A leading UK manufacturer of bespoke bearings and one of the biggest stockholders and distributors of plain bearings and sintered parts in Europe, Bowman International has significantly upgraded the inspection of its products with the purchase of a new coordinate measuring machine (CMM) from LK Metrology.
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During quality testing with in-line computed tomography (CT), an X-ray source emits radiation that penetrates objects and is attenuated depending on the material and geometry of the workpiece to be tested.
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With extreme precision key to everything that ANT Industries produces, in 2014 the business invested in a RONDCOM 65B ultra-high-precision roundness and cylindrical surface measuring machine from premier industrial metrology and semiconductor equipment specialists, ACCRETECH.
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Tenable Screw Company, a well-respected name in precision manufacturing subcontracting, has seen a significant boost in its operating standards with the help of Bowers Group’s advanced measurement solutions, including the Baty R14 profile projector and Venture 2510 vision system.
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By using the ZEISS PiWeb software, Volkswagen has achieved a significantly faster generation of measuring reports. However, this is just the beginning. The software enables the Group to establish disruptive business models – from fully automated reporting processes to the vision of a 100% virtual verification and functional analysis of assembly parts for launching a new series.
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The dentCHECK tool from 8tree has already been in use within the Lufthansa Group for some time. Following an in-depth review and initial experience through recent hail damage mapping activities, dentCHECK is now in use at Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) in Zurich, Switzerland.
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To address the increasing need to precisely control the thickness of plastic bottles, tubes, and foils, scientists at the Institute of Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies of TU Wien (TUW) in Austria have devised an ellipsometric inline measurement tool harnessing the advanced technologies of SVS-Vistek polarization cameras.
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A premier Central European defense/military ammunition manufacturing factory recently installed 10 high speed inspection machines from General Inspection for small caliber ammunition and ammunition components.
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TCI Precision Metals has announced the installation of the newest Keyence model XM-5000 handheld probe Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). Capable of high-accuracy large-area measurement, the XM-5000 is ideal for measuring and quickly verifying tolerances of its Machine-Ready Blanks.
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Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Nikon SLM have collaborated to redesign a large fabricated aircraft fuel system component using design freedom of additive manufacturing. Using Hexagon’s simulation-led Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) toolchain and Nikon SLM’s advanced multi-laser metal additive manufacturing technology achieved significant lightweighting, part consolidation and precise geometric tolerances.
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