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Ultra-Safe Nuclear Corporation Enhances Safety and Productivity with Advanced TRISO Fuel Analysis Using Hinds Instruments’ Exicor® 2-MGEM Optical Anisotropy Factor Measurement System.

Hillsboro, OR October 07, 2024 – Hinds Instruments is proud to announce that Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has adopted Hinds’ state-of-the-art Exicor 2-MGEM system. This system was co-developed by Hinds and Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Jellison.  This breakthrough technology has transformed the measurement and analysis of TRISO nuclear fuel,…

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JPL and Hinds Instruments: Celebrating Nearly Two Decades of Collaborative Design to Put PEMs in Space Under NASA Projects

Hillsboro, Oregon, May 2020 – Beginning with technology development efforts in the mid-2000s, flights of the Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI) starting in 2010, and extending to the current Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) project, Hinds Instruments has worked closely with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to develop an aerospace qualified Photoelastic Modulator (PEM). Initially…

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Hinds Instruments names Bio-Logic Science Instruments Exclusive Worldwide Distributor for new CD MicroPlate Reader product

Hinds develops circular dichroism instrument for high throughput screening of chiral pharmaceuticals and strikes distribution deal with Bio-Logic Science Instruments. Hillsboro, Oregon – Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs) and PEM-based instrumentation, and Bio-Logic Science Instruments today announced that they have entered into an exclusive marketing and sales distribution agreement covering…

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Hinds Instruments appoints new General Sales Manager

Hillsboro, Oregon – Effective immediately, Dr. Linda Hirschy has been promoted to General Sales Manager, Hinds Instruments, Inc.   Linda joined the company in 2004 as Marketing Applications Scientist, a role which has given her a unique insight into many of the company’s core markets over the years. During this time, she has worked closely with many strategic…

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Hinds Instruments Announces PEM-based Polarization Imaging

Hinds Instruments introduces the Exicor® MicroImager™, first in a line of birefringence imaging products based on Hinds photoelastic modulator (PEM) technology   Hillsboro, Oregon, April 3, 2014 – Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs) recently unveiled a new line of birefringence imaging products. The first product in the line, the Exicor®…

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Hinds Instruments and SolarWorld Lab collaborate on Publication

SolarWorld and Hinds collaborate to develop a birefringence measurement system for silicon ingots   Hillsboro, Oregon, September 25, 2013 – Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of birefringence measurement systems, along with SolarWorld Industries, also of Hillsboro, announced today the publication of an article describing a new instrument for the solar industry. The paper is…

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