Editors Message: This month’s editorial focus at Metrology News was coordinate measuring machines. We focused on the increasing use of CMMs on the shop-floor and production gauging. A number of
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Transporters find their way through factory halls on their own, plants optimize their power consumption during live operation, and machines perform quality-control checks – and make the necessary adjustments –
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Laser Tracker inventor, Dr Kam Lau – CEO of API Metrology, recently explained his background that led to the Laser Tracker invention. Its original purpose – to determine the performance
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In the current digital age, new parts are manufactured from designs developed and produced as a 3D Computer Aided Drawing/Design or CAD model for short. These 3D CAD models are
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The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has announced registration is open for its annual Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) from July 22 – 26, 2019. The event will be held at
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Form is a relatively easy to detect feature in many ways: after the measurement, the data is filtered to determine the results. It is one of the most basic measurements
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With the current closed loop manufacturing trend, the Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is finding a new role as a flexible production gauge adjacent to the machine tool or production process.
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Type ‘CMM’ into Linkedin and the search returns 123,697 results. CMM Programmer is a profession that is becoming ever more critical since the role of the coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
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Editors Message: Following on from our Focus on Computed Tomography last month Metrology News editorial focus was Robot Metrology Solutions in February. February also saw publicly traded metrology companies
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Metrology News Editor was recently privileged to spend 2 days touring the Advanced Manufacturing Research Group (AMRC). Focused activity buildings include composites, nuclear, machining and castings operating under a methodology
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