Perceptron Announce Automotive Metrology Orders
Perceptron has announced it has received an order for 13 systems from a prominent North American OEM for their upcoming 2021 model year vehicle launch. “We continue to see significant
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Non-Contact Car Body Positioning & Reference System
SICK has developed the BPS5400 innovative sensor system offering new levels of freedom for robotic vehicle body construction. Unlike conventional positioning systems based on mechanical substructure clamping technology, the non-contact
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Dual Sensor System Provides Exact 3D Inline Measurement For Smart Factories
A dual-sensor system for correlation-free gauging in automated production eliminates the need for coordinate measuring equipment. High-resolution cameras mounted directly into robot production measurement cells determine the exact position of
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Vehicle Measurements Performed at Speed of Light
The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles factory in Września, Poland represents the most cutting-edge production facility in the entire VW Group. Werner Steinert, the Quality Manager, was tasked with acquiring measuring technology
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Quality 4.0 – Vehicle Body Inspection
High-end manufacturing has always required feedback of reliable measurements to adjust parameters precisely and keep components within tolerance. The better and more regular the data provided, the more tightly a
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Perceptron Report Continued Growth For In-Line Robotic Inspection
Perceptron has announced its results for the third quarter of its 2018 fiscal year (period ended March 31, 2018). Third quarter fiscal 2018 results compared to third quarter fiscal 2017: Third
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Correlation Free Measuring – A Game Changer For In-Line Manufacturing?
Faster, more precise, more cost-effective: inline production is constantly evolving. But not every innovation can revolutionize the entire process like “correlation free measurement.” Dr. Kai-Udo Modrich, Managing Director of Carl
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Accurate Inline Tracked Robot Measurements Pace Automotive Production
Author: Steve Shickell – NMS 3D UK Sales and Marketing Manager Automating Metrology started more than 2 decades ago with programmable tactile coordinate measuring machines (CMM). The CMM, which was designed
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Creaform Launches Productivity Station Delivering Fast Automated Dimensional Inspection
Creaform has launched its R-Series Productivity Station and the R-Series Autocalibration Kit. Both are key upgrades to its robotic metrology automated dimensional measurement solution, which offers an efficient alternative to traditional
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ABB Introduce New Robotic Inspection System
ABB introduced at the recent Fabtech 2017 Exhibition in Chicago a new robotic inspection system that was developed through a collaboration between ABB and UB3D (company it acquired in February
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