Articles Tagged with ''3D measurement''

Here are two application examples where the combination of 2D and 3D provide results that cannot be achieved by either technology on its own.

Have you heard of Line Confocal Imaging (LCI)? Perhaps not, since the technology is relatively new to the already high-tech, high-resolution 3D measurement industry. Companies like Axiom Optics are dipping their toes in the water with STIL’s line of noncontact, chromatic confocal sensors. 

3D measurement industry conference heads to Snowbird, UT in July.

Optical metrology is a standard in industry and research for quality assurance and materials testing.

It’s easy to take many of today’s technological marvels for granted, 3D measurement among them. The idea of simply pointing a “ray gun” of sorts at an object and obtaining all of its geometrical measurements would once have been solely the domain of Star Trek-ian science fiction.

For more than 50 years, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have been improving measurement productivity and quality. The power of CMMs has made many complex inspection tasks seem almost trivial. With this much measurement capability, is it possible operators are taking their CMMs for granted?

Manufacturing is quickly evolving—as seen in smart factories, lean thinking, and increasing automation—and requires moving quality assurance alongside production.