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Testing and Measuring - Page 15
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Iplex NX working channel scope from Olympus features six internal retrieval tools
- Apr 27, 2020
- Product Release
Providing similar functionality as a standard videoscope insertion tube, the Iplex NX working channel scope is suitable for use as a backup while offering the ability to detect and remove foreign object debris (FOD). The tool features six retrieval tools and a detachable touchscreen. The optional...
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Lloyd Instruments LS5HS universal testing machine from Ametek STC works at ultrahigh speed
- Apr 17, 2020
- Product Release
Ametek STC has introduced the Lloyd Instruments LS5HS, a single-column universal testing machine that provides ultrahigh-speed testing, with a test and return speed of 80 IPM. It can provide results for all materials testing applications up to 5 kN, supporting test types such as tensile,...
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Digital transformation, Industry 4.0, and IIoT in the fab shop
When manufacturers and metal fabricators delve beyond the buzzwords, they begin to see just how much inefficiency there is in the order-to-cash cycle and how digitization can help in the fab shop.
Sikora appoints executive board member
- Apr 1, 2020
- News Release
Germany-based Sikora AG, a manufacturer and global supplier of measuring, control, inspection, and sorting technology, has appointed Dr. Jörg Wissdorf as a member of the executive board. He is responsible for sales, marketing, and service. Wissdorf, an aerospace engineer, previously worked in...
- From The Fabricator
Argesystems offers M8 heavy-duty, 6-axis backgauge
- Mar 25, 2020
- Product Release
Argesystems has developed the M8 backgauge. This heavy-duty, 6-axis unit has been customized to suit a 400-ton press brake, with special strokes and configurations. Features include 0.05-mm backgauge positioning accuracy, 1,000-mm X stroke, and 300-mm R stroke. All axes—X1, X2, R1, R2, Z1, and...
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Olympus supports FMC/TFM training with flaw detector donation
- Mar 11, 2020
- News Release
Waltham, Mass.-based Olympus, a manufacturer of NDT inspection equipment, has delivered new OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detectors with full matrix capture/total focusing method (FMC/TFM) to the University of Ultrasonics to support its advanced training courses. The University of Ultrasonics...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA adds microscope for metallographic testing
- Mar 11, 2020
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, Pa., now offers in-house metallographic testing with the recent purchase of a Zeiss AxioVert A1 inverted materials microscope, an accompanying Axiocam digital camera, and Zen Core Materials Analysis software package. The microscope allows for...
- From The Fabricator
Banner Metals Group opens quality clinic
- Mar 9, 2020
- News Release
Banner Metals Group Inc., a provider of metal stamping, fabrication, welding, CNC machining, laser cutting, and engineering services, has opened an on-site quality emergency clinic at its Columbus, Ohio, facility for metal part analysis and corrective action. Modeled after a hospital emergency...
X-Ray 6000 Pro from Sikora determines tube diameter, wall thickness
- Mar 6, 2020
- Product Release
The diameter and wall thickness of aluminum and light-metal-alloy tube can be measured with the X-Ray 6000 Pro from Sikora. It also measures plastic coating on steel tubes up to 200 mm dia. Measurement values are shown on the monitor of the EcoControl 6000 processor system so that the user can...
Radar Scan 6000 from Sikora measures tube diameter up to 2,500 mm
- Mar 5, 2020
- Product Release
Sikora offers the Radar Scan 6000 system for noncontact, inline measurement of metal tube and rod diameter and ovality. The system—based on progressive, high-resolution radar technology—records measuring values greater than 360 degrees of the product circumference to micron accuracy. Radar...
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Sikora Planowave 6000 M noncontact measuring system determines plate thickness
- Mar 4, 2020
- Product Release
The Planowave 6000 M from Sikora is a noncontact measuring system used for nondestructive thickness measurement of slabs, strips, and plates. The system offers a precise thickness measurement independent of material, temperature, and surface of the product, says the company. An external calibration...
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Buehler to host hardness webinar series March 10-31, 2020
- Mar 4, 2020
- News Release
Buehler, an ITW Company and a global industrial manufacturer of value-added consumables and specialty material testing equipment in Lake Bluff, Ill., has announced its 2020 hardness webinar series. The first webinar in the series will be conducted in English, German, and French and offered on...
Sikora’s Laser series 2000 measures metal tube diameter, ovality
- Mar 3, 2020
- Product Release
Sikora has introduced the Laser series 2000 for noncontact and nondestructive measurement of the diameter and the ovality of metal tubes, wire rods, and bars during production. The measuring method is based on the use of laser light sources and CCD sensors in combination with signal processors. The...
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Solar Atmospheres commissions scanning electron microscope
- Feb 25, 2020
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has purchased and commissioned a Hitachi FlexSEM1000 II scanning electron microscope. According to the company, the device will allow it to meet strict customer requirements for low-level contamination from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen after heat treating. The microscope also will...
- From The Fabricator
FREEDOM measuring arms from LK Metrology offer compact portability
- Feb 25, 2020
- Product Release
LK Metrology has introduced the FREEDOM™ line of 24 portable 3D articulating measuring arms. There is a 6-axis model for touch probing and a 7-axis version for multisensor metrology including laser scanning. Both are available in two accuracy levels, and the four products come in six sizes with a...
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