Fully automatic contact angle measuring instrument with wafer handling robot and load ports for 200- and 300mm-wafer
Frankfurt, Germany -- OEG's contact angle measuring device SURFTENS 300 WH is designed for full 300 WH measurement of the wetting behavior of solids (e.g. wafers or glass substrates for flat panel displays) under clean-room conditions, as well as for series tests and systematic analysis.

The SURFTENS 300 WH enables the reduction of subjective factors and time involved for contact angle measurements in research, quality- and production inspection.

It is used for the software-controlled measurement and analysis of:

- the static and dynamic contact angle according to the Sessile Drop method
- the wetting behavior on solid surfaces
- the surface free energy of solids and their components


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LA JOLLA CA, USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--HighRES, Inc., providers of CAD integrated reverse engineering and inspection software solutions, announces their newest software release, HighRES for Rhino 4.0. This new release includes features relative to inspection and measurement applications.

Users may now interact with their portable CMMs to quickly inspect data back to their original CAD drawing, directly inside of Rhino.

Some significant enhancements to the already robust HighRES plug-in include:

* HighRES Part-to-CAD alignment; users can now inspect and measure point deviation back to the original CAD drawing.
* HighRES Point/Surface deviation; users can analyze and review the distance between selected points and a surface.
* HighRES Hold Cutplane; users can quickly capture profile sections for inspection purposes.


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MIAMI FL, USA --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SYMX Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of equipment life cycle management services for healthcare, today announced that it has installed a real time location system (RTLS) utilizing radio frequency identification (RFID) at Keiro Senior HealthCare in Los Angeles, California. The ATLAS System will provide location identification of residents and safety measures for those residents that circulate the grounds.

Since Keiro services a multi-lingual community, the residents hear a verbally recorded reminder in their native language, which is determined by their individual expectations programmed through their unique name badge. The system may be expanded to incorporate the entire campus in order to serve residents with broad-based support.

Tim Callahan, President and COO of SYMX stated, ?The system is a wonderful example of how advanced technology can be leveraged to provide automated assistance and management in sensitive situations. We were asked to design the application to provide security and safety to the residents while ensuring a sense of dignity in providing direction and management.?



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A high-performance digital multimeter in a low-profile package for customers even with space-constrained applications
SANTA CLARA CA, USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has introduced its first 1U LXI digital multimeter, providing test system integrators with the industry?s best measurement speed and throughput of 50,000 readings per second at 4-1/2 digits accuracy.

With its reduced 1U size, it is perfect for space-constrained applications such as aerospace/defense depot test.

The Agilent L4411A 6-1/2 digit high-performance DMM expands Agilent?s industry-leading offering of LXI system products. It offers superior measurement performance and a choice of computer interfaces, including LXI, providing high-performance, easy-to-use and economical I/O.

A simple display, including ?latest reading? and LAN address, allows the system integrator to quickly integrate and debug the test system. The L4411A features a compatibility mode, requiring little-to-no code change to upgrade a test system with next-generation capabilities.



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Virtual Instrumentation for Professionals and Educators
AUSTIN, Texas, USA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) Electronics Workbench Group has announced the release of Multisim 10.0 and Ultiboard 10.0, the latest versions of its interactive SPICE simulation and circuit analysis software used for schematic capture, interactive simulation, board layout and integrated testing.

This platform extends the flexibility of virtual instrumentation to the electronics designer?s bench top, bridging the common gap between test and design functions.

With the combination of National Instruments Multisim 10.0 circuit simulation software and LabVIEW measurement software, engineers creating custom printed circuit boards (PCBs) now can easily compare simulated and real-world data, resulting in fewer design iterations, reduced prototyping errors and shorter time to market.

Engineers can use Multisim 10.0 to interactively build circuit schematics and simulate circuit behavior. Multisim abstracts the complexity of SPICE simulation so the engineer does not need in-depth SPICE expertise to quickly capture, simulate and analyze new designs, making it particularly useful in electronics education.

With Multisim and virtual instrumentation, PCB design engineers and electronics educators are able to achieve a fully integrated design flow from theory to schematic capture and simulation to prototyping and test.


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