Wilcoxon Research has a new short form catalog featuring premium, standard, high-performance, specialty and 4-20 mA vibration sensors. This reference brochure includes Wilcoxon’s most popular models and is designed to make sensor selection faster and easier. It also includes the new Intelligent Transmitter Series of instruments, which are used for low-cost online vibration monitoring.
Junction and […]

Endevco, a manufacturer of dynamic instrumentation for vibration, shock and pressure measurement, has joined forces with Australian-based Vitech Reliability Systems. Vitech will serve as a reseller for Endevco’s products and services, broadening Endevco’s audience to include Australia and New Zealand.
Vitech’s head office is in Perth, Western Australia. It also has offices in Brisbane and Melbourne. […]

CAN in Automation (CiA) has established the CANopen Special Interest Group (SIG) for road construction machines. The group is going to develop specifications that define interfaces between logical sub-systems and virtual devices in road construction machines networked via CANopen. The specification will simplify the job of system designers of integrating electronic devices into construction machines. […]

Davis Inotek Calibration Laboratory has acquired Northwest Calibration Systems (NCS), expanding their capacity and coverage. According to the company, the acquisition will make it easier for their customers to obtain calibration certifications, reduce turn-around time, and provide better onsite calibration services.
Northwest Calibration Systems has facilities in Seattle and Portland (Vancouver) and provides services in linear/dimensional, […]

ZTEC has expanded the ZT450 product family. The new models provide sample rates up to 2.5GS/s and bandwidth options up to 1GHz for high end ATE applications. Features include:

2 (PCI, PXI) or 4 (VXI) channels
8-bit resolution
1 GS/s to 2.5 GS/s single-channel interleaved sample rates
500 MHz to 1 GHz max analog bandwidth
Up to 32MS Memory (PCI, […]

DynoSim, the engine simulation software that enables performance enthusiasts to find the best component combinations for and engine product, is now available from SAE. The product costs only $150 and helps casual and professional engine builders design domestic, sport compact, street, or racing engines.
Users can perform simulations with a wide variety of components and fuels. […]

Fluke, the test and measurement products and services company, today announced FlukePlus Rewards, a new program that offers a free gift for every qualifying purchase of a Fluke product to members of its FlukePlus Program and their colleagues. The program also enables FlukePlus members to accumulate bonus points that can be redeemed for additional […]

The Bruker AXS VANTEC-2000 detector has won a 2005 R&D 100 Award, an award given out by R&D Magazine to the 100 most significant products of the year. The awardees are selected by an independent panel of judges and the editors of R&D Magazine.
The VANTEC-2000 measures a two-dimensional X-ray diffraction pattern from a test sample, […]

I love reading articles on measurement. Maybe that’s one reason I liked working for Test&Measurement World so much. When I was an editor there, we started a series called the “Basic Measurement Series” that covered topics such as four-wire resistance measurements and low-voltage measurements.
In that vein, is the article, “Choosing, Using, and Troubleshooting Your Piezoelectric […]

Standards Testing Laboratories, Massillon, OH, is now sellling a machine designed to evaulate the effects of road hazards, such as curbs and potholes, on tires and wheels. The machine complies with SAE J1981, “Road Hazard Impact Test for Wheel and Tire Assemblies (Passenger Car, Light Truck, and Multipurpose Vehicles),” and accomodates a wide range of […]