Practicing Oil Analysis, a trade magazine I’d never run across before, has an interesting article, Improving Used Oil Analysis Standards. This article is more relevant to the machinery industry, but I think automotive engineers will also find something of value here.

ADMET is expanding in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The company, which sells direct and through qualified calibrators and manufacturer representatives, already has substantial sales in Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua and the Caribbean. ADMET is seeking calibrator partners to further expand its market reach.
ADMET is a maker of universal testing machines that are used […]

Manufacturingtalk carries this overview by Zwick on various impact test methods. It gives both a short description of the test method and the applicable ISO, ANSI, or DIN standard number.
It also discusses some applications. It notes, for example that “some German automotive manufacturers use the Dynstat impact test method for testing of small specimen […]

The Mecmesin Vortex i, a computer controlled closure torque tester for laboratory or production applications. The Vortex i is driven by Mecmesin’s Windows-based Imperial software enabling the user to generate custom routines with looping and branching conditions based on torque, angle, and time.
Full graphical analyses with zooming, marking, scaling and calculation interrogation are standard features. […]

Labsphere has launched a new website that provides reference material on light measurement, sensor calibration, optimal diffusely reflective materials, and spectroscopy instrumentation and accessories. The new website includes application notes, technical guides, product information and data sheets.
The new website offers several new navigation utilities such as an on-line product catalog builder, QV Quick View […]

The eXpert 26xx Series is a line of dual column electromechanical universal testing machines. Machine capacities range from 10 kN (2,250 lbf) to 50kN (10,000 lbf) in tabletop configurations, and 50kN to 150 kN (30,000 lbf) in floor-standing models.
The eXpert 26xx line is designed to provide low-cost, accurate compression, tension and flexure testing of biomaterial, […]

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 […]

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, […]