Instrumentation and Control News - Optical Instruments

Spectro delivers 25,000th analytical instrument

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:50:10 +0100

The instrument, a Spectro Ciros Vision ICP-OES spectrometer, was purchased by Acme Analytical Laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia, to examine environmental and geological samples

World of Photonics tradeshow will feature 'Light at work'

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:38:08 +0200

From 18-21 June 2007 in Munich, Munich Trade Fairs International is gathering the world's leading companies in this field as exhibitors and attendees at the tradeshow for optical technologies.

New Company Acquisition

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:22:45 +0200

AC Analytical Controls will continue to operate in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with its current Operating Committee and employees. The Sales and Service people worldwide will continue to operate from their current locations...

Boeing KC-767 Tanker Advanced Camera System Improves Aerial Refueling Safety

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:37:54 +0200

Using a series of cameras mounted on the tanker’s fuselage, the KC-767 Remote Vision System (RVS) provides high-definition stereoscopic imagery to the aircraft’s boom operator stationed behind the KC-767 cockpit. Boeing flight crews recently activated the RVS while on a test flight and...

ObjectVideo Extends its Capabilities for Border Applications

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:37:54 +0200

ObjectVideo Extends its Capabilities for Border Applications as Part of Multi-Million Dollar Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency Grant

Kodak Licenses OLED Technology to Tohoku Device of Japan

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:37:54 +0200

“This is a great agreement for Kodak, and we’re delighted that Tohoku Device has chosen Kodak as a provider,”

CeramOptec extends line of high-NA fibres

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:19:23 +0200

Optran Ultra and Optran Plus are suited to applications from industrial spectroscopy to laser welding, medical sensing to photodynamic therapy, exhibiting spectral transmission from 350-2200nm

First diode laser with almost infinite modulation

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:22:57 +0200

Laser specialist Omicron's newest diode laser, Deepstar, does not indicate any further residual fluorescence content in the 'off' moment during modulation, even with very high modulation rates

George Products Company, Inc., a Precision Manufacturer, adds Optical Profiler to their “Pobin” Line of Portable Inspection

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:36:57 +0200

Precision Manufacturer adds Optical Profiler to their “Pobin” Line of Portable Inspection Devices. The Optical Automatic Smart Inspection System, dubbed the Oasis, marks the company’s debut into the field of Optical Metrology.

Labsphere Expands the SLMS LED Line of Precision LED Measurement Systems

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:09:17 +0200

The additions of the CDS 510 and the LS LED Sockets are part of Labsphere’s drive to reduce the time it takes to accurately test and characterized LEDs. The SLMS LED xx51 Systems combine intuitive software with high-speed hardware to simplify the complex process of LED testing while...

Micron Shows Security Image Sensors

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:56:25 +0200

Micron said that its line of CMOS-based sensors are targeted at low noise, faster frame rates, and small form factor designs. Among the company's image sensors are both low-light, near-IR and visibule sub-lux sensors, and sensors specifically designed for the consumer market to output to NTSC or PAL formats.

German Company to support micro and nano research at the Boston University Photonics Center

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:04:03 +0200

“The Heidelberg direct write laser system provides capabilities within the Photonics Center’s Optoelectronic Processing Facility that are not currently available in house and require expensive masks to be fabricated off-site,”

Meade Instruments Announces Conclusions Of Special Committee To Evaluate Past Option Grant Practices

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:13:45 +0200

Meade said the Special Committee, with the assistance of independent outside counsel, evaluated all stock option awards since the company's initial public offering and concluded that the accounting measurement dates for certain stock option awards during the fiscal years 1998 through 2005 were determined in error.

Bruker AXS Acquires Metals Analysis Company

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:32:16 +0200

Quantron, located in Kleve, manufactures advanced arc/spark optical emission spectroscopy (OES) systems for numerous metals analysis applications, including: ferrous and non-ferrous foundries, primary metal production, metal processing and machining industries...

Unemployed Scientists Create Ultrapowerful Microscope

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:25:23 +0200

The new approach, called photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), brings researchers far closer to their goal of being able to discriminate molecules that are only two to 25 nanometers apart.