Test Measurement Features

Overcoming temperature effects in diameter measurement

Overcoming temperature effects in diameter measurement

New technology from dimensional non-contact measurement specialist, Scantron Industrial Products has enabled a new level of accuracy in diameter measurement to be attained in the production environment.

Refining lift truck control system design

Refining lift truck control system design

Engineers at NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) are using the Delphin ProfiMessage data acquisition system as an integral part of their work testing and refining lift truck technology.

Laser acoustic mapping for loudspeaker designers

Laser acoustic mapping for loudspeaker designers

NPL's collaboration with the high-end loudspeaker specialist, PMC has provided vital industrial input on loudspeaker design and development, honing what has hitherto been an experimental technique into a valuable industrial tool. The PMC collaboration has seen NPL’s laser-based acoustic mapping technique adapted into a valuable design tool for all manufacturers of acoustic products, as Ian Butterworth explains.

The financial implications of an energy strategy

The financial implications of an energy strategy

Short termism damages sustainability, says Mike Malina, founder and director of Energy Solutions Associates, and award winning building engineering services consultant. Here, we present an edited version of a presentation he made at the Motor Driven Systems conference last year, in which he makes the case for taking the long term view when investing in energy efficiency technologies.

‘Wearable computing’ can change people’s lives

‘Wearable computing’ can change people’s lives

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in the USA have created a wireless enabled, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralysing spinal cord injury (SCI). 

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