Inspection & Quality

A low-cost LED ring illuminator from Titan Tool Supply Inc. features a constant-current design to provide powerful, microscope-quality light output with no color shift when dimming.

The enhanced ROMER Absolute Arm with integrated laser scanner is more rapid than previous versions, offering an acquisition speed of up to 50,000 points per second.

Mahr Federal has introduced a new generation of instruments with a number of improvements and innovations. Reportedly, together the new LD 130 and 260 feature longer travel, the longest in the industry for the LD 260, the fastest positioning and measuring speeds in the industry, an innovative biomimetic probe arm design with magnetic mounting and automatic probe recognition, dynamic measuring force, extremely low residual noise, and a plethora of other improvements.

Nikon Metrology announced significant improvements in optical performance with the CF160-2 Series Objective Lenses for Industrial Microscopy.

Hexagon Metrology announced the release of the LSP-X1h probe head for analog scanning on select Global Silver Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs).

Part of Cutting Tool Engineering's IMTS 2012 preview, here is an overview of the metalworking products that will be on display during the trade show.

The Look Ahead column features an economical "structured-light" scanner for inspecting parts.

The new range of integrated laser i 103 l-g from SIC Marking meets marking needs on plastic or metallic parts which are subjected to close tolerances or very high rates of production.

With the introduction of the MarSurf XR 1 surface measuring system, Mahr has bridged the gap between portable surface measuring devices and larger, full-featured, PC-based surface measurement and evaluation systems.

Mahr Federal Inc. has added a new MarConnect Integrated Wireless data transmission system to its family of MarCator Digital Indicators at prices that compete with typical wired systems.

Look Ahead features an on-demand, integrated adaptive control

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