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New Microscope Acquired: Even sharper, even clearer, even more precise.
Crane Engineering is pleased to announce that it has added a Keyence Digital Microscope VHX-600 to its laboratory. The microscope offers an incredibly fine 3-D image displayed on a UXGA high-resolution LCD monitor, giving clients an even more comprehensive view of the object in question. The microscope is compact, flexible and mobile – it can be taken off site to view large, immobile objects that can’t easily be brought to the laboratory. It features the world’s first 54 million-pixel 3CCD handheld camera and has a graphic engine that enables observation of profiles not possible with conventional systems. To find out more about this exciting new piece of equipment and how it could benefit your next project, contact Jeff Pfaendtner.

We now provide Ignitable Liquid Residue sampling kits.
Metal paint cans with labels, sampling instructions, and transfer forms are included which make collecting samples from fire scenes convenient. Please contact Kerri Schnell for more information. Click here for general guidelines for collecting samples.

Materials Scientist Hired
Dr. Jeffrey Pfaendtner, Ph.D., has joined Crane Engineering in the position of Materials Scientist. Dr. Pfaendtner received his doctorate in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 after winning a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and holding a Research Fellowship in his field. He comes to his new post from General Electric Aviation where he worked extensively in composites technologies. His long list of accomplishments includes many U.S. and international patents and the authorship of significant technical publications. Jeff is also certified as a Black Belt of the prestigious Six Sigma discipline with an emphasis in design and manufacturing processes and process control. The combination provides Crane Engineering with significant capabilities in the aviation, aerospace, power generation, and semiconductor markets.

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