Middleboro, MA -Brookfield Engineering is now offering Shear Cell Kits with new material choices for use with their PFT Powder Flow Tester. These new material options provide the customer with selections to better simulate the actual working conditions with the equipment on the plant floor. This yields more accurate sample testing resulting in less down […]

CHELMSFORD, MA – Spectro Inc. has introduced the latest evolution of its SpectroVisc Q3000 series of portable kinematic viscometers that enable immediate determination of lubricant viscosity in the field. The measurement range of the new SpectroVisc Q3050 model extends from 1cSt-680cSt at 40?C; the new functionality is the result of a new polished cell that […]

Salisbury, UK — NanoSight reports on how the University of Cordoba has applied Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, to improve the understanding of the behaviour of silver colloids used in the development of sustainable nanomaterials. Dr Rafael Luque is a research member in the Department of Organic Chemistry on the Campus de Rabanales of the University […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the installation of an Agilent T150 UTM at the world-renowned Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia. The T150 is a state-of-the-art universal testing machine that provides superior nanomechanical characterization via a unique actuating transducer that produces tensile force (load on sample) via electromagnetic […]

Houston, TX., USA – PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce that Keith Barnard has joined PAC as the Company President. Keith has over 17 years of experience in plant management, manufacturing, and operations. Keith comes to PAC from Flowserve where he worked […]

Middleboro, MA – Brookfield Engineering announces the release of RheocalcT Software delivering total control of both instrument and test parameters. RheocalcT gives the operator the ability to fully automated viscosity testing from a dedicated PC when using the new DV3T Touch Screen Rheometer and the new DV2T Touch Screen Viscometer. The user interface for RheocalcT […]

MILFORD, Mass.– Waters Corporation (NYSE/WAT) today announced that Douglas A. Berthiaume has communicated his intention to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company within the next twenty-four months. The Board of Directors has appointed a Succession Planning Committee that will guide the process of selecting a successor, and plans to engage an executive search […]

Uppsala, Sweden, – GE Healthcare Life Sciences today announced a joint program with Osaka University to offer students access to GE Healthcare’s cutting-edge expertise in training and technologies for biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing, to help support future growth of the sector in Japan. The program, Interdisciplinary Program for Biomedical Sciences (IPBS), is Osaka University’s government-funded […]

Operator error continues to be a concern in quality control testing where reliable measurements are essential. Shimadzu’s new HMV-G Series of Micro Vickers hardness testers provides an operator-friendly, cost-effective solution with automatic length measurement, which is quickly becoming the new standard in the research and development of new materials. Equipped with a CCD camera for […]