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Photonics.com - January 2017
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Holographix Receives BAE Systems’ Product Innovation Award
Optics developer Holographix LLC has been chosen by defense company BAE Systems PLC as the 2016 Product Innovation Award winner at its Electronics Systems Supplier Conference. The award recognizes...
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Joins Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Metrology solutions provider Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc. has joined the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) industry organization in Disputanta, Va., as an affiliate...
Winton Appointed Chief Executive of Royal Microscopical Society
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS), an academic association for the promotion of microscopy, has announced the appointment of Allison Winton as its chief executive. ”I feel incredibly...
Physik Instrumente Acquires Majority of ACS Motion Control
Physik Intrumente (PI) LP has acquired 80 percent of Israel-based ACS Motions Control Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of controllers and drives for multi-axis systems. ACS will be independent...
Zecotek to Supply Shanghai EBO With LFS Scintillation Crystals
Photonics technology developer Zecotek Photonics Inc. has signed a Lutetium Fine Silicate (LFS) scintillation crystal supply agreement with crystal array developer Shanghai EBO Optoelectronics Co....
McMahon Appointed Sales and Marketing Director of Optoscribe
Glass-based photonic component supplier Optoscribe Ltd. has appointed Steve McMahon as its sales and marketing director. Over the course of 25 years, McMahon has held senior commercial roles in...
UC Davis Explorer Selects UIHA America, SensL Technologies for PET Prototype
The University of California Davis-based Explorer consortium, which aims to build a revolutionary total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, has announced the selection of healthcare...
Medtronic Visualase System Used in Mayo Clinic Epilepsy Trial
Medical technology developer Medtronic PLC has announced that its Visualase MRI-guided laser ablation system has been performed in the Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (SLATE)...
Biolase Epic Pro Dental Laser Receives FDA Approval
Dental laser manufacturer Biolase Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its Epic Pro laser systems, offering higher laser power than most diode lasers in dentistry. The Epic...
Photonics Solutions Signs Distribution Agreement with Bristol Instruments
Optical interferometer-based instrumentation developer Bristol Instruments Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with UK supplier Photonics Solutions. “We are very pleased to have...
Sale of Source Photonics to Equity Consortium Completed
Optical component and module provider Source Photonics Inc. has announced that Francisco Partners has completed the sale of the company to a private equity consortium led by Redview Capital and...
Sener to Provide Mirrors for European Extremely Large Telescope
Private engineering and technology group Sener has signed a contract with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) for the design and production of cells for the M2 and M3 secondary and tertiary...
SPI Lasers Joins the Welding Institute to Foster Fiber Laser Applications
Fiber laser manufacturer SPI Lasers UK Ltd. has become a member of the Welding Institute (TWI) to support the development and promotion of its fiber lasers for industrial welding applications....
Raso Appointed Midwest Regional Sales Manager for Thomas Research Products
LED manufacturer Thomas Research Products has appointed Tony Raso as its regional sales manager for the Midwestern U.S. Raso works with lighting OEMs, energy service companies, retrofitters,...
Sensofar to Supply GF Machining with Metrology Systems
Sensofar Metrology will supply GF Machining Solutions with its custom S neox line of surface metrology systems for the development of advanced nano-texturing methods. The methods utilize ultrashort...
ST Imaging Receives Third Modern Library Award
The ST ViewScan is the only microfilm scanner to have won the awards in all three years of the award. The MLAs were created to recognize top products in the library industry in a truly unbiased...
FluxData Joins Halma
Imaging technology company FluxData Inc. has joined Halma PLC, a UK-based safety, health and environmental technology group, becoming the newest member of Halma’s environmental and analysis...
UK Defense Ministry Awards £30M Weapons Contract to Dragonfire
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £30 million ($36 million) contract to British industrial consortium Dragonfire for a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW). The project will assess...
McDonnell Appointed Chair of Photon Control Board
Optical measurement technology developer Photon Control Inc. has appointed Neil McDonnell as chair of the board of directors. McDonnell, who joined the board in November 2016, succeeds Michael...
Ritter Appointed CEO of Fraser Optics
Electrical and mechanical solutions provider Fairlead Integrated LLC has appointed Luke Ritter as the CEO of its defense technology company Fraser Optics. "After a focused and comprehensive search...
Luxendo Raises $8M in Series A Funding
Microscope startup Luxendo GmbH has raised €8 million ($8.56 million) in a Series A round of funding. Spun out of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and backed by the EMBL’s...
Petranek Joins NexOptic Board
Stephen Petranek has joined the board of directors of imaging technology developer NexOptic Technology Corp. “I am honored and excited to be joining such an innovative company at the cutting...
Castner Appointed Global Sales VP of Circadian Light
Medical science technology provider Circadian Light has appointed John Castner as its vice president of global sales to lead the lighting fixture product launch into industries with at-risk, 24/7...
Horiba Scientific to Distribute Manta Instruments Nanoparticle Tracking System
Scientific instrument provider Horiba Scientific will be providing sales and support for nanoparticle measurement device developer Manta Instruments Inc.’s ViewSizer 3000 Nanoparticle Tracking...
Novanta Increased Ownership of Laser Quantum
Photonics and motion technology supplier Novanta Inc. has acquired an additional 35 percent of the outstanding shares of Laser Quantum Ltd. for £25.5 million in cash ($31.1 million), increasing...
Divergent Partners With Peugot, SLM on 3D Car Printing
3D car technology manufacturer Divergent Technologies Inc. is working with car manufacturers Peugeot Automobiles and SLM Solutions Group AG to use its printing methods at mass scale....
Pentax Medical Acquires C2 Therapeutics
Medical imaging equipment manufacturer Pentax Medical has acquired ablation developer C2 Therapeutics for an undisclosed amount. C2 Therapeutics produces the C2 CryoBalloon Ablation System for the...
Biodesix, Bioyong to Commercialize Blood Test for Lung Cancer
Medical diagnostics provider Biodesix Inc. and spectrometry developer Bioyong Technology Co. Ltd. have entered into an international collaboration agreement where Bioyong will develop and...
Denmark's Universal Robot Names Cimtec Automation as its Distributor in the Southeast US
Automation engineering provider Cimtec Automation LLC has been selected as Danish automation developer Universal Robot’s distribution partner for the southeast U.S. “We are excited about...
Ahmadian Appointed Heliospectra CEO
The board of directors of lighting developer Heliospectra AB have selected Ali Ahmadian as its new CEO, replacing Staffan Hillberg. Ahmadian joined Heliospectra as chief commercial officer last year...
Laser Technology Authority Peter Thompson Dies
Peter Thompson, a deeply respected laser technology authority passed away following cardiac arrest on January 4th. Thompson had been technical director for Prima Power Laserdyne, a manufacturer of...
Laser Zentrum Hannover, Apodius Laser Repair Fiber-Reinforced Plastics
Laser Zentrum Hannover EV and Apodius GmbH are collaborating on a project to repair fiber-reinforced plastics by combining a measuring device for fiber layer orientation with a laser-based repair...
OptraScan Selected By NINDS, NIH for Slide Scanner
The OptraSCAN on-demand digital pathology system from OptraScan Inc. has been chosen by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institutes of Health to...
ASU Spectrometer to Fly on NASA Asteroid Mission
A spectrometer developed by Arizona State University will fly onboard a NASA mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The Lucy mission has been chosen under the agency's Discovery Program, a...
Dreyer Resigns from Biolase
David C. Dreyer, the senior vice president and chief financial officer of dental laser developer Biolase Inc., has resigned for personal reasons, effective January 13. “We thank David for his...
Vizient Awards Karl Storz Endoscopy With Technology Designation
Endoscopy technology developer Karl Storz Endoscopy America Inc. has received an innovative technology designation from healthcare improvement company Vizient Inc. The designation was based on...
ADB Safegate Sweden Wins Photonics Prize
Airport safety technology developer ADB Safegate Sweden AB has been awarded the optics and photonics prize presented annually by PhotonicSweden to the best Swedish company in the industry. ADB...
Vectronix, Optics 1 Merge, Receive Army Contract
Electro-optical systems developer Vectronix Inc. has merged with its optical systems subsidiary Optics 1 Inc. to form Safran Optics 1 Inc. and has subsequently received a $304 million U.S. Army...
DARPA’s TUNA Program Enters Final Phase of Development
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the initial phase of its Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program, intended to...
NYS Passes on Photonica Relocation
The state of New York is no longer pursuing the relocation of video display developer Photonica Inc. to Rochester, according to Empire State Development (ESD), the economic development arm for New...
Invenios Acquires Varioptic
Micro-fabrication foundry Invenios LLC has acquired Varioptic, a liquid-lens developing business unit of Parrot Drones SAS, for an undisclosed amount. “We are very happy to have completed the...
Elbit Receives $35M in Contracts for Laser Designators
; Arms and aerospace company Elbit Systems Ltd. has received two three-year contracts, valued at $35 million, to supply laser designator systems for two unspecified countries in the Asia-Pacific...
Novanta to Acquire ThingMagic
Photonic technologies developer Novanta Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire ThingMagic, developer of ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader engines, for $20...
Koito and Quanergy to Collaborate on Advanced Driver Headlights With Solid-State Lidar Sensors
Automotive headlight manufacturer Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and lidar sensor provider Quanergy Systems Inc. will be collaborating to design an advanced automotive headlight concept with built-in,...
Indigo Diabetes Raises €7M in Investment
Silicon photonic startup Indigo Diabetes NV has closed a €7 million ($7.4 million) round of series A investment to support its development of an optical glucose monitor for diabetics. The...
Photonics West Blends Industry, Innovation, Learning - Sneak Preview (Video)
It’s an annual must-attend event in the photonics industry, and one that for many, truly kicks off the new year. It’s Photonics West, and for more than two decades it has been a symbol of...
Osram Licht To Supply Lighting for a Driverless Concept Vehicle from Swiss Think Tank Rinspeed
Osram Licht AG has been chosen as the exclusive lighting supplier for Oasis, a driverless concept vehicle from Swiss think tank Rinspeed AG. “Osram has been behind a multitude of industry...
Guerette Named Senior Marketing Manager of MicroCare
Precision cleaning product manufacturer MicroCare Corp. has appointed Guylaine Guerette as its senior marketing manager. “Guylaine is a superb addition to MicroCare,” said Tom Tattersall,...
Mobile Virtual Reality Market Expected to Reach $10.9B
The global market for mobile virtual reality (VR) hardware and content will reach $10.9 billion by 2021, according to market intelligence firm Tractica LLC. Tractica estimates that more than 88...
Berliner Glas Appoints Demandt as COO
Technical glass developer Berliner Glas Group has appointed Acis Demandt as its chief operations officer. Demandt will be responsible for the supply chain management and production in the operations...
Implant and Camera System Restore Some Visual Function
UK health authorities have announced backing for 10 patients in England to receive bionic eye implants developed by the U.S. company Second Sight Medical Products.
Lensar Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Lensar, an Orlando-based developer of surgical ultrafast laser systems for cataract treatment, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company was acquired a year ago by social commerce...
Quanergy, Sensata to Develop, Produce Automotive Lidar
Solid-state lidar developer Quanergy Systems Inc. will soon begin production and delivery of its S3 lidar system for numerous markets with a ground technology commercialization partnership with...
Ultra-Hard Material Cutting Machines Market to Reach $1.81B
The global ultra-hard material cutting machines market was valued at $730 million in 2015, according to a research report released by Transparency Market Research, and is expected to reach $1.81...
Schanz Appointed Marketing Communications Manager at Bristol Instruments
Optical interferometer-based instrumentation developer Bristol Instruments Inc. has appointed Kristina Schanz as its marketing communications manager. Schanz brings more than twelve years of...
Wagner Appointed CTO of 3D-Micromac
Uwe Wagner has been appointed the chief technology officer of laser micromachining developer 3D-Micromac AG. Replacing Dr. Carsten Swiatkowski, Wagner will take charge of technology management and...
Major Health Partners Installs Gamma Medica’s Breast Imaging System
Through its collaboration with Alpha Imaging Technologies, Major Health Partners (MHP) has purchased and installed Gamma Medica Inc.’s LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) system, Ohio’s first...
Endoscopy Devices Market Expected to Reach $40.85B
The global endoscopy devices market is expected to reach $40.85 billion by 2022, according to a report by Allied Market Research, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent from...
Svanberg Receives Highest Honor from SPIE
Katarina Svanberg, professor and chief consultant of oncology at Lund University Hospital, is the recipient of the 2017 Gold Medal of the Society, awarded by SPIE — the international society...
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Market to Reach $230.6M
The value of the optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) market is expected to reach $230.6 million by 2021, according to forecasting firm ElectroniCast Consultants. According to the market study,...
RhySearch to Receive Ion Beam Sputtering System with Optical Monitor System
RhySearch, the Center for Research and Innovation in the Alpine Rhine Valley, will receive its first SPECTOR Ion Beam Sputtering system coupled with the Quest Optical Monitor System from Veeco...
Orthopaedic Institute for Children Installs EOS Imaging System
The Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) has installed the EOS Imaging System, making it the region’s first and only standalone ambulatory care provider with this technology. OIC will use...
OneMedNet, Vida to Collaborate on Image Exchange for Pulmonary Diagnostics
Image exchange solutions provider OneMedNet Corp. has announced a partnership with Vida Diagnostics Inc., a developer of precision pulmonary imaging, to incorporate image exchange into current and...
CUNY, Columbia Researchers to Publish, Edit Reference Book on Deep Tissue Imaging Techniques
Pan Stanford is set to publish a reference book for new deep tissue imaging techniques on January 31. The book is edited by Dr. Robert R. Alfano, a leader in the field of ultrafast laser spectroscopy...
Research & Technology
Ultra-High-Speed Optical Fiber Sensor Can Monitor Structural Health in Real Time
A real-time fiber-optic distributed sensing system for monitoring strain and temperature in physical structures has been developed, which requires light injection from only one end of the fiber. The...
CU Boulder Team Tracks Methane Leaks with Lasers
With a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California Davis, the National...
Remote Sensing Data Helps Scientists Measure Biodiversity
Remote sensing methods, which have been used to measure biological diversity for about 30 years, show even greater potential for assisting biodiversity research in the future. A key task of this...
Infrared Hologram Device Achieves New Optical Properties
Australian National University physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved, opening the door to imaging technologies often seen in science...
Computer Tomography, Volumetric Imaging Reveal Details of Ancient Past
Computer tomography (CT) scanning and volumetric visualization have been used to create a 3D display of the Geberlein Man, a 5,500 year-old natural mummy buried during the late pre-dynastic period at...
Space-Borne Lidar Enables Continuous View of Plankton Cycles in Earth’s Polar Regions
A space-based sensor that can penetrate fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists a decade-long set of images which provide a continuous view of polar phytoplankton biomass cycles. Traditional...
Liquid Lens Paired With Infrared Light and a Smartphone Creates Smart Glasses
Liquid-based lenses that automatically focus on what a person is seeing could replace reading glasses and bifocals in the near future. The human eye has a lens inside that adjusts the focal depth...
Far-Infrared Cameras and Drones Turn Construction Vehicle Into Disaster-Relief Robot
A group of Japanese researchers have developed a prototype construction robot for disaster relief situations equipped with far-infrared ray cameras and the ability to deploy a drone. This prototype...
Transformation Optics Conceals Objects in Diffusive Environments
Researchers have devised a new cloaking device that could conceal aircraft in fog or a submarine in the sea. Both the fog and the sea serve as diffusive environments in which light is not propagated...
Smartphone Microscope Detects Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Reactions
A novel smartphone-based microscope could make DNA sequence analysis much easier, faster and more readily accessible in remote locations.
Selective Laser Melting Produces Safer Automotive Components, Minimizes Waste
Using selective laser melting (SLM), engineers are creating lightweight automotive components that boost vehicle fuel efficiency, cut noise and lessen CO2 emissions. Engineers at The University of...
Self-Assembling Particles Could Produce Lower Cost LEDs
Self-assembling nanoscale perovskite — crystalline substances — particles could be a more efficient and lower-cost alternative material for LEDs.
3D Scans Help Automotive Industry Evaluate Data Aimed at Increasing Production Flexibility
Today’s car factories are leaning towards having one production line suitable to manufacture frequent model changes and smaller volumes. This requires increased flexibility in production, more...
Squeezing Light Cools Microscopic Drum Below Quantum Limit
Using a special circuit to generate microwave photons stripped of intensity fluctuations, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cooled a mechanical object to a...
Medical Imaging Innovator Christine Hendon Wins Presidential Honor
Christine Hendon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), the highest honor the U.S. government gives to young...
Compact Lasers Recreate Conditions Inside Stars
With compact lasers that use ultra-short laser pulses irradiating arrays of aligned nanowires, scientists are recreating the extreme conditions found in stars. Previously, this was only possible with...
ASU Spectrometer to Fly on NASA Asteroid Mission
A spectrometer developed by Arizona State University will fly onboard a NASA mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The Lucy mission has been chosen under the agency's Discovery Program, a...
Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Device Offers Widest Real-Time Views of the Sun
A groundbreaking new optical device has been developed to correct images of the Sun previously distorted by multiple layers of atmospheric turbulence. The device developed at the New Jersey Institute...
Plasmonic Nanolaser Opens the Way for Coherent On-Chip Light Sources
Using “dark lattice modes” researchers at Aalto University have created a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies. The laser works at length scales 1000 times...
Winship Installs Lattice Sheet Microscope
The Winship Cancer Institute at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University became one of only 15 sites worldwide to receive a lattice sheet microscope. Different than conventional...
Optogenetics Platform Uses Light to Activate Control of Intracellular Phase Transitions
A novel optogenetics platform, dubbed optoDroplet, uses light to activate phase transitions inside living cells. The optoDroplet system is being used to study the condensed phases driven by...
Ultra-Hard Material Cutting Machines Market to Reach $1.81B
The global ultra-hard material cutting machines market was valued at $730 million in 2015, according to a research report released by Transparency Market Research, and is expected to reach $1.81...
Imaging Technique Visualizes Individual Retinal Ganglion Cells
A new imaging technique that modifies confocal adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) could revolutionize how eye health and disease are assessed. Using their new, non-invasive imaging...
Virtual Reality Diagnoses Balance Disorders
Disorders of balance and vestibular function (balance and eye movement) can be diagnosed using a new portable, and inecpensive virtual reality device.
Robot with a Human Touch
A soft robot has been created that can feel its surroundings internally, much like humans do. Using stretchable optical waveguides as curvature, elongation and force sensors in a soft robotic hand,...
Photodynamic Therapy Could be Made Easier With NIR Light Absorbing Molecule
The clinical application of photodynamic therapy (PDT) could be enhanced through the use of a novel class of molecules. The carbazole-substituted BODIPY (Car-BDP) molecule has an intense, broad NIR...
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Silicon Optics Solutions
JENA, Germany, Oct. 26, 2017 — New standard silicon optics solutions from Jenoptik AG include a diode coupler, diode collimator and fiber collimator to allow future partners solutions on many platforms in optical data transfer...
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Surface-Mount LED
CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2017 — The OD-685C LED from Opto Diode Corp. is a deep-red, surface-mount device LED, fully operational within a wide temperature range from −65 to 125 °C. The device features 2.0 mW of...
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Cuvette Spectrophotometer
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 31, 2017 — The DS-C Cuvette Spectrophotometer from DeNovix Inc. is a standalone instrument engineered for rapid and accurate UV-VIS analysis. The DS-C includes custom Android operating software, Wi-Fi and...
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UV Continuous Wave Laser
GRAEFELFING, Germany, Jan. 31, 2017 — The TopWave 266 UV continuous wave laser from Toptica Photonics AG provides 150-mW continuous wave output power at a wavelength of 266 nm and <1 MHz linewidth. It features high power stability,...
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Filter Sample Holders
CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 31, 2017 — The HH201 and HH201F filter sample holders from Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. are designed for its H101A and flat-top H101F ProScan motorized microscope stages. The new sample holders are...
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd.
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Balanced Photodiodes
EWING, N.J., Jan. 31, 2017 — The DSC705 high-power, balanced photodiodes from Discovery Semiconductors Inc. provide 5-GHz bandwidth. The DSC705 is a balanced InGaAs photodiode in a push-pull configuration with each...
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Broadband Spectral Equalizer
KOMAKI, Japan, Jan. 30, 2017 — The Lambda Equalizer from Santec Corp. is an ultra-broadband spectral equalizer at a wavelength of 900 to 1750 nm based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS). The device achieves a wavelength...
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High-Volume Washer
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2017 — The LeanDrum Eco Washer from Ransohoff provides a low-cost, energy-efficient, reliable solution for high-volume cleaning applications. The LeanDrum Eco wash, rinse and blow-off machine features...
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Linear Perforation Software Feature
CHAMPLIN, Minn., Jan. 30, 2017 — The LinPerf linear perforation feature of the LASERDYNE S94P software from Prima Power Laserdyne LLC provides an easy way to create programs that produce linear patterns of laser processed features...
Prima Power Laserdyne LLC
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Multispectral LED Line Light
SALEM, N.H., Jan. 30, 2017 — The COBRA MultiSpec multispectral LED line light from ProPhotonix Ltd. is available with up to 12 wavelengths from 365 to 1500 nm. Users can maximize contrast by selecting the optimum color mix...
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Laser Diodes for Raman Spectroscopy
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2017 — Electro Optical Components Inc. has announced laser diode modules from Beijing RealLight Technology Co. Ltd. designed for Raman spectroscopy. The 785-, 830- and 1064-nm lasers are narrow...
Electro Optical Components Inc.
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Linear Motor Stages
AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 27, 2017 — Physik Instrumente LP has expanded its PIMag series of high-dynamics linear motor stages with two new models and a new motion controller. The stages are equipped with incremental and...
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Micro Welder
MONROVIA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2017 — The UB29A Linear DC Micro Welder from Amada Miyachi America Inc. provides a larger current range, greater control and faster rise time for micro-miniature resistance welding. The UB29A was...
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UV-LED Illuminators
WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 27, 2017 — The LumiBright 3300B UV-LED Illuminators from Innovations in Optics Inc. are high-power, highly uniform UV-LED solutions for UV digital light processing (DLP) applications such as 3D printing,...
Innovations in Optics Inc.
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Dual Gooseneck LED Lamp
BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 26, 2017 — A free-standing, dual Gooseneck LED Lamp from Titan Tool Supply Inc. has been designed by Analytical Services Inc. (Anser) to provide an adjustable light source for microscopes and projectors. ...
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GigE Vision Camera
WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 26, 2017 — Teledyne Dalsa Inc. has announced the M4030, M4020, C4030 and C4020 Genie Nano GigE Vision camera series. Built around the Sony Pregius IMX 267, 304 LL and LQ image sensors, the 12-bit, 8.9-...
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Industrial Femtosecond Laser
ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 26, 2017 — MKS Instruments Inc. has announced the Spirit HE 1040-30 high-power, high-energy industrial femtosecond laser. The system delivers >30-W power and >120-µJ energy for high-throughput...
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Surface Cleaning Laser Systems
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 26, 2017 — The CleanTech product line of surface preparation, paint removal and surface cleaning laser systems from Fonon Corp. offer a user-friendly, non-abrasive cleaning process. The laser systems...
Fonon Technologies
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Vacuum-Pump Rebuilding Services
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 — Vacuum-pump rebuilding services and remanufactured pumps have been announced by Grauling Research Inc. for thin-film coating, semiconductor and industrial equipment manufacturers. Warrantied...
Grauling Research Inc.
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Compact Linear Lights
MUSKEGON, Mich., Jan. 25, 2017 — The LM45 and LM75 series of compact linear lights from Smart Vision Lights features MultiDrive and OverDrive Strobe technologies for high-pulse operation. The built-in MultiDrive feature allows...
Smart Vision Lights
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Thermal Camera
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Jan. 24, 2017 — The Viento-G thermal camera from Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. is designed for use in a wide range of thermal monitoring applications. The system gives users the ability to view video,...
Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.
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Super-Flat Spatial Light Modulator
KOMAKI, Japan, Jan. 24, 2017 — Santec Corp. has announced a super-flatness of λ/40 at 633 nm using wavefront correction technology in a spatial light modulator (SLM) based on a liquid crystal on silicon device. The...
Santec Corp.
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Thermal Imaging Camera
MEER, Belgium, Jan. 24, 2017 — The T1030sc thermal imaging camera from Flir Systems GmbH is designed for bat conservation and research efforts. The camera records full 1024 × 768-resolution images at 30 fps. The...
Teledyne FLIR
Laser Diode Modules
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Jan. 24, 2017 — BEA Lasers Inc. has announced two low-profile additions to its rugged MIL series of laser diode modules. The MIL RA features a right angle, and the MIL Compact features straight housing. Both...
BEA Lasers
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Tigris-640
The Tigris-640 is a cooled midwave infrared (MWIR) camera equipped with a state-of-the-art InSb or MCT detector. It has a resolution of 640 × 512 pixels and a pixel pitch of 15µm. This...
Xenics
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Conoscope Lens
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 23, 2017 — A conoscope lens for the ProMetric series of imaging photometers and colorimeters has been announced by Radiant Vision Systems LLC to measure the color, luminance and contrast of multiple angular...
Radiant Vision Systems, Test & Measurement
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IMX Sensor Cameras
AHRENSBURG, Germany, Jan. 23, 2017 — Twelve new ace camera models have been announced by Basler AG, delivering up to 120 fps with IMX sensors from Sony. The systems are available with GigE or USB 3.0 interfaces and conform to the...
Basler AG
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Metals Analyzer
KLEVE, Germany, Jan. 23, 2017 — The SPECTROPORT portable arc/spark optical emission spectrometry metals analyzer from Spectro Analytical Instruments GmbH accurately analyzes elements such as carbon, sulfur, phosphorus and boron. ...
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments
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Digital Multispectral Sensor-On-Chip
PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, Jan. 23, 2017 — AMS AG has announced the AS7262 visible range sensor and the AS7263 NIR sensor, each providing six calibrated spectral channels. The multispectral sensors employ a new fabrication technique...
ams OSRAM
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Electronic Applicator
WREXHAM, Wales, Jan. 20, 2017 — The Autocapper electronic applicator from Porvair Sciences Ltd. enables friction sample seals to be quickly and securely applied to both microplates and microtube racks, assisting laboratories in...
Porvair Sciences Ltd.
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Light Cure Masking Agent
KIDLINGTON, England, Jan. 20, 2017 — The DYMAX Speedmask 9-20479-B-Rev-A UV/light cure temporary masking agent from Intertronics is specifically designed to meet the needs of the electronics industry. Its fast cure and simple...
Intertronics
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Scientific CCD Cameras
EDISON, N.J., Jan. 20, 2017 — The Syncerity VUV deep-cooled scientific CCD camera from Horiba Scientific has features CCDs sensitive in the far ultraviolet range. The system features a 58 percent quantum efficiency at 120...
HORIBA
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Dual USB 3.0 Camera
PISA, Italy, Jan. 20, 2017 — The CELERA camera series from Alkeria SRL uses dual USB 3.0 technology to exceed the speed limit of the USB 3.0 interface. The data acquired by the sensor is divided according to a proprietary...
Alkeria srl
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Wideband Optical Spectrum Analyzer
AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, Jan. 19, 2017 — The AQ6374 wideband optical spectrum analyzer from Yokogawa Europe BV is a benchtop tool for general-purpose optical spectrum measurements over the 350- to 1750-nm wavelength range. The device...
Yokogawa Europe BV
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Optical Gas Imaging Camera
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Jan. 19, 2017 — The GFx320 optical gas imaging camera from Flir Systems Inc. is designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in the oil and gas industry. The system detects and visualizes invisible...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Smart Camera
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Jan. 19, 2017 — The EyeCheck 5xxx smart camera series from EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH is a ready-to-use solution that is equipped with a quad-core Intel ATOM CPU. The system offers 4 GB DRAM and 64 GB...
EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH
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Stainless Steel Camera Enclosures
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Jan. 19, 2017 — Stainless steel enclosures from AutoVimation GmbH now allow for the protection of cameras with a cross section of 62 x 62 mm. Featuring IP69K ingress protection and a consistent hygienic...
autoVimation GmbH
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Ultra-Black Surface Coating
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 18, 2017 — The Vantablack S-VIS ultra-black surface coating technology from Surrey NanoSystems Ltd. is being offered by Santa Barbara Infrared Inc., improving IR emissivity in the midwave-IR (MWIR) and...
Santa Barbara Infrared Inc.
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Vacuum UV Spectral Test System
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 18, 2017 — The VUV-STS vacuum UV spectral test system from McPherson Inc. measures reflectance as a function of angle of incidence. The system measures optical performance at wavelength and can help...
McPHERSON
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HD Thermal Camera
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Jan. 18, 2017 — The new Vayu HD longwave-IR (LWIR) camera from Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. offers true HD imaging. The camera is a fully functional system based upon a 1920 × 1200 ×...
Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc.
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Tunable Pulse Stretcher
QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 17, 2017 — The PowerSpectrum tunable pulse stretcher (TPSR) from TeraXion Inc. is designed for integration in industrial ultrafast lasers. In addition to accurately controlling pulse durations in lasers...
TeraXion Inc.
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Scan Laser Photocoagulator
GAMAGORI, Japan, Jan. 17, 2017 — Nidek Co. Ltd. has announced the YLC-500 Vixi Yellow Scan Laser Photocoagulator and the YLC-500 Yellow Laser Photocoagulator, designed for ophthalmology. The YLC-500 Vixi/YLC-500 is a yellow...
NIDEK CO. LTD.
Vacuum Inlet Traps
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Jan. 17, 2017 — A line of vacuum inlet traps and filter media for protecting vacuum pumps employed in research and production atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes has been announced by MV Products. The...
Mass-Vac Inc., MV Products Div.
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Circular Polarizer Filter
READING, Pa., Jan. 17, 2017 — American Polarizers Inc. has announced a new circular polarizer filter with a 50 percent transmission level. Whereas most circular polarizers have maximum transmission levels of around 42...
American Polarizers Inc.
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Picosecond Laser
ZURICH, Jan. 16, 2017 — The Genki – 10 XP picosecond laser from Onefive GmbH features 100-W output power in a compact package for workstation integration. The system is based on the Genki seed laser and provides...
Onefive GmbH
High-Power Laser Modules
FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany, Jan. 16, 2017 — The ML2040 Series of high-power laser modules from Frankfurt Laser Co. are designed for use in harsh environmental conditions. The system features an output power of 2W and offered with...
Frankfurt Laser Company
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Spectrophotometer
SAN DIMAS, Calif., Jan. 16, 2017 — The 308 Perfect Vision UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer from Craic Technologies Inc. is designed to be added to an open photo port of a microscope or probe station. The device non-destructively...
CRAIC Technologies
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Automated Alignment Engines
AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 13, 2017 — The F-712.HA2 and F-712.MA2 automated alignment engines from Physik Instrumente LP are designed for silicon photonics applications including three- to six-axis mechanisms, controllers with...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Polygon Scanner Mirrors
SAXONBURG, Pa., Jan. 13, 2017 — Precision Polygon Scanner Mirrors from II-VI Inc. address facet geometry, flatness and roughness requirements for next-generation fast scanning systems. Designs include prismatic, pyramidal and...
II-VI Inc. (see Coherent Corp), II-VI Infrared
Beamsplitter
REHOVOT, Israel, Jan. 13, 2017 — The High Efficiency Double Spot (HEDS) beam splitter from Holo/Or Ltd. is a subaperture-based diffractive optical element. The system is capable of splitting a beam into two spots with 97...
Holo/Or Ltd.
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Metrology CT Scanner
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2017 — The Metrology Grade GE v|tome|x 300 CT Scanner from Exact Metrology Inc. is equipped to scan aluminum with a wall thickness or total material amount of 6 to 7 in., as well as steel with a wall...
Exact Metrology Inc.
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Large-Aperture Polygon Scanners
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 12, 2017 — Standard model polygon scanners from Precision Laser Scanning LLC feature apertures of >20 mm with short lead times and low prices. The Wood Pecker family of polygon scanners is targeted...
Precision Laser Scanning LLC
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Plant Health Imaging Filters
PALATINE, Ill., Jan. 12, 2017 — Midwest Optical Systems Inc. has announced four new imaging filters for plant health surveillance applications. The Bi725 Red Edge Bandpass Filter is a 25-nm FWHM filter designed for use in...
Midwest Optical Systems Inc. (MidOpt)
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LWIR Camera
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Jan. 12, 2017 — The X6570sc camera from Flir Systems Inc. is an long-wavelength IR, high-performance camera offering the microsecond-precision of a mercury cadmium telluride detector and an intuitive user...
Teledyne FLIR Systems Inc.
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Optical Fault Isolation Tool
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 11, 2017 — The Meridian 7 optical fault isolation tool from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is designed to provide the resolution needed for nondestructive localization of electrical faults at sub-10-nm nodes. ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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Polygon Scanners
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2017 — Two new GECKO polygon scanners from Precision Laser Scanning LLC cover the most commonly required speed ranges. The GECKO-5-OTS polygon scanner features a 8.5-mm aperture up to 5000 rpm. The...
Precision Laser Scanning LLC
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Signal Quality Analyzer
LUTON, England, Jan. 11, 2017 — The Signal Quality Analyzer MP1800A Series 100G-EPON Test Solution from Anritsu Corp. is a bit error rate test solution for 100-G Ethernet passive optical networks. The 100G-EPON Application...
Anritsu Ltd.
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XPLOR 100 3D Inspection Station
The XPLOR 100 is a fully automated metrology device designed for measurement and analysis of bubbles and inclusions for optical substrates in the Visible and NIR wave-bands (works for most IR...
M3 Measurement Solutions Inc.
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IR Viewer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2017 — The HI POWER IR VIEWER from Precision Laser Scanning LLC is a versatile visualization tool for assembling, aligning, testing and monitoring high power near IR laser systems. The glass has...
Precision Laser Scanning LLC
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600-mm Aspheric Lenses
KENLEY, England, Jan. 10, 2017 — Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced the fabrication of high-performance aspheric lenses up to 600 mm in diameter with a range of high-quality optical glasses with low f-numbers to optimize light...
Optical Surfaces Ltd.
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Fault Localization and Transistor Characterization Tool
FORTH WORTH, Texas, Jan. 10, 2017 — The nProber III fault localization and transistor characterization tool from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides process development and failure analysis down to the 7-nm technology node. ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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10-kW Laser Optics
SAXONBURG, Pa., Jan. 10, 2017 — II-VI Inc. has announced a new line of optics designed for 10-kW class fiber and direct diode lasers. The optics are made from low-absorbing fused silica substrates. They undergo magneto...
II-VI Inc. (see Coherent Corp), II-VI Infrared
Fluorescence Spectrometer
DENVER, Jan. 9, 2017 — Rigaku Corp. has announced its line of benchtop x-ray fluorescence spectrometers. The Rigaku Supermini200 benchtop wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometers are the only...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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Photoacoustic Product
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 9, 2017 — The Phocus OEM from Opotek Inc. is the newest addition to the Phocus family line of products designed for photoacoustic applications. The Phocus OEM is a mobile unit that incorporates all the...
OPOTEK LLC
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Acrylic Longpass Filters
PALATINE, Ill., Jan. 9, 2017 — Midwest Optical Systems Inc. has announced acrylic longpass filters to shield lenses and lighting from damage or to economically control the wavelength emission in large area, broad spectrum light...
Midwest Optical Systems Inc. (MidOpt)
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Freeze-Drying Vial System
TADWORTH, England, Jan. 9, 2017 — The Freeze-Drying Vial System (FDVS) platform from Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd. is a lyophilisation system to replicate large-scale freeze-drying processes. The chamber system features...
Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd.
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Metal Can Packages
LATHAM, N.Y., Jan. 6, 2017 — Marktech Optoelectronics has announced a series of high-reliability metal can packages, incorporating Cree’s LED die. Cree combines efficient InGaN materials with proprietary substrates...
Marktech Optoelectronics Inc.
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LED Power Supply
ELGIN, Ill., Jan. 6, 2017 — Thomas Research Products has announced the LED100WP1-24 100-W power supply for LEDS, providing high performance at a low cost. The LED100WP1-24 constant voltage driver is designed as a power...
Hubbell Lighting Components
Hexapods
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2017 — The HXP200 series of hexapods from Newport Corp. can position loads up to 50 kg on six axes with precision, speed and accuracy. The HXP200 features a ±59-mm travel range, an 81-mm/s...
MKS/Newport
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Stereo Line-Scan Color Cameras
KONSTANZ, Germany, Jan. 6, 2017 — The 3DPIXA HR from Chromasens GmbH is the latest generation of its 3DPIXA stereo line-scan color cameras. The new cameras are available in two models. The 3DPIXA HR 5 µm has a large field...
Chromasens GmbH
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NIR Spectroradiometer
LAWRENCE, Mass., Jan. 5, 2017 — The SR-6500 NIR spectroradiometer from Spectral Evolution covers the UV/VIS/NIR range from 350 to 2500 nm. The device features ultra-high resolution and very stable performance with three high...
Spectral Evolution Inc.
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Extended Wavelength and SWIR Emitters
LATHAM, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2017 — Marktech Optoelectronics has announced emitters in the extended wavelength or shortwave infrared range. The Marktech extended wavelength standard SWIR package offerings include the TO-46 flat; TO-46...
Marktech Optoelectronics Inc.
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Fiber Laser Module
OLCHING, Germany, Jan. 5, 2017 — The MVfiber laser module from Laser Components GmbH is a single-mode fiber that reduces scattered laser light and prevents side modes, which results in precise laser projection in 3D measurements,...
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Dispensing System
KIDLINGTON, England, Jan. 5, 2017 — The preeflow eco-duo330 from Intertronics is designed for micro-dosing two component systems, providing dosages as small as 0.2 to 32 ml/min with complete repeatability, precisely mixed and with...
Intertronics
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EMCCD Image Sensor
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 4, 2017 — The KAE-08151 from ON Semiconductor is an electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) image sensor that provides high imaging performance in extreme-low-light applications and direct sunlight....
onsemi
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Brain Mapping Platform
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2017 — The nVoke brain mapping platform from Inscopix Inc. combines calcium imaging and optogenetics into a single platform for precise measurement and modulation of brain activity patterns with light. ...
Time-of-Flight Sensor
SINGAPORE, Jan 4, 2017 — The ELISA 3DRanger from Heptagon Micro-Optics Pte Ltd. is a 5-m Time-of-Flight smart sensor. When integrated with a smartphone camera, ELISA enables new applications like a virtual measuring...
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.
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Miniature CMOS Sensors
TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany, Jan. 4, 2017 — The FRA0261 and FRA0100 miniature CMOS sensors from Framos GmbH are designed for endoscopes and small-size camera modules. The 2-MP model FRA0261 with CMOS-BSI technology and with a chip scale...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Electrode Holders
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 3, 2017 — The Stable Tip series of electrode holders for electrophysiology from Siskiyou Corp. reduce positional errors and drift due to ambient temperature changes. The electrode holders are machined...
Siskiyou Corp.
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Compact Hexapods
AUBURN, Mass., Jan. 3, 2017 — The H-850KML, 500-kg high-load hexapod and the H-825KLL, 35-kg load compact hexapod from Physik Instrumente LP are six-axis parallel positioning systems. Available in a variety of sizes with...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Petri Dish Media Filler
ZIZERS, Switzerland, Jan. 3, 2017 — The MEDIAJET walk-away Petri dish media filler from Integra Biosciences AG offers flexibility to fill Petri dishes of various sizes, Petri dishes with two compartments or test tubes of various...
Integra Biosciences Group
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Benchtop Laser System
GILCHING, Germany, Jan 3, 2017 — The EasyJewel bench-top laser system from Rofin-Baasel Lasertech GmbH & Co. KG and Coherent Inc. is designed for marking and engraving tasks. The system also cuts metal sheets of up to a...
Rofin-Baasel Lasertech
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