Renishaw invests in D3 Technologies Limited Renishaw is pleased to announce it has acquired a 75% interest in D3 Technologies Limited (¢D3¢), a company set up in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde and others to exploit certain patents related to Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (¢SERS¢) and to develop SERS for molecular diagnostics and trace detection. [13 kB] Renishaw launches its first corporate blog Renishaw, one of the world’s leading engineering technologies companies, has launched its first corporate blog. Titled 'View from the Mill', in reference to the iconic 19th Century mill building at its headquarters site in Gloucestershire, UK, the blog is targeted at anyone that has an interest in the company, engineering technologies, and the varied markets that Renishaw supplies. [12 kB] CMM retrofit service launched at Control 2009 Renishaw announced a series of major new initiatives at Control 2009, including its first CMM retrofit service, and MODUS™, its first metrology software. There was also strong interest in a new probe that allows surface finish inspection within a standard CMM programme, plus the latest linear magnetic encoder technology and a new true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications. [16 kB] Scottish business award for spectroscopy expert D3 Technologies Ltd, a leader in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), and a subsidiary of world-leading metrology and spectroscopy company Renishaw plc, was honoured with a spin-out recognition award at the recent University of Strathclyde Enterprise Awards. The award recognised D3 for its work on trace detection used in drug development, forensic science and medical diagnostics. [15 kB] Greener transport Motor manufacturers regularly announce the release of novel battery powered electric vehicles. Compared to the lithium-ion batteries in cell phones or notebook PCs, the batteries used in cars require very high output power, short charging time, long life, excellent safety, light weight, and low production cost. This translates into a need for higher-performing battery components made from chemically and structurally robust materials. [12 kB] New gauging specialist for Renishaw’s Nordic operation Renishaw AB, the Nordic subsidiary of the global engineering technologies, Renishaw plc, has announced the appointment of Attila Témun to the position of Applications Engineer for Renishaw’s new Gauging product line. Témun has over 10 years experience in the field of industrial metrology, from handheld measurement tools to fully automated coordinate measuring machines. [14 kB] Renishaw gives financial boost to Gloucester Rugby’s community education schemes The largest business employer in Gloucestershire, Renishaw plc, has agreed to donate £15,000 over a two-year period to Gloucester Rugby’s Playing for Success scheme which provides out of school educational activities for 9 to 13 year old children. The funding has been provided by the company’s UK Charities Committee which supports charities and voluntary organisations throughout the Gloucestershire and Bristol region. [16 kB] Renishaw acquires a 75% interest in Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate AG As part of its continuing commitment to growing its presence in the neurosurgical market, Renishaw has acquired, for a cash consideration, a 75% stake in Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate AG, based in Switzerland, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate Sarl, a leading manufacturer of surgical robots for neurosurgery, based in Lyon, France. The deal was completed on 20th November 2008. [17 kB] Global interest for new dental CAD/CAM system at IDS Cologne Dentists and dental technicians from across the world flocked to the Renishaw stand at IDS 2009, the world’s largest trade show for the dental industry held recently in Cologne, Germany. The UK-based company announced the European launch of its incise dental CAD/CAM system, which combines high-speed 3D scanning capabilities, powerful software and a new milling machine to allow the manufacture of high quality zirconia crowns and bridges. [18 kB] Renishaw Diagnostics enables customised multiplex assays for precious research samples Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS), for research and molecular diagnostics applications, today announced the launch of its first research use only (RUO) multiplex assay system which allows precious research samples to be ‘screened’ for 10 or more ‘targets’, from a single sample. [16 kB] D3 Technologies provides R&D to aid chronic wound care Renishaw subsidiary D3 Technologies Ltd has been confirmed as an R&D provider to ITI Techmedia 's research and development Programme that will develop technology to aid healthcare clinicians with wound infection diagnosis and the management of chronic wounds. The technology is set to enable wound care therapies that will significantly improve patients’ quality of life and reduce associated healthcare costs. [21 kB] Of robot mice and men What is so interesting about a competition to design, build and program a robotic ‘mouse’ that finds its own way to the centre of a 16 x 16 maze in the shortest possible time? Micromouse events have fascinated the cleverest time-served engineers, but also captured the imagination of students, demonstrating the exciting possibilities of an engineering career to young minds. The competitions are entered by everyone from school children to engineers at blue-chip computer companies and top uni's.. [23 kB]
Spectroscopy Innovations 8 This edition contains articles on: Structural and chemical analyser for SEM; Combined FT-IR microscopy and Raman microscopy; Award winning AFM-Raman; Integrated Raman microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy; Drexel University. [1.72 MB]
|
|