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North American Tool Selects Manufacturer Representative
Pittman Industrial Marketing now represents them in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Puerto Rico.
Linear Encoders for Ultra-High Accuracy in Medical Machining
LIF 400 series linear encoders from Heidenhain improve contamination resistance with a position noise value of 0.6 Nm at one MHz and a low interpolation error down to ±12 Nm.
How to Increase Uptime in Press Shops
Here are some of the ways that next generation lightweight tooling systems and new tooling components are optimizing stamping process safety, speed, uptime, cost and standardization, creating more efficient and reliable operations to satisfy stringent production demands.
Next Generation Portable Measuring Arms
The new Absolute Arm portable measuring arm from Hexagon includes a modular wrist design that allows both the RS5 Laser Scanner and the pistol grip to be completely removed for easy probing in tight spaces.
Universal Robots Marks Industry Milestone
They sell their 25,000th cobot and maintain 60 percent share of the global cobot market.
Quicker, Easier Handling of Large, Detailed 3D Inspection Data
Artec Studio 13 software from Artec 3D uses new high-powered algorithms that allow users to produce, edit and process 3D data with ease, no matter an object’s size nor resolution.
G.H. Tool & Mold Expands Capabilities
To reduce delivery times and improve quality, they buy an Agie Charmilles 5-axis Mikron machining center and an ATOS digital blue light scanner for inspection.
Point-Of-Use Indicators Increase Responsiveness, Repeatability and Reliability
SmartLight visual indicators from Balluff can direct, instruct and guide operators in nearly any manufacturing task to increase productivity and minimize workforce errors by providing innovative personnel guidance in pick-to-light systems, part placement, part positions, format change guidance and many other applications.
Joe Gibbs Racing Extends Partnership with Mahr
The operations of the JGR race shop, metrology lab and pit row will use Mahr technology for another three years.
Coating Thickness Gauge with Scan Probes for Fast Readings
For field-based dry film coating thickness measurement on ferrous and non-ferrous substrates, the Elcometer 456 Coating Thickness Gauge with Scan Probes from Elcometer can do 140 readings per minute.
AMETEK Surface Vision Names New Vice President
Jason Zyglis is now their divisional vice president of project and product management.
Hexagon Acquires External-Array Software
This deal further expands their metrology software systems for entry level CMMs.
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