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New Applications for High-Strength Tapes

Acrylic foam and glazing tapes can often replace fasteners or liquid adhesive in many applications

February 20, 2019

Manufacturers today are trapped in a perennial race to get products assembled and out the door in less time and at lower cost while maintaining high quality. They must also adjust to constant change in the materials they use.

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Signalysis, Vaughn Associates Partnership Brings Product Quality Solutions to Manufacturers and Suppliers

February 18, 2019

Signalysis, Inc. announces a sales representative partnership with Vaughn Associates, Inc.

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Pico Technology Announces Expansion With Software Development Office

February 18, 2019

Pico Technology announced the opening of its new software development office in Manchester, UK.

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Xiris Appoints New Sales Manager for SE Asia

February 18, 2019

Xiris Automation announced that it has appointed Mr. David Garrard as its new Sales Manager for South East Asia.

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SAKOR Technologies Announces Major Upgrades to Mfg. Facilities

February 12, 2019

Increased power enables testing of extremely large systems at full power.

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Vitrek Names D’Amico Eastern Regional Sales Manager

February 12, 2019

Vitrek announced that Bob D’Amico has joined the Vitrek sales team as Eastern Regional Manager.

Reports, Certs and Other Documents

The simplest way to get what you want is to spell it out.

Hill Cox

February 8, 2019

I received an email from a reader with a question about different kinds of reports and certificates dealing with calibration—a subject that I comment on from time to time.

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LEMO USA, Luscombe Engineering Sign Sales Agreement

February 3, 2019

LEMO has signed an agreement with Luscombe Engineering for the Southern California and Southern Nevada Regions.

The AT3+ is easily configurable for tension

Automation: The Union of Efficiency and Repeatability

A fully-automated system requires minimal training and provides reliable results.

Kayla Thackeray

February 1, 2019

With today’s demands for safe and reliable consumer products, it’s a sure bet that words like efficiency, throughput, repeatability, and safety are often being tossed around in quality assurance departments.

Figure 1- Elastic strain response to a constant force.

An Introduction to Viscoelasticity Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

The development of new materials and diagnostic instruments will require a greater understanding of viscoelasticity.

Richard Gedney

February 1, 2019

Dynamic mechanical analysis was first developed in the early to mid-1900s for determining the viscoelastic properties of plastics over a range of temperatures and test rates.