By Dan Romanchik, on November 28th, 2006%
From the November 9, 2006 NIST Tech Beat:
In industries from textiles to automobiles and from pharmaceuticals to semiconductors, accurately measuring empty spaces—technically speaking, porosity—is a substantial matter, important to efforts to ensure high product quality and low scrap rates.
This is because tiny pores—usually smaller than 50 nanometers in diameter—come in many varieties, creating complex internal and . . . → Read More: New Measurement Guide Worth ‘Poring Over’
By Dan Romanchik, on November 28th, 2006%
Endevco has just published a short app note on how to place a reference transducer on a shaker table. It starts out:
The correct mounting for the Control or Reference transducer seems to be more art than science to a great many shaker lab personnel. There are a multitude of factors to consider in conducting accurate shaker . . . → Read More: How to Place the Reference Transducer for Vibration Tests
By Dan Romanchik, on November 27th, 2006%
A specialized buying guide and directory of enclosure manufacturers is now available online. The new directory includes offerings from manufacturers and suppliers of all types of enclosures for industrial and construction applications. Including offerings primarily but not limited to manufacturers in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Germany, Italy . . . → Read More: Web Enclosures Directory Launched
By Dan Romanchik, on November 27th, 2006%
Infineon recently introduced a method that helps them avoid one of the most common causes of defects in the production of highly integrated semiconductor circuits: the electrical failure of VIA contacts. “VIA” stands for “vertical interconnect” and refers to the contact between two metal layers in integrated circuits. Infineon developed the new method in collaboration with . . . → Read More: Infineon Test Chip Helps Eliminate “VIA” Defects
By Dan Romanchik, on November 22nd, 2006%
The DARPA Grand Challenge is ostensibly for encouraging the development of technology for autonomous military vehicles. Some of that technology, though, may be used auto companies. That’s the hope, at least, of GrayMatter, Inc.
They’re hoping to use the technology they’ve developed to compete in the Challenge to help companies who test vehicles and automotive components on . . . → Read More: From DARPA Challenge to a Test Track Near You