21 October 2018 News On October 23–25, the 15th International Exhibition of Testing and Measuring Equipment Testing & Control will be held in Hall 3, Pavilion 1 of Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre in Moscow. The event is held by ITE Group, a leading organiser of exhibitions in the Russian market. Testing & Control is the largest exhibition in Russia and CIS countries in terms of number of exhibitors and visitors featuring a wide range of testing and measuring equipment for aerospace, defence, steelmaking, and oil and gas companies, as well as other industries. This year, the exhibition area will reach 4300 square meters. The visitors will have a chance to obtain up-to-date market information and find technical solutions for fitting their production facilities with cutting-edge testing, measuring, and calibration equipment, process control and industrial diagnostic equipment, and non-destructive and laboratory testing equipment. Experts will be able to interact with the management of over 120 major manufacturers and suppliers from Russia and other countries. As usual, the exhibitors will be displaying their latest equipment designed to address various tasks. ZETLAB will be displaying own equipment with such intended applications as measurement of vibration and noise performance, analysis of vibro-acoustic signals, various methods of strain gauge measurements, and operation of electrodynamic shakers of a vibration testing machine. Lab Solutions LLC will be displaying the following functioning pieces of equipment: Combustion Master CS Carbon and Sulphur Analyser for Inorganic Materials (NCS-Germany), Microcut 202 Precision Cutting Machine (Metkon), Accura Automatic Grinding and Polishing System (Metkon), MICROSCAN Micro-Hardness Tester (LTF). FAM will be displaying several new pieces of industrial machine elements by Elesa+Ganter Group of Companies (Europe), including new telescopic slides made of various types of rolled sheet metal and a new type of HVF Visual Flow Indicators allowing for control of flow of liquids through the pipes and the state thereof. LLC “NPO MDD” will be displaying its multi-purpose MS-PN direct load machine capable of high-precision application of reference load using control weights. This unit was developed by engineers of LLC “NPO MDD” with due regard to the specific nature and needs of Russian users (i.e. metrologists of industrial plants and accredited laboratories). Dipaul will be demonstrating the operation of its newest testing equipment and modern measuring instruments and displaying the products of such popular brands as Thermotron, LDS, King Design, Keysight, and Teseq. Kazan Giproniiaviaprom engineering company will be displaying a heat/cold/humidity combined climatic test chamber featuring a volume of 608 litres and equipped with an electrodynamic shaker. The ASK-RÖENTGEN company will be displaying FISCHERSCOPE X-RAY XAN 500, a new and unique instrument by Helmut Fischer GmbH (Germany). Said instrument allows for easy and quick measurements of large samples and in hard-to-get-at places. 3D Control will be displaying the latest innovations in 3D technologies, including measuring arms, laser trackers, and optical 3D scanners. Sovtest ATE will be displaying the state-of-the-art solutions for electronics industry by such internationally acclaimed manufacturers as Nikon (Japan), Motion Dynamics Pvt. LTD. (India), IDEX CO., LTD (Japan), Ideal Aerosmith (USA), Vibration Research (USA), and TIRA GmbH (Germany). EMT will be displaying the starting kit of AXON, an ultraportable, next generation airborne data acquisition system. CDIP will be demonstrating operation of a combined impulse testing system by SUZHOU 3CTEST ELECTRONIC Co., Ltd., unique RF power amplifiers by Vectawave, ultraportable signal generators by DS-Instruments, measurement equipment by Keysight, and other equipment intended for testing of civil, aviation, and defence products and test control. Business Program Each year, Testing & Control Exhibition is accompanied with a business program attended by over 1000 experts, including heads of government institutions and commercial entities. One of the key business events of the Exhibition is the All-Russian Conference “Measurement. Tests. Control” that will take place on 23–25 October in Conference Hall E333 within the Exhibition area. The planned events of the tree-day conference include discussion of current issues of metrological support of studies, tests, and operation of products in various industries, study of examples of successful implementation of modern measurement methods at specific enterprises. The Conference will start with a plenary session titled “Priority Issues of Measuring Instruments Development in Russia” that will include speeches of representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Tupolev PJSC. On Day 1 of the Conference, a special section organised by State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS titled “Actual Issues of Metrological Support of Industry. Modern State and Development of Devices for Metrological Support of Products Research and Testing” will take place. The Section will feature reports by experts of subsidiaries of ROSCOSMOS State Corporation. Particularly popular with exhibition visitors are companies’ workshops and presentations traditionally held in the Open Presentation Area in the central part of the exposition. This year, the Open Presentation Area will be offering products and solutions by the following companies to the experts: Dipaul, Visom, GENERAL OPTIСS RICHARD WOLF GmbH, ZETLAB, Priboroteka, OCTAVA+, Acoustic Systems, ACCUDYNA, Sigm Plus, Automation and Control (AC) Laboratory, Gamma SIE, etc. The professional community can visit the exhibition, conference, and workshops free of charge by getting e-tickets at: www.testing-control.ru