2011 – Page 4 – Cal Lab Magazine

Transcat Acquires Newark’s Calibration Services Business

September 8, 2011 Office

• Companies establish a strategic alliance for calibration services • Adds calibration labs in Denver, Phoenix and Nashville Transcat, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNS) (“Transcat” or the “Company”), a leading distributor of professional grade handheld test and […]

Product Announcements

MMZ T from Carl Zeiss Now Even More Effective

September 6, 2011 Office

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 02/09/2011 – From ship engines to gears for construction equipment to giant wind turbines – the MMZ coordinate measuring machine from Carl Zeiss is ideal for large parts with particularly narrow tolerances. The MMZ […]

OHAUS Valor™ 5000 Compact Bench Scales

August 19, 2011 Office

Corporation announces the Valor™ 5000 line of standard (6,000d) and high resolution (30,000d) compact bench scales clearly and quickly display results within two seconds. A large, backlit LCD display with multiple weight units provides efficient […]

Mechanical Torque Wrench Loader by Mountz Inc.

August 18, 2011 Office

Laboratory Grade Instrument Assures Accurate Torque Calibration with Less Effort The Loading Bench by Mountz Inc. (www.mountztorque.com) is a laboratory grade instrument designed to enable accurate torque wrench calibration with less physical effort. The Loading […]

What’s Below the Iceberg: Determining the True Cost of Ownership of Test and Measurement Equipment

August 16, 2011 Office

By Duane Lowenstein Understanding the true cost of ownership of an asset is always hard, for Test and Measurement equipment, even harder. This difficulty is due to variables like calibration, technological life span, depreciation and […]

Turbine Flow Meter Calibration Using Nonhazardous Fluid Mixtures to Simulate Fuels and Lubricants

August 16, 2011 Office

By John Ball Precision turbine flow meters are widely applied in Army research, development, and test facilities. Helicopters, tanks, and many other military machines are dependent upon engine and hydraulic test stands located at depots […]

Applications of Computer Simulation in Coordinate Measuring Machine Uncertainty Evaluation

August 16, 2011 Office

By Jon M. Baldwin, Kim D. Summerhays and Daniel A. Campbell Comprehensive tools for evaluating the uncertainty of measurements made with coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have been available for several years, yet their widespread application […]

Infrared Thermometer Calibration

August 16, 2011 Office

By Frank Liebmann The objective of this article is to give laboratory personnel a basis to set up a calibration program for infrared thermometers. While this information is not a complete set of instructions, it […]