‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 23rd March
Metrology Brew newsletter features a summary of headline metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
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Month: March 2026
Lumafield Expands Industrial CT Platform with High-Speed Metrology, Large-Part and Inline Inspection Solutions
Industrial X-ray computed tomography (CT) continues to reshape the way manufacturers understand product quality. By enabling full internal visibility without destructive testing, CT technology is increasingly central to metrology, quality control, and production decision-making.
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High-Speed Medical Device Assembly Meets Real-Time Metrology
Combining advanced sensor technology from Kistler with a patented digital motion system from ATS LSS, Symphoni platform delivers real-time in-line quality assurance for medical devices, up to 320 parts per minute with 90 percent less tooling and full traceability.
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GelSight to Develop Rugged ‘Digital Fingertip’ Sensors for Intelligent Robotics
GelSight, a pioneer in high-resolution tactile sensing technology, today announced it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a compact, rugged tactile ‘digital fingertip’ sensor designed to enhance intelligent robotic grasping and manipulation.
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Wagon Automotive Implements Inline Metrology Cell for Complex Chassis Components
Wagon Automotive’s production environment involves highly complex parts with varied geometries that must be inspected with tight tolerances. Ensuring consistent measurement accuracy while maintaining production speed presented a significant challenge.
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Generating Value from Data and AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become indispensable in many companies. Examples such as AI agents, early defect detection in manufacturing, or logistics process optimization show that AI is already being used across a wide range of business functions. Although AI is increasingly recognized as a key technology, sustainable value creation remains elusive in many organizations.
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High-Speed CMOS X-ray Detection for AI Chip Inspection Launched
Korean digital X-ray detector specialist Rayence has introduced its industrial high-speed CMOS X-ray detector platform, the Flash Series, designed specifically for semiconductor AXI and high-speed 3D X-ray CT inspection systems.
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Major Aerospace Manufacturer Scales AI Inspection with KITOV.ai
KITOV.ai, a leading provider of AI-Powered Quality Discovery solutions, has announced a follow-on order for an additional visual inspection system from a major American aerospace and defense manufacturer. This expansion underscores the customer’s commitment to leveraging Artificial Intelligence to master the complexity of mission-critical components.
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Turning Measurement Data into Real-Time Production Intelligence
For decades, manufacturing has generated enormous volumes of data, yet much of it has lived a quiet life in databases, reports, and archived quality records. Measurement results were stored for traceability. Machines logged process parameters. ERP and MES platforms tracked orders and output. But these streams rarely converged in a way that allowed production to adapt in real time.
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Geomagic Freeform Advances Productivity and Accessibility for Complex 3D Design
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence has introduces powerful productivity savings for 3D designers producing complex and organic shapes in its first release of Geomagic Freeform. With a subscription model and extended haptic input device options, the powerful and mature software is now more accessible than ever, enabling anyone to adopt its advanced and fully interoperable 3D design tools.
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