J.A. King Company Newsletter – April 2017

Millennium Group LogoThe Millennium Group of South Carolina Joins J.A. King

The purchase of The Millennium Group, which includes Millennium Precision and Data Point Technologies, significantly expands J.A. King’s capabilities. “The team at Millennium has extensive metrology experience, particularly in multi-sensor technologies, environmental and automotive parts testing, calibration, and measurement inspection,” said John King, CEO of J.A. King.

The Millennium Group represents and services all the QVI brands of products and software including OGP, RAM Optical, CCP, and Kotem. QVI is a leading provider of vision, touch-probe, laser, and scanning metrology systems. This expertise will be particularly helpful for J.A. King’s customers in the automotive, aerospace, and consumer product industries.

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Checkweigher Standard eYou Set the Standard: Custom Standards from J.A. King

Whether you need a custom standard for impact testing, to test a checkweigher, to meet UL specifications, to calibrate force gauges, or to validate another part of your quality process – J.A. King can help.

There are many reasons to opt for a custom standard from J.A. King. Custom standards take out the guess work by giving you additional control, improving repeatability, streamlining your process, and reducing errors. Our team learns about your process and creates a standard that meets your exact specifications.

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ZKProduct Spotlight: Avery Weigh-Tronix ZK830

The ZK830 is rugged industrial counting scale designed to give outstanding high resolution weighing accuracy, even when used in some of the harshest industrial environments.

The versatile ZK830 combines exceptional accuracy, reliability and robustness in a single design. Programmed with multiple applications, the ZK830 can maximize operator efficiency in many different industrial environments, from counting and checkweighing to general high resolution weighing tasks.

 

CC16L Comparator Coming Soon: Non-Contact and Mulit-Sensor Measurement Webinars

J.A. King would like to welcome Chris Johnson from the Millennium Group to the team! Chris brings 28 years of metrology experience, and will be sharing his wealth of knowledge about non-contact and multi-sensor equipment with you through a series of webinars.

Webinars beginning soon focus on non-contact measurement solutions through the use of optical comparators and vision systems. Chris is here to be a resource to you, so if you have any questions about non-contact and multi-sensor equipment please feel free to reach out to Chris at Chris.Johnson@jaking.com or 252.314.2452.

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