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Allied Vision CEO Frank Grube Dies at Age 53

April 18, 2018

Grube died suddenly on April 14 while on weekend leave at his family home.

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Mahr Signs Cooperation Agreement with NanoFocus

April 17, 2018

Mahr will offer confocal measuring microscopes as the new product family MarSurf CM.

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Godfrey & Wing Launches X-Ray Inspection System in Toledo, OH Facility

April 16, 2018

The Godfrey & Wing Toledo facility works with OEMs and suppliers to establish criteria for acceptable levels of casting porosity and other anomalies.

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MSE Manufacturing Event Continues to Bolster Offerings and Lineup

April 16, 2018

The trade show is focused exclusively on metrology equipment and systems used for assuring and improving manufacturing quality.

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Edmunds Gages Launches Modular Automated Measuring Platform Gaging System

April 16, 2018

The platform aims to minimize overall delivery timing of custom automation, increase through-put, and reduce scrap through increased, 100% inspection and automated measurement.

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Industry Leaders Discuss Manufacturing 4.0 at KC SmartPort Annual Briefing

April 12, 2018

Industrial revolution’s “fourth wave” disrupting manufacturing industry with automation and big data.

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Reshoring Plus Foreign Direct Investment Added 171,000 U.S. Jobs in 2017

April 11, 2018

Combined reshoring and FDI jobs were up 122% compared to unrevised 2016 totals and 52% compared to revised 2016 totals.

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Metrology for Additive Manufacturing to Come of Age

Currently, there’s not enough data for designers and manufacturers to accurately predict the performance of some additive-manufactured parts.

April 10, 2018

NIST’s Material Measurement Lab contributes to the measurement methods, standards, data, and models required to realize the full promise of additive manufacturing.

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Mini Toolkit for Measurements: New NIST Chip Hints at Quantum Sensors of the Future

April 10, 2018

NIST researchers created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring important quantities such as length with quantum precision. The design could be mass-produced with existing technology.

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IMTS 2018 to Showcase Newest Metrology, Inspection and Automation Technologies

April 10, 2018

Dominant technologies to watch at IMTS 2018 include an increasing digital thread, robotics and automation, quality assurance and additive manufacturing.