Calipers resist moisture, contaminants. (Case Studies).(Nukabe Inc. uses...

Quality;  September 1, 2002 ;     415 words ...Electronic calipers may seem like simple measuring devices...contaminants in the work environment cause calipers to fail, their importance can quickly...Nukabe workers make extensive use of calipers in various production cells, where the...

micrometer caliper (or calipers)

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      32 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 micrometer caliper (or calipers) (mi krm't r) calipers with a micrometer screw, for extremely accurate measurement Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

calipers

The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      77 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 calipers, an instrument with two hinged, adjustable, curved legs or...measure the thickness or diameter of an object. In obstetrics, calipers are used to measure a woman's pelvis. The ideas, procedures...

Frost & Sullivan: Calipers and Micrometers Markets Driven by High Demand...

Wireless News;  November 25, 2007 ;     660 words ......News 11-25-2007 Frost & Sullivan: Calipers and Micrometers Markets Driven by High...NEWS-November 25, 2007-Frost & Sullivan: Calipers and Micrometers Markets Driven by High...contributed to the steady growth of the calipers and micrometers markets, notes Frost...

Executive Motoring: EBBW VALE: Engineering company wins contract for parts...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 11, 2002 ;     156 words ......Quality engineer Ian Penny measuring brake calipers for the new VW Touran (left) and the...multi-millionpound contract to supply 600,000 calipers a year for the Touran mini MPV which...variety of models. It supplies 100pc of calipers for the Ford Focus. The calipers are...

Vermont Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Micro Solder Ball

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 5, 2007 ;     301 words ......relates to "methods of forming solder ball contacts having dimensions of approximately...connections. The methods form solder ball contacts using selective deposition of solder...utilizing such methods of forming solder ball contacts." The inventor was issued U.S. Patent...

Electronic caliper.(Products)

Quality;  December 1, 2004 ;     101 words ......dust, dirt and metal chips. The calipers have an easy-to-read LCD with 0.31-in...more than 3,500 of life. All 797 calipers include an RS232 output port for collecting and outputting data. The calipers meet DIN862 linear accuracy and have...

Japanese Inventor Develops Electronic Device Electrically Coupled Socket

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 13, 2007 ;     248 words ......electrically coupled to a BGA unit includes a plurality of ball contacts including a housing wherein a through-hole having a larger...in order to the through-hole corresponds the plurality of ball contacts and a pin contact provided in a plurality of through-holes...

Tool solves measuring challenge: a new caliper measures corners--even...

Quality;  May 1, 2006 ;   Adams, Larry;   787 words ...Calipers are one of the handiest tools in the toolbox. Lightweight but rugged, simple to use but extremely accurate, calipers are used on small parts and large. But, as the saying goes, one should use the right tool for the right job and calipers are not always the best choice to measure every part...

An Afghan boy (R) who has polio tries his new pair of calipers...

Getty Images;  June 18, 2007 ;   NICOLAS ASFOURI;   78 words ......Images 06-18-2007 An Afghan boy (R) who has polio tries his new pair of calipers... Full Size JPG (798 KB) An Afghan boy (R) who has polio tries his new pair of calipers in the exercise room at the International Committee of the Red Cross Orthopaedic...

Calipers OK in pinch for body fat test

Oakland Tribune;  April 24, 2006 ;   Column by Linda Buch;   667 words ......56-year-old female. At my gym they use calipers to measure body fat, but my body fat...easiest and cheapest is performed with calipers, which measure skinfold thickness at...person doing the test, the quality of the calipers, and the sites measured. Different sites...

California Inventor Develops Game Ball with Transient Marking Feature

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2007 ;     234 words ......otherwise sealed against exposure to the air." An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "When the ball contacts a surface with sufficient velocity, a small quantity of the marking agent is liberated to provide a visible mark on the surface...

New calipers and trolley for disabled girl

New Straits Times;  January 10, 2003 ;     148 words ...New Straits Times 01-10-2003 New calipers and trolley for disabled girl Edition...daily using her old and under-sized calipers. Due to financial constraints, her family could not get her the new calipers she needs. Her father, See Boh Yin...

High-Caliper Problem.(skinfold calipers may be obsolete for body fat...

Family Practice News;  February 15, 2001 ;   Berger, Joanne M.;   144 words ...Skinfold calipers, long used to measure body fat, may become...had too much body fat to measure with calipers, although fewer than 5% of men were greater...numbers might be even higher today Most calipers can measure skin folds up to about 2...

Radial calipers.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)

Rider;  April 1, 2006 ;     203 words ...Please enlighten me on exactly what radial calipers are. I've gotten few understandable answers...06 issue that there are both radial calipers and master cylinders. I'm getting confused...E-MAIL It's pretty simple, really. Most calipers bolt to the fork left to right (transversely...