ClearVue 3D X-Ray inspection technology from Teradyne (Boston, MA) was selected by Test & Measurement World magazine to receive a ‘Best in Test’ award. The prestigious award, which annually honors test industry products that offer a significant technological advancement to the market, will be presented at a ceremony held during the APEX Conference and Exposition […]

California Analytical Instruments has entered into an agreement with ET Automotive, Gloucestershire, UK to be its European distribution partner. CAI manufacturers continuous gas analyzers and complete vehicle emission systems. ET Automotive will provide both sales and service of the CAI analyzers to the European automotive and industrial markets. By summer of 2006, […]

Flexpoint Sensor Systems recently filed a patent for a Hygrometer Bend Sensor, an instrument that measures the moisture content or the humidity of air or any gas. This technology opens an entirely new market for Flexpoint and its patented technologies.
Flexpoint’s engineers originally discovered the Bend Sensor’s ability to measure humidity while working on automotive applications. […]

SatCon Technology Corporation today announced that it has sold its Ling Shaker and Amplifier product line to QualMark Corporation of Denver, Colorado for approximately $2.3 million in cash. Under the Ling Products name, SatCon has manufactured and sold electrodynamic shakers through the Power Systems Division located in Worcester, Massachusetts. This asset sale includes the intellectual […]

The N6700 low-profile modular power systems give test system integrators the flexibility to optimize performance, power and price to match test needs.
Two new mainframes, offering 600W and 1200W capability, join the currently available 400W mainframe. All mainframes accommodate one to four modules in a system-ready, 1U package size. Four new 300W basic programmable power […]

LabVIEW Simulation Module 2.0 includes new optimization, model trimming and linearization functionality that allows design engineers to more easily analyze complex, nonlinear control systems. It also helps reduce development time with new performance improvements.
For example, engineers now can linearize complex, nonlinear systems modeled in block-diagram form and use LabVIEW graphical for the entire development […]

The VSA-1212 Vibration Spectrum Analyzer is the first PDA-based vibration analyzer to use standard, off-the-shelf ICP-type piezoelectric accelerometers for machine condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and routine troubleshooting.
The system includes the VSA-1212 Vibration Spectrum Analyzer module that attaches securely to select PDAs running Palm OS; new Datastick Spectrum handheld software that collects vibration measurements and […]

ADMET now offers a full line of grips and fixtures for materials and product testing. The products include a variety of adapters that can be used with ADMET testing machines as well as with machines from other manufacturers.
The fixtures are described in a new online catalog. It features 80 of the almost 300 fixtures and […]

Many auto test techs and engineers are into bikes. That’s why Standards Testing Labs is giving out the Custom Bikes calendar. There are some really nice rides here. To get your copy, e-mail sales@stllabs.com or visit their website. Tell them Dan at AutoTestNews.Com sent you.

January 30 & 31, 2006
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Fairlane Center North - Quad E
19000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, Michigan USA
This workshop is being organized by The Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the IEEE EMC Society in conjunction with committee members from the SAE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Committee.
SAE EMC committee members and Automotive EMC engineers will present EMC specification […]