As of January 1, 2014, Newport Electronics, Inc. has merged into Omega Engineering, Inc. NEWPORT has been a leader in high-precision test, measurement, process control and automation instrumentation for more than four decades. NEWPORT began manufacturing electronic instrumentation in 1965 and quickly earned a reputation for designing and building the worlds most accurate industrial instrumentation. […]
Test and Measurement News
Renishaw acquires US metrology specialist
Renishaw, an engineering technologies company, has purchased the business of Advanced Consulting & Engineering, Inc (ACE), a US-based supplier of dimensional measurement products and services focused on the automotive industry. The acquisition of family-owned ACE, based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, provides Renishaw with further specialist programming capabilities using leading industry packages and will help to […]
AMETEK To Acquire Zygo Corporation
AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) and Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Zygo at a purchase price of $19.25 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 31% to Zygo’s closing share price […]
Camtek’s Next Generation Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology Platform
Camtek Ltd. announced that it is starting the customer evaluation of its next generation Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology platform. This a major milestone event, rejuvenating Camtek’s semiconductor product line with the latest cutting-edge inspection technologies, designed for the Advanced Packaging market. The fast-growing Advanced Packaging market relies critically on advanced inspection and metrology capabilities to […]
Seventh Edition of Low Level Measurements Handbook from Keithley
Keithley Instruments has published the seventh edition of its “Low Level Measurements Handbook: Precision DC Current, Voltage, and Resistance Measurements.” This 250-page reference, which Keithley first published in 1972, describes theoretical and practical considerations involved in the measurement of low DC currents, high resistances, low DC voltages, and low resistances. Among other updates, the seventh […]
New Controls Product Manager at HEIDENHAIN
HEIDENHAIN Corporation announces the new hire of John Parker as the North American Product Manager for Controls. Bringing nearly 30 years of experience in the machine tool industry to this position, Parker will serve as HEIDENHAINs point person for the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) product lines (both HEIDENHAIN and ACU-RITE brands), as well as serve […]
Yokogawa Wins Control System Order for Yamal LNG Project in Russia
Yokogawa Electric Corporation is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Yokogawa Europe Solutions B.V. has been awarded a contract by Yamgaz, a consortium of Technip and JGC Corporation, to supply integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for the Yamal LNG Project to build a liquefied natural gas plant and other facilities at Sabetta on Russia’s […]
Introducing WAGO Power Measurement Product Line
WAGO Corporation introduces a new power measurement family, featuring components for industrial and building applications. The new product line includes the 750 Series – 3-Phase Power Measurement Modules, 855 Series – Rogowski coils and CTs and 857/798 Series – Signal Conditioners. While there are a wide variety of power measurement products in the market, most […]
Control Energy Costs by Using the New APN Series Digital Power Monitor
NK Technologies introduces the APN Series Power Monitoring Sensor. The APN Series Power Monitor measures three phases of current and voltage and computes fourteen values necessary to track power usage in the RS485 Modbus RTU format. The monitor uses current transformers to measure the amperes. The line voltage connects directly to the transducer, up to […]
New Equator monitoring software speeds re-mastering process
Renishaws Equator comparative gauging system now includes new process monitoring software that displays measurement results of inspected features, as well as the measurement history of each feature, instantly via a monitoring window added to the shop-floor user interface. The intuitive Organizer front-end software works with Renishaws comprehensive MODUS program to allow operators to manage the […]
