‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 27th July
Summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
Hexagon Expands Large-Scale Inspection Solutions
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has announced the expanded availability of the TORO HP horizontal arm CMM across Europe and the Americas, bringing a proven large-scale inspection solution to manufacturers seeking to improve quality control while managing cost pressures and production demands. The expansion further strengthens Hexagon’s portfolio … read more
Millimeter Wave Imaging Advances Industrial Inspection
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the R&S IMAGER, a real-time millimeter wave inspection system designed to enable non-destructive quality inspection of packaged products across pharmaceutical, logistics and manufacturing applications. Using non-ionizing millimeter wave technology, the system inspects products through common packaging materials … read more
Closing the Digital Quality Loop – Integrating Metrology into Smart Manufacturing
As manufacturers accelerate their Industry 4.0 journeys, investment has largely focused on automation, machine connectivity, artificial intelligence and data analytics. Yet one critical element often remains disconnected from the digital manufacturing ecosystem, that of quality measurement. While CNC machine tools generate vast amounts of operational data … read more
Hexagon Powers Digital Motorcycle Homologation for Superbike Championship
Hexagon, a global leader in measurement technologies, and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) have kicked off a partnership to modernise how it validates and verifies racing motorcycle designs. The multi-year agreement is helping FIM improve and standardise technical homologation and compliance processes using measurement equipment … read more
API Introduces Next-Generation Optical CMM for Automated Non-Contact Inspection
Automated Precision Inc. (API) has introduced the next generation of Optical CMM. The automated, non-contact inspection system is designed to deliver high-precision dimensional measurement for both inline, nearline and standalone inspection applications. Combining API’s advanced 9D LADAR with automated motion control, the system provides a faster alternative … read more
PicoZoom Delivers Autofocus Digital Microscopy for Modern Manufacturing Inspection
Vision Engineering has announced the global launch of PicoZoom, a new autofocus digital inspection microscope built for electronics, component amotorised zoom, one-click autofocus, focus stacking, and built-in measurement and reporting tools in a single workflow, helping inspection and quality teams achieve clearer images, faster set-up and more … read more
Alpha Manufacturing Builds a Digital Quality Strategy with Creaform MetraSCAN 3D
As subcontract manufacturers take on increasingly complex, high-precision work, traditional inspection methods are giving way to digital metrology solutions capable of delivering faster, more repeatable quality data. UK sheet metal fabrication specialist Alpha Manufacturing is among the latest companies investing in this transition, introducing the Creaform MetraSCAN 3D … read more
Hexagon Enables On-Demand Aircraft Parts Replacement with Portable Reverse Engineering
Hexagon’s Portable Metrology Division has brought a rapid-delivery reverse engineering workflow to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul teams, pairing its handheld 3D scanners with Geomagic Design X to remove the fit-and-rework risk that comes with replacing a part that has no available CAD data. Civil aviation and defence MRO teams face the bottleneck … read more
GelSight Launches Remote Assist to Enable Live Remote Surface Metrology
GelSight, a pioneer in surface analysis technology, has announced the release of GelSight Remote Assist, a new standalone application that lets additional users on the same network view the GelSight live view in real time and trigger scans remotely. Built on the GelSight API, Remote Assist connects the person, who needs to make the decision, no matter of their location … read more
AFRL Research Validates PanX Simulation for Full-Volume Metal AM Builds
PanOptimization has welcomed the publication of Air Force Research Laboratory-supported research that validates the use of PanX thermomechanical simulation for simulating entire build volumes in metal AM. Entitled “Part scale prediction of residual stress through thermomechanical modeling of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V” … read more
Digital Metrology Solutions has announced the release of TraceBossPro for production measurement of surface roughness and crosshatch. The highly visual software takes users beyond the numerical output from roughness gages, helping connect the results to the actual surfaces being produced. TraceBoss was introduced several years ago … read more
High-Speed White-Light Interferometry Sensor Accelerates 3D Surface Measurement
GBS Metrology has introduced the smartWLI firebolt2, a high-speed, high-resolution optical 3D sensor for non-contact surface measurement. Based on white-light interferometry, also known as coherence scanning interferometry, the sensor operates at up to 2.57 kfps with a resolution of 2.4 megapixels. The smartWLI firebolt2 uses a PCIe high-speed camera to acquire … read more
SpatialAnalyzer OPC UA Connectivity to Drive Metrology-Driven Automation
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence has introduced OPC UA support in SpatialAnalyzer, its software for large-scale metrology and alignment. The integration connects high-precision laser measurement directly to the industrial control systems that drive robots and automated production lines, solving the accuracy problem that has limited robotic automation … read more
CRP Group Launches Digital Identity System for Windform Components
CRP Group has launched CRP UniqTrust, a new digital identity and anti-counterfeiting system that enables customers to instantly verify the authenticity of Windform composite components, manufactured using a smartphone. Designed for industries where component provenance is critical the system provides each Windform manufactured part with a secure digital identity … read more