Optical profilometry is a rapid, non-destructive, and non-contact surface metrology technique, which is used to establish the surface morphology, step heights and surface roughness of materials. It has a wide
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A team of researchers has developed a way to significantly increase the memory of speckle patterns, the very complex patterns that result from shining a laser light onto an opaque
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The UK’s National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) partners, NPL, BSI and UKAS with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have published Standards for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an Action
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Electric drives consist of a fixed stator and a moving rotor; in order to achieve optimum drive performance and low wear, both components must be matched to each other with
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The global ZEISS #measuringhero Award remain open with ZEISS seeking out heroes of metrology with applications invited until July 30th, 2021. With the #measuringhero award, ZEISS honors the work of
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Manufacturers purchase new metrology equipment for a variety of reasons — to improve product quality, increase throughput or reduce operator intervention. Often it is because they believe new machines are
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An open-access digital architecture for manufacturing shop floors has simplified the way data can be handled across an organisation, showing how manufacturers of any size can build a scalable, fully
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Despite the challenging past year, a new study indicates that digital transformation has become more of a priority for 67% of manufacturers across Europe. The research, commissioned by Panasonic and
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Manufacturers can be seen as vertically integrated when they have control over a majority of the value chain that extend beyond the pure production element. They are usually in the
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During its recent online General Assembly, CECIMO (European Association of the Machine Tool Industries), outlined the optimistic forecasts for the recovery of Machine Tool (MT) demand, the expected investment growth,
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