[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12670]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 7, 1995, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in the 
Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging (``CNCG''), have filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) 
the nature and objective of the venture. The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of extending the protection of the Act limiting the 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties and its general area of planned activities are: Cleveland 
Advanced Manufacturing Program, Cleveland, OH; Caterpillar 
Incorporated, Peoria, IL; Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI; 
CyberOptics Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, 
OH; GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH; GE Corporate Research and 
Development, Schenectady, NY; the Sheffield Measurement Division of 
Giddings & Lewis, Dayton, OH; the Industrial Technology Institute, Ann 
Arbor, MI; NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH; the Ohio 
Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH; the Department of Electrical & 
Computer Engineering of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH; and Intelligent Automation 
Systems, Cambridge, MA. The nature and objective of the research 
program, performed in accordance with CNCG, is to design and develop a 
flexible, high-speed, high-accuracy measurement system based on 
combining a low-resolution pre-inspection system, high-resolution 
optical sensors, and a precision five-axis positioner with an 
integrated control system to tie the subsystems together and link to 
other shop systems. The proposed system is referred to as the Rapid 
Agile Metrology for Manufacturing (RAMM) system.
    Participation in this project remains open. Information regarding 
participation in the project may be obtained from Eileen Picket, Ohio 
Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-12670 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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