of good ol...

The new generation of Kübler singleturn encoders, Sendix The Kübler HW66 combination meters now offer outstanding measuring security backed up by excellent quality - for energy and likewise for time. Energy consumption and the number of hours run are both reliably measured in one device via the unique dual display for kWh and time, meaning they can then be read off in parallel at any time. T...

4.2 mm Diameter flexible Video endoscope. Very flexible - small diameter. Its high resolution and LED lighting allows high quality inspection of very narrow holes. It is delivered with a 2.5" LCD Screen which can be connected to the side of the Videoscope to visualize the inspected area. A Video out outlet allows the connection to an external video device (Monitor, Notebook computer, video ...

Siemens's Industry Automation Division has now redesigned its HF (high frequency) 13.56 megahertz range Simatic RF310R and RF380R RFID (radio frequency identification) read/write devices so that they can also work with ISO 15693 standard transponders (tags). Its ISO 15693 functionality makes the RF300 system also suitable for use in applications which only need simple types of transponders with lit...

The NEW Vision Makroptic is an exceptional digital inspection system designed for effortless image capture, archive and documentation. With a 36:1 optical zoom, Vision Makroptic can capture samples up to 205mm wide; then simply zoom in for further feature analysis, all with superb clarity. View. Zoom. Inspect. Capture. Document. Measure. Vision Makroptic is a new digital inspection system fro...