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Bertin Technologies secures regional and national funding for the PACMANS Project: Advancing mirror technology for synchrotrons
PACMANS, the Program for Absolute Surface Control of Mirrors at Nanometer Level for Synchrotrons, received funding from the Future Investment Program (PIA4), focusing on the Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur region, under the ‘Collaborative R&D Projects’ category. The mission of PACMANS is to develop next-generation synchrotron X-ray mirrors that address the ...
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AMETEK Land jointly presents seminar on Non-Contact Optical Pyrometers for Foundries
AMETEK Land and the Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IFF) will be jointly presenting a seminar on Non-Contact Optical Pyrometers for Foundries on Saturday 13th October. This seminar will be held exclusively for members of the IFF in Coimbatore, India. Mr Shri S. Kuppusamy, President of COINDIA and the Vice President of the PSG Foundry Division, will be the guest speaker and present on the ...
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Using Fiber-Optic Instruments (FGs) for Live Temperature Monitoring in Container Glass Furnaces
The AMETEK Land FG series is commonly used in industrial applications such as steel production, glass manufacturing, power generation, and chemical processing, where accurate and reliable temperature measurement is critical for safe and efficient operation. The AMETEK Land FG is a series of high-temperature fixed infrared thermometers designed for accurate temperature measurement in industrial ...
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Bertin technologies to provide IABG Space Test Center with an optical ground support equipment
Bertin Technologies signed a contract with the Space Test Center of IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH) for the design, manufacture, validation, delivery, and on-site qualification of an Optical Ground Support Equipment (OGSE) for its new Competence Center Optics (CCO). This collaboration, which materialized on July 2, 2023, marks a significant milestone: it is the first contract ...
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OSi’s Optical Weather Instrument Lineage
Unlike other vendors who make extravagant claims of their sensor’s capabilities and present their own in-house data to support them, OSi has a real track record in varied environments and markets to fully prove our performance claims. Our claims are derived from actual field performance and from extensive data collected primarily at airports and government test facilities, including the NWS ...
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Sequoia Receives Grant from NASA to Develop New Water Absorption Instrument
Washington-based Sequoia Scientific, Inc. is pleased to announce receipt of a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a new in-situ hyperspectral ocean water absorption instrument. Sequoia is the primer recipient of the grant, which also includes ocean color experts Drs. Michael Twardowski and Alberto Tonizzo as consultants. Sequoia’s Vice ...
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HORIBA Jobin Yvon Grating Helps NASA Discover Icy Mountains on Pluto
On July 14, 2015, the NEW HORIZONS probe flew over and sent pictures of the planet Pluto, and its satellite Charon, revealing information about their geology, their surface and atmosphere. Pictures of mountains show this geological activity occurred less than 100 million years ago. Areas of carbon monoxide ice, methane, nitrogen were detected. The Pluto's atmosphere consists mainly of nitrogen. ...
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Industrial Inspection Webinars to Air in November
FLIR Systems will air two new webinars for professionals interested in the use of thermal imaging cameras for leak detection and industrial plant surveying. The first will air on 4th November 2019 'A Solution for Gas Maintenance Problems' which will address how the oil and gas industry faces a wide range of challenges from pipe failures and equipment break-downs to invisible gas leaks. The hosts ...
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Chilean volcano captured blasting ash across continent
Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau. The 1000 m-high volcano had been dormant for thousands of years before erupting on 2 May, causing the evacuation of thousands. Chaiten Volcano is located in southern Chile 10 km northeast of the town of Chaiten on the Gulf of Corcovado. Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging ...
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ICP-OES assists with reliable analysis of electrolytic etching solutions
The analysis of electrolytic etching solutions is a challenge for a large number of laboratories. Complex matrices from concentrated acids and spectral interferences make it difficult to screen for possible impurities. Regular analysis of the solutions is crucial to the quality of subsequent production processes since even the slightest impurities can have severe consequences. The automotive and ...
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Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Workstation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Workstation McPherson is pleased to announce the availability of two new deep UV spectroscopy workstation’s intending to facilitate teaching and experimentation in vacuum and ultraviolet physics. The workstations are ideal for spectroscopy experiments in the vacuum ultraviolet regime, potentially advancing quantum information science ...
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China`s Yangtze River Dolphin Declared Extinct
WUHAN, China - The Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, is functionally extinct, scientists from six nations said Wednesday after failing to find a single one of the rare animals after searching the river for six weeks. The scientists blame destruction of dolphin habitat, illegal fishing and collisions with ships, dam building and environmental degradation for the extinction of this species once ...
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ASTM E995 - 11 standard guide for background subtraction techniques in auger electron spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Background subtraction techniques in AES were originally employed as a method of enhancement of the relatively weak Auger signals to distinguish them from the slowly varying background of secondary and backscattered electrons. Interest in obtaining useful information from the Auger peak line shape, concern for greater quantitative accuracy from Auger spectra, and improvements in data ...
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JRC and NIST release two new CRMs for electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), produced its first Certified Reference Materials (CRM) for electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential measurements by electrophoretic light scattering (ELS). The two CRMs may contribute to the REACH classification of nanoforms, as zeta potential is an ...
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Benefits of HART-enabled detectors
The open HART protocol improves the flow of diagnostic information from process instruments including optical flame detectors and combustible/toxic gas detectors. User benefits of Det-Tronics HART-enabled flame detectors and gas detectors include faster commissioning and enhanced maintenance efficiency. Typical flame and/or gas detector configuration options accessible via HART communications ...
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In 2010 second session of China (military) of laser and photoelectric
In order to better implement the "eleven five" planning, to understand the current situation and development trend of photoelectric technology products in China; exhibition of domestic, foreign advanced optoelectronic technology and products; experience. The exhibition hall: the China International Science and Technology Exhibition Center In 2010 second session of China (military) of laser and ...
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ASTM E2208 - 02(2010)e1 standard guide for evaluating non-contacting optical strain measurement systems
This guide assists potential users in understanding the issues related to the accuracy of non-contacting strain measurement systems and to provide a common framework for quantitative comparison of optical systems. The output from a non-contacting optical strain and deformation measurement system is generally divided into optical data and ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Cambridge facility wins the Queens award for enterprise in 2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Cambridge facility has been awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise 2009 in the Outstanding Innovation category for the iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES instrument. This award, the most prestigious for UK industry, recognizes the iCAP 6000 as one of the year's most outstanding technical innovations. The Thermo ...
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Analytik Jena opens company museum and presents the history of analytical measuring technology in Jena
Analytik Jena AG's company museum presents the exciting history of analytical measuring technology in Jena to visitors, customers, business partners and interested guests over 70 square meters, and showcases the successful continuation of instrument development at Analytik Jena up to the present day. More than 40 exhibits are on display from the three business units of Analytical Instrumentation, ...
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EUR 195m earth monitoring satellite contract signed
The European Space Agency and Astrium have signed a EUR 195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Astrium is responsible for the design, development and integration of the satellite, which will perform a high-end multi-spectral optical imaging ...
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