- NIST Helps Calibrate Gloss Reference
Standards.
To help manufacturers monitor and assess specular gloss, the NIST Physics Laboratory has launched a Special Test Service to calibrate gloss reference standards. Gloss measurement is not straightforward; it is determined relative to a standard, generally a polished piece of black glass, and depends on experimental conditions such as spectral ......
- Laboratory apparatus & testing
equipment.
Accelerated Weathering ACT Laboratories, Inc. Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC Atlas Weathering Services Group, South Florida Test Service Div. Bass Equip. Ltda. T.J. Bell Inc. Dek-Tron Scientific Instruments Elcometer, Inc. Paul N. Gardner Co., Inc. William Harrison Corp. KTA-Tator, Inc. Q-Lab Weathering Research Service Q-Panel Lab Products Sub-Tropical Testing Service ......
- ISCC Annual Meeting and CORM Technical Meeting to be
held in conjunction at NIST site on May 10-11, 2004.
The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC), Reston, VA, will host their 2004 ISCC Annual Meeting and Symposium on May 10-11 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Gaithersburg, MD conference site. The events will be held in conjunction with the 2004 Council for Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM) meeting, "Advances ......
- United Devices' Grid solutions to provide more
accurate measurements for world-class national standards
laboratory.
United Devices has announced that the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has selected the company's Grid MP Enterprise platform to increase the accuracy of its metrology and calibration technology. NPL maintains the United Kingdom's primary measurement standards and is charged with the nation's innovation in physical measurement. "Mathematical modeling is crucial ......
- Fiber optics next in line
Third parties are the major cause of natural gas transmission pipeline damage, and as urban expansion continues and demand grows for natural gas, pipelines exposed to building construction increase the probability of damage, according to the Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Techline (www.fe.doe.gov/techline). Although experts are studying several approaches for ......
- Are the EU's latest vibration proposals
achievable?
EU proposals on Vibration at Work are set to have a significant impact on manufacturing, particularly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), where activities involve the use of vibrating hand tools or the operation of vehicles. Hand-arm vibration is a serious and important cause of occupational ill health. UK Health ......
- Eye injuries in the workplace: proper eye protection
can prevent or minimize most injuries.
In 2002, close to 100,000 people were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for eye injuries related to the workplace, yet this figure represents only a small portion of the total number of injuries. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, each day, as many as 2000 workers incur ......
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