Additive Manufacturing from Start to Finish

Additive Manufacturing from Start to Finish

For much of human history, parts manufacturing was subtractive. The unformed material would have parts cut away to achieve the desired results. However, in the 1970s, a new manufacturing revolution was beginning. Computer-aided designs (CAD) was able to guide lasers...
Growing Hope: A Convoy of Hope Update

Growing Hope: A Convoy of Hope Update

According to Dr. Jason Streubel, Senior Director of the Center for Agriculture & Food Security for the Convoy of Hope, hope comes from being able to feed yourself, your family, and your community. Hope comes from the security of knowing where your next meal is...
Excellence in GC-MS Applications

Excellence in GC-MS Applications

GC-MS has proven its worth as a powerful analytical tool in many labs around the world, but this technology has more uses than routine analyses. LECO partnered with The Analytical Scientist, Restek, Axel Semrau, and GL Sciences, to launch an Application Challenge to...
Selecting the Right Hardness Test Block

Selecting the Right Hardness Test Block

Hardness testing is one of the quickest and easiest ways to check product quality or process results, with very little sample prep needed and simple tests that can be taught in a matter of minutes (you can read more about metallographic neophytes learning the AMH55 in...
GCxGC Data Handling: ChromaTOF Tile

GCxGC Data Handling: ChromaTOF Tile

While time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) was first proposed in 1946, the technology simply didn’t exist to allow for fast enough processing speeds to make it widely viable until 1995, when the Fast Chromatographic Detector was debuted at Pittcon. This...
Online Demonstrations: Explore LECO Simulators

Online Demonstrations: Explore LECO Simulators

Any new technology comes with a learning curve. Whether it’s finding the locations of buttons on a new remote or re-establishing your settings on a new phone, a change in equipment often means time spent learning how to use the new equipment instead...
Guaranteed Analysis: Moisture and Ash

Guaranteed Analysis: Moisture and Ash

Unlike the detailed list of nutritional requirements for human food, pet food in North America must only report on four main values in their Guaranteed Analysis on the label: protein, fat, fiber, and moisture. Additional nutrients must be included if they are called...
Global Mass Spectrometry Applications Meeting

Global Mass Spectrometry Applications Meeting

From May 8-12, over fifty members of LECO’s global Mass Spectrometry team and international leadership filled our customer experience center in Saint Joseph, Michigan. Sales and application representatives from over 25 different countries—Australia, Brazil,...