‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 26th October
Summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
Digital Metrology Moves Quality Beyond Inspection
The integration of measurement data, software, connectivity and analytics is transforming metrology from a largely inspection-based discipline into an increasingly connected and predictive element of manufacturing. For decades, metrology has played a fundamental role in manufacturing quality, providing the measurements needed to verify components … read more
Tolerance Analysis Errors – How Simulation Can Help
Priya Vijayakumar, Application Engineer and Tolerance Analysis Specialist at Metrologic DCS, explains how tolerance analysis and simulation can help manufacturers maintain product quality, reduce scrap and rework, and minimise production delays by predicting how component variations affect the quality and functionality of assembled products … read more
LK Metrology Upgrades L100NX Laser Scanner for Greater Precision
LK Metrology has announced the specification of its L100NX laser line scanner has been improved to deliver greater precision, measurement confidence and reliability across demanding CMM metrology applications. Specifically, form error is down from 15 µm to 10 µm, resulting in better tracking of the true shape of complex profiles. Point cloud dispersion is now 16 µm … read more
KUKA Launches AI-Powered 2D and 3D Vision System for Robotics
KUKA has introduced iiQKA.AI Vision, an AI-powered industrial image processing solution designed to simplify the integration of machine vision into robotic automation. Supporting both 2D and 3D vision, the system combines object recognition, position determination and gripping point calculation within KUKA’s automation ecosystem … read more
3D Scanning Streamlines Inspection of Complex Fabricated Assemblies
UK based TBI Manufacturing has improved the development and validation of complex fabricated assemblies by working with The 3D Measurement Company (T3DMC) to introduce a portable scanning and inspection workflow suited to its manufacturing requirements. TBI Manufacturing began as a subcontract tube-manipulation business more than 30 years ago … read more
HBK Launches Inline Acoustic Testing System for Tapered Roller Bearings
Discom, part of global precision measurement expert, Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK), has released a new acoustic testing system for tapered roller bearings (TRBs) – TasAlyser TRB. Designed for inline use within production, and based on Discom’s HBK OrbitSync technology, the system runs before the bearings are installed in a gearbox or E Drive … read more
The Revision Gap: Why Quality Problems Start Before the Part Is Measured
Metrology has never been faster or more precise. Yet many quality problems that land on a Coordinate Measuring Machine table were decided weeks earlier, when someone measured against a drawing that was no longer the approved one. Closing that gap is not a measurement problem. It is a revision problem. Every quality engineer has a version of this story … read more
Verisurf Software Joins DMSC to Advance QIF and Open Digital Metrology Standards
Verisurf Software, a leader in model-based metrology software, has announced that it has joined the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC), reinforcing the company’s commitment to advancing open standards for digital metrology, interoperability and the manufacturing digital thread. The DMSC is an ANSI-accredited standards developing organization … read more
First Article Measurement Platform Reduces Inspection Time for Precision Tubular Components
Bold Laser Automation has introduced the 3DS0948TS First Article Measurement Platform, an automated inspection system designed to provide high-resolution dimensional measurement of precision cylindrical components used in precision industries including medical device manufacturing. The turnkey platform combines a Keyence LJ-X8000 laser profiler … read more
Nordson Unveils Acoustic Inspection System for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
Nordson Test & Inspection recently introduced its new SonoFlex Acoustic Microscopy Inspection system. Designed for back-end advanced semiconductor manufacturing, the system combines high-resolution acoustic imaging with AI-powered defect analysis to improve inspection throughput and process insight. The new SonoFlex Acoustic Microscopy Inspection (AMI) system incorporates Nordson’s ThruScan … read more
The Future of Additive Manufacturing is NOT Additive Manufacturing Alone
For much of the last 30 years, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has understandably concentrated on the additive process itself. Machines have become faster, resolution has improved, build volumes have increased. material portfolios have expanded, and software became more sophisticated. All of this has mattered. But if the objective is genuinely … read more
GBS Metrology Introduces Configurable Optical 3D Profilometer Systems
GBS metrology, a supplier of optical 3D sensors based on white light interferometry (WLI), also known as coherence scanning interferometry (CSI), is expanding its portfolio of complete optical 3D profilometers. The portal can be configured to suit different samples and measurement areas. Optional XY stages offer travel ranges from 100 ×100 mm² to 400 × 400 mm² … read more
