Renishaw’s new Equator X exemplifies the shift to closed-loop manufacturing by combining the high throughput of comparative gauging with the flexibility and traceability traditionally associated with coordinate measuring machines.
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Metrology Brew newsletter features a summary of headline metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
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For decades, manufacturing has followed a largely linear process. Products move from design and engineering to production, followed by inspection and quality control. Once components are measured, the results are typically used to determine whether parts pass or fail specification, with little influence on the original design unless significant problems emerge.
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As digital transformation accelerates across manufacturing, the conversation is shifting beyond simply capturing measurement data to ensuring that information flows seamlessly across the entire product lifecycle. Metrology is becoming an increasingly connected discipline
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For decades, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have served as the final arbiters of dimensional accuracy, verifying whether manufactured parts meet specification before they leave the production floor. But according to a new technical paper from Expert Manufacturing Systems, traditional inspection workflows are only scratching the surface of the value contained within CMM measurement data.
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Digital transformation in manufacturing is no longer about implementing isolated software solutions. Today’s most successful manufacturers are connecting quality data across the enterprise, enabling metrology software to communicate seamlessly with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). The result is a digital ecosystem where measurement data becomes a strategic business asset rather than simply a quality control record.
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Metrology Brew newsletter features a summary of headline metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
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The Emerging Technologies Hub at Penn State have completed an ambitious preservation project to create what is expected to become the first freely accessible, high-resolution digital twin of the Liberty Bell.
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For more than a decade, Industry 4.0 has been a dominant theme across manufacturing. Connected machines, digital twins, automation, artificial intelligence and data-driven decision-making have become established parts of the industrial landscape. Metrology has been evolving alongside these developments, giving rise to what is commonly described as Metrology 4.0.
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Today’s manufacturers require inspection capabilities that move at the speed of production. Traditional quality control processes centered around dedicated metrology laboratories are increasingly being complemented by portable, flexible, and autonomous measurement technologies that bring inspection directly to the point of manufacture.
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