‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 19th January

Summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.

Smart Factories 2050 | The Metrology Factor

For decades industry has chased speed, scale, and automation – often celebrating output while assuming quality would somehow keep pace. That assumption no longer holds. As factories become smarter, faster, and more autonomous, one truth is emerging: the future will be defined less by how efficiently we produce, and more by how intelligently we measure … read more

Evolving Role of The CMM in Smart Factories

The manufacturing landscape is experiencing a significant transformation due to the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the shift toward smart factories. Central to this revolution is the need for precise, reliable, and real-time dimensional measurement, which has traditionally been delivered by CMMs. Although these machines have long been the foundation of quality control … read more

CAPPS-NC Delivers Closed-Loop CNC Control with Wireless 3D Scanning and Automatic Tool Changing

Applied Automation Technologies (AAT3D) has announced the integration of the Hexagon LS-R-4.8 blue light laser scanning sensor into the CAPPS-NC manufacturing platform. The integration enables wireless communication and intelligent automatic tool changer (ATC) management to support high-speed, non-contact inspection of large airframe stringers … read more

UnitX Launches FleX AI-Powered Visual Inspection System for Inline Manufacturing Quality Control

UnitX, a supplier of AI-driven inline visual inspection, has launched FleX, its flagship platform engineered for manufacturing excellence. FleX is the essential platform for the toughest quality control demand, securing the highest quality, reducing the cost of scrap, and maximizing OEE. FleX elevates the benchmark for inline inspection by unifying advanced AI … read more

Using Industrial CT to Engineer High-Performance Pickleball Paddles

In the rapidly maturing pickleball market, the gap between good and great has narrowed to just a few percentage points. For elite paddles, performance differences between top brands can be as small as five percent—nearly indistinguishable without precise measurement. At this level of refinement, incremental improvements are no longer enough … read more

GoPxL Toolchains Reflect the Evolution of Inline 3D Metrology

Inline metrology continues to shift from isolated inspection tasks toward fully integrated, sensor-resident measurement workflows. As manufacturers demand faster cycle times, higher data fidelity, and tighter integration with automation, inspection software is increasingly expected to operate at the sensor level delivering actionable dimensional data … read more

High-Speed Structured Light Scanning Elevates Automotive HVAC Component Inspection

Denso Manufacturing Czech s.r.o. needed a more efficient and accurate way for inspecting HVAC and their components – heat exchangers, fans, and plastic parts – as its previous system reached the end of its serviceability. By adopting the Hexagon SmartScan VR800 structured light scanner, Denso now performs fast, high-accuracy, non-contact inspection … read more

Advantech Introduces MIPI-C Open Standard to Extend Reach and Standardize Edge AI Vision

Advantech, a global provider of intelligent IoT systems and embedded platforms, has announced the launch of MIPI-C (MIPI over Type-C), a new open specification that brings standardization to AI robotics and machine vision. Advantech MIPI-C solves long-standing challenges of traditional MIPI CSI cameras, including cable design limitations, interference, short transmission … read more

Laser Profile Scanners Measure Position and Geometry of Cables to Guide Robot Assembly

The scanCONTROL 3010-200 laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon enable robots to precisely detect and handle flexible cables in real-time. Software synchronises the data from the sensors with the movement of the robot for precise positioning of the cables on the cable harness, providing an efficient and economical application solution … read more

Automating Incoming Goods Registration with Adaptive Machine Vision

In the precision-driven world of electronics manufacturing, incoming goods registration represents a critical supply chain bottleneck. CompControl IT-Service und Vertriebs GmbH, a holistic logistics solutions provider, has engineered the definitive solution. WEControlDOME is an intelligent goods receiving station powered by cutting-edge imaging … read more

FARO and Creaform Combine to Form Two New Business Units

FARO Technologies and Creaform, businesses of AMETEK, Inc., are announcing a major new chapter in their evolutions which will reframe how industries approach metrology and reality capture. FARO’s 3D Measurement business segment is combining with Creaform, giving rise to FARO CREAFORM, a business unit delivering rigorous dimensional measurement solutions … read more

Breaking the 3D Data Bottleneck for Digital Twins and Physical AI

As industries accelerate toward spatial computing, digital twins, and Physical AI, a fundamental infrastructure challenge continues to limit scale and adoption: high-fidelity 3D data can be too large to move efficiently. From factory-wide digital twins to LiDAR-based inspection environments, the sheer weight of 3D assets can become a bottleneck for real-time visualization … read more