Metrology - Articles - Page 218

Performance Demands Precision

Multi-sensor vision system wins the race to accuracy, throughput.

August 8, 2019

In the ultra-competitive world of professional motorsports, a winning edge can come from a combination of many incremental gains. Arguably few in the industry know this better than Roush Yates Engines located in Mooresville, NC.

Industrial metrology fixturing solutions from Renishaw.

Renishaw Industrial Metrology Fixturing Solutions

August 1, 2019

Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, announces the strengthening of its range of fixturing solutions for global industrial metrology applications.

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Increasing Productivity with CMM Automation

Discover how shop floor equipment can simplify your measurement process.

Michelle Bangert

August 1, 2019

No one wants to spend time making scrap, and automation is one way to avoid or at least minimize quality issues. Rather than spending time making products that aren’t up to specification, operators will make good parts and catch quality issues earlier.

Understanding Teamwork

Teams provide and important ingredient to the quality recipe.

Jim L. Smith

July 15, 2019

Team is defined in Webster’s New World Dictionary as “joint action by a group of people in which individual interests are subordinated to group unity and efficiency.” When reading this, I am reminded of the comments from a member of one of our early teams about the challenges the team has experienced.

Creaform HandySCAN 3D Scanner

July 1, 2019

Creaform announced that its HandySCAN 3D™ metrology-grade 3D laser scanner can now be used for recording physical attributes of aircraft dents and blends on all models of Boeing commercial airplanes.

3D Scanning with Metrology

Metrology applications can benefit from the speed and data available from 3D scanning.

Michelle Bangert

July 1, 2019

If you’re looking for more data in less time, 3D scanning may be a good choice for your application.

Measurement Management & the Applicable Standards

Inspection depends on well-defined measurement processes.

John Vandenbemden

June 15, 2019

Many times, in the world of quality, there are resources available that are unknown to many of our colleagues. One of these resources is the standard ISO 10012: 2003, “Measurement management—Requirements for measurement processes and measuring equipment.”

For a Robust Quality Environment There Has to Be Teamwork

Teamwork is more than launching a few teams.

Jim L. Smith

June 15, 2019

For a robust quality environment to exist and prosper there has to be teamwork. However, there are misunderstandings about the team of teamwork. For many organizations, it means launching and maintaining teams for isolated projects to improve various outputs.

Are You Maximizing the Benefits of Metrology Fixturing?

Matt Davies

June 15, 2019

Within a metrology inspection environment, fixturing is a three-step process of positioning, locating and securing a workpiece within a measuring volume for inspection.

Laser Trackers Take a Bold Step into Scanning

Large scale metrology grade scanning debuts this year.

Joel Martin

June 1, 2019

The time is the late 1960s. Detroit muscle cars roam the streets. Woodstock is just around the corner. Passenger air travel is growing at an unprecedented rate.