‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 8th June
Summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
Closing the Loop: The Digital Quality Ecosystem
Measurement data holds immense potential, but it only delivers real value when properly harnessed and flows seamlessly across plants, suppliers, and engineering/manufacturing systems. In a continuation of the recent interview article ‘Building the Foundation for Data-Driven Manufacturing Intelligence’ with Marc Soucy, PhD, President and co-founder of InnovMetric … read more
Audi Expands AR-Based Visual Inspection
SuPAR supports Audi in accelerating digital quality inspection and improving visual verification across product development and manufacturing processes. Audi is strengthening its digital inspection capabilities with SuPAR, an augmented reality-based visual inspection solution designed to bring CAD data directly into the real production environment … read more
Close The Loop Between Measurement and Machining
For decades, machining and inspection have lived in separate worlds: the CNC machine on one side, the CMM on the other, and data produced on both ends, but never truly connected. Manufacturers have filled that gap with manual calculations, trial runs, and educated guesses. The cost: wasted time, scrap, and a quality loop that never fully closes … read more
Bringing Autonomous Inspection to the Factory Floor
For generations, industrial metrology has been rooted in fixed environments. Coordinate measuring machines occupied climate-controlled labs, laser trackers were deployed by specialists, and precision inspection often required moving parts away from production and into dedicated quality rooms. In modern manufacturing, however, that model is rapidly evolving … read more
Robotic Inspection Platform Combines AI Defect Detection with Precision Surface Metrology
The Optimax AURA K4D is the first automated inspection system of its kind to combine two industry-leading technologies, the Kitov CORE+ and the 4D InSpec Surface Gauge, within a single integrated platform. The system recently made its debut at the MACH 2026 exhibition in the UK, where it attracted significant attention from quality professionals … read more
Laser Projection Technology Reduces Errors While Improving Manufacturing Quality
SL Laser continues to expand the role of laser projection technology in manufacturing with solutions designed to improve positioning accuracy, reduce setup times and eliminate manual production errors. For decades, laser projectors such as the ProDirector 7 have been successfully integrated into industrial manufacturing environments … read more
SHINING3D Inspect 2026 Introduces Streamlined Modular 3D Inspection Workflows
As manufacturing and quality control requirements continue to evolve, industries are demanding greater efficiency, flexibility, and inspection precision. In response, SHINING 3D Metrology has introduced SHINING3D Inspect 2026, a modular 3D inspection software platform designed to support modern dimensional inspection and quality control workflows … read more
KITOV.ai Redefines Robotic Inspection with AI-Driven 360° Vision Metrology
KITOV.ai, a leading provider of AI-Powered Quality Discovery solutions, has announced the integration of CMM-Manager metrology software as the GD&T engine for its Core+ robotic inspection platform. This strategic choice transforms KITOV.ai’s already unique robotic AI-based inspection and metrology system into a comprehensive, full 360° vision … read more
Securing the Future of Manufacturing: Why Local Metrology is the Key to Supply Chain Resilience
Global supply chains are fracturing. The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine and Iran have exposed the severe vulnerabilities of relying heavily on distant suppliers in China and the Far East. For manufacturers across Europe, EMEA, the era of prioritising rock-bottom costs over supply security is definitively over … read more
Collaboration to Advance Data-Driven Quality Management for Semiconductor AM Production
Industrial AM quality specialist amsight is working with precision manufacturing company toolcraft to implement a more automated, transparent, and scalable approach to AM quality management, with a particular focus on semiconductor-related production. As part of the collaboration, toolcraft is deploying amsight’s digital quality backbone to connect and evaluate data … read more
Robotiq Introduces IQ Platform to Automate Robotic Workcell Integration
Robotiq has introduced IQ, an AI-enabled platform designed to make robotic Workcell integration faster, more predictable, and easier to scale. Enabling a much–needed shift from a manual, expert-dependent approach to automatic integration, IQ captures unstructured automation project data, coordinates engineering workflows, and helps generate workcell designs … read more
China Unveils National Roadmap to Strengthen AI Metrology Capabilities
China has taken another significant step in its artificial intelligence strategy with the release of a national roadmap aimed at strengthening AI metrology capabilities—an emerging field focused on the measurement, evaluation, verification, and standardization of AI systems. The new guideline, jointly issued by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) … read more
