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Testing and Measuring - Page 16
- From The Fabricator
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...
- From The Fabricator
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...
- From The Fabricator
Rocklin Mfg.’s FlyMarker mini Station tabletop marker offers touchscreen programming
- Feb 20, 2020
- Product Release
Rocklin Mfg. has introduced the FlyMarker® mini Station tabletop marking unit. The electromagnetic, 120-V battery-operated marking unit from Markator features a capacitive touchscreen for programming. Its large marking window and adjustable force settings deliver permanent dot peen marks on...
- From The Fabricator
Hilti’s connected fasteners simplify identification, documentation of anchor installations
- Feb 19, 2020
- Product Release
Hilti has introduced connected (“smart”) fasteners, enabling identification and digital documentation on the job site. Its Tracefast technology uses a data matrix code to make every fastener uniquely identifiable and traceable. The operator uses the Hilti Connect App on a smartphone to scan the...
Thermatool seam annealing/normalizing equipment handles numerous diameters, wall thicknesses
- Feb 19, 2020
- Product Release
Thermatool offers inline seam annealing and normalizing equipment, designed for postweld heat-treating of high-frequency welded tube and pipe in a variety of diameters, wall thicknesses, and material chemistries. To provide quality control and help ensure process repeatability, the annealers are...
- From The Fabricator
Titan Tool’s TVSH-35 HD videoscope offers 1-megapixel image display
- Feb 18, 2020
- Product Release
The new TVSH-35 HD series video borescope from Titan Tool Supply Inc. features 1-megapixel resolution for on-site inspections or maintenance and repair of machinery, metal parts, pipelines and containers, and transportation and power-generation equipment. Available in six models in three viewing...
- From The Additive Report
3D printing drives NASCAR champ’s factory
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 18, 2020
- Article
NASCAR champ Brad Keselowski’s manufacturing plant combines additive and subtractive technologies to speed parts production.
Sharpe Products adds tube inspection system
- Feb 17, 2020
- News Release
Sharpe Products, New Berlin, Wis., a provider of pipe and tube bending, laser cutting, and custom fabrication services, has purchased an additional Aicon TubeInspect system manufactured by Hexagon Mfg. This 16-camera model complements the company’s existing eight-camera system and allows it to...
- From The Fabricator
TigerStop launches updated website
- Feb 10, 2020
- News Release
TigerStop LLC, a provider of automated stop/gauge, push feed, and positioning equipment, has launched a new website. Visitors to its updated Service Center can access tools, documentation, and instructions to troubleshoot machinery. It is searchable and stocked with hundreds of how-to videos, FAQs,...
- From The Fabricator
SPECTROMAXx with iCAL 2.0 OES analyzer from Spectro offers reduced measurement times
- Jan 28, 2020
- Product Release
Spectro Analytical Instruments has introduced the eighth generation of its SPECTROMAXx with iCAL 2.0 arc/spark OES analyzer for elemental analysis of incoming source materials, in-process testing and traceability, and final quality inspection. The new version offers optimized spark parameters for a...
- From The Fabricator
Mahr appoints VP of sales
- Jan 22, 2020
- News Release
Dimensional metrology system provider Mahr Inc., Providence, R.I., has named Bryan Orr as vice president of sales for the Americas. He succeeds Brett Green, who now serves as vice president sales EMEA. Orr has more than 30 years of experience in industrial sales management, having worked in...
- From The Fabricator
ABB Robotics offers laser-based optical triangulation sensors for seam tracking
- Jan 9, 2020
- Product Release
ABB Robotics offers optical seam tracking in two styles. The 2.5D optical sensors have one laser stripe to measure Y and Z and orientation around X. The 6D optical sensors use three laser stripes to measure both joint position (X, Y, Z) and orientation (three Euler angles). Both styles of...
- From The Fabricator
Verisurf Software releases app to help measure large parts
- Jan 4, 2020
- News Release
Anaheim, Calif.-based Verisurf Software has developed the mobile Verisurf Companion App, designed to help improve productivity of measurement, build, and inspection applications, especially when large parts or assemblies are involved. The app interfaces directly with Verisurf software and nearly...
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