Siemens Dematic (Grand Rapids, MI) manufactures Automated Flat Sorting Machines (AFSMs) that are used by the U.S. Postal Service for sorting letters in mail distribution centers.
When Siemens Dematic recently set out to perform sample inspections on incoming AFSM base plates, it was faced with a problem. Siemens Dematic's in-house coordinate measuring machine (CMM) did not have a measuring volume large enough to inspect the base plates, which are about 1.5 feet long by about 3 feet wide, says Michael Boss, quality supervisor.