Inspection & Quality

END USER: Behlen Industries LP, (204) 728-1188, www.behlen.ca. CHALLENGE: Reduce maintenance requirements for a plasma cutting machine that the builder no longer services or supports and achieve a more precise kerf angle when cutting steel plates. SOLUTION: A new plasma/oxy-fuel cutting machine equipped with integrated cutting solutions.

Manufacturing parts for the nuclear energy industry, which is growing globally, is expected to expand in the U.S. as well. Three shops explain their strategies to capitalize on the growing market.

The C151 z-a series from SIC Marking USA is remarkable for its repeatability and precision: this is due to its micropercussion technology, its "AERO" type stylus, and its precise mechanism (movement resolution is just 0.05, compared with the 0.1 generally seen on the market).

Inspection of gears as large as 650mm in diameter now can be performed up to 25 percent faster with the introduction of the Gleason 650GMS Analytical Gear Inspection System, part of a new product series from Gleason Metrology Systems Corp.

The L.S. Starrett Co. announced its portable SR100 Surface Roughness Tester.

Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced the next generation of its well-established μMaxμm line of digital indicators.

Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing the "Transparent" Receiver to the Microgage 2D family.

Mitutoyo America Corp. announces the availability of a new USB input device that streamlines the interfacing of Mitutoyo Digimatic hand measurement tools with PCs.

Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced a new version of its successfulmmQ 400 series.

Hommel-Etamic introduces the IPS 100 bore inspection sensor system which provides rapid, single pass, automatic surface inspection of diameters from 75-110mm, instantly delivering a 360° panoramic view of a bore.

Get With The Program column for Cutting Tool Engineering's January 2011 issue covers the importance of networking all of the data in your shop.

Mahr Federal has introduced a new MarCheck measuring and evaluation unit for its high precision Linear 100 universal length measuring instrument.