Inspection & Metrology Equipment

The unique shape of Palmgren's electric hand grinders provide exceptional control with less operator fatigue.

Columbia Marking Tools Inc. has pioneered the application development of many of the marking processes used in manufacturing today, including enhanced versions of dot-peen marking, low-stress dot-peen marking, impact marking, roll marking, laser marking and now scribe marking.

Creaform launched a thoroughly reengineered Go!SCAN 3D: the Go!SCAN SPARK. This third-generation version of Creaform's patented professional-grade Go!SCAN 3D portable 3D scanner has been specifically designed for product development professionals who need the most efficient portable scanner to capture 3D data of physical objects—anywhere.

Creaform launched a thoroughly reengineered and refined update to the HandySCAN 3D: the HandySCAN BLACK. This is the third-generation version of Creaform's patented metrology-grade scanner.

Cognex Corp. announced the release of two high-performance 3D vision systems, the 3D-A5000 area scan 3D system and DSMax32T laser displacement 3D system, and a new method of 3D part location, PatMax 3D. These three new offerings position Cognex to meet customers' diverse 3D vision needs for 3D inspection applications, bringing superior 3D inspection to factories and manufacturers.

Cognex Corp. introduced the In-Sight Laser Profiler, an easy-to-use measurement system that verifies part dimensions. Cognex vision tools, accurate object detection and the EasyBuilder interface make the new profiler an intuitive and highly reliable tool for obtaining height, gap, position and angle measurements and detecting defects on the factory floor.

Cognex Corp. announced the launch of an end-to-end family of mobile scanning solutions. The latest additions to the product line, designed to solve logistics and manufacturing applications, include the MX-1502 Series vision-enabled mobile terminal, the MX-100 Series mobile barcode reader, and the Cognex Mobile Barcode Software Development Kit (SDK).

Cognex Corp. announced that it has developed, and is now offering for sale, a totally new product line—ruggedized mobile terminals. Cognex's MX-1000 series of mobile terminals offers manufacturers, logistics companies and many other organizations that currently rely on expensive, inflexible and purpose-built mobile terminals a revolutionary new method for performing tasks such as inventory management, logistics and field service.

Cognex Corp. addedf the DataMan 70 series to its successful line of compact fixed-mount barcode readers. DataMan 70 delivers high read rates for 1-D and 2-D label-based barcodes in a form factor small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Cognex Corp. released the DataMan 370 series of fixed-mount barcode readers. With twice the computing power of conventional readers in its class, the DataMan 370 delivers faster decode speeds for greater throughput per facility, even when applications have multiple codes and symbologies.

Cognex Corp. introduced the DataMan 470 series of fixed-mount barcode readers. Designed for high-speed, high-throughput manufacturing and logistics lines, DataMan 470 is the fastest and most powerful reader in the company's line of industrial barcode readers.

Cognex Corp. introduced the DataMan 8072 verifier for direct part mark (DPM) verification. The DataMan 8072V helps those printing or marking DPM codes demonstrate code quality and certify readability.