When is Smooth Too Rough?
When you think of roughness, you might envision a wide assortment of sandpaper grits, whereas the abrasive material size decreases, the grit number increases. Coarse 60 grit sandpaper is almost
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Roundscan Offers All-In-One Measuring System
Roundness testers, surface analyzers and lead angle detection inspection benches—instrumentation to measure roundness, cylindricity, surface finish and lead angle shaft seals have all existed separately for a long time. The
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Benefits of Interferometry During Optical Profiling
Surface characteristics can determine a range of scenarios. For instance, the finish on the body of a Formula 1 car can influence the racer’s finish time, and an engineered part’s
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New Software Platform Advances Understanding of Manufactured Components Surface Finish
Scientists from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Pittsburgh, USA have developed a software platform that facilitates and standardizes the analysis of surfaces. The contact.engineering platform enables users
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Powerful Portable Surface Texture Gage Software Introduced
Most portable surface texture gages show you a number, or maybe a tiny image of the trace but what if you are ready to do more with your gage? Digital
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Surface Roughness Tester Features Integrated Bluetooth and USB Connection
The new LiteSurf system from Flexbar features integrated Bluetooth and USB connection to Android Smartphones, Tablets and PC’s allowing a quick and easy way to transmit surface roughness measurements. Thanks
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Quality Comes To The ‘Surface’ At Kingsbury
The surfaces characteristics of technical products have a crucial impact on their performance, lifespan, and visual appearance. Further complicating component inspection, in many industries surface roughness tolerances parameters are narrowing.
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Gold Medal for Taylor Hobson’s Metrology 4.0 Software
Taylor Hobson’s Metrology 4.0 software was recently awarded the Gold Medal for new product at CONTROL STOM exhibition. CONTROL STOM is the Fair of Industrial Measuring Technology hold in Poland.
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Digital Metrology Introduces Surface Texture Data Library
Digital Metrology Solutions has announced its new web-based Surface Metrology Library, a collection of sample surface texture datasets to help users explore, understand, and explain surface texture. “Over the years
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Mahr Expands Ultraprecise Multi-Sensor Form Measurement Range
One machine – two ultraprecise concepts: Mahr now offers its well-proven MFU universal form measuring system in two versions for different applications. The first, MarOpto MFU 200-3D, measures optical components
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