Items Tagged with 'coordinate measurement machine (CMM)'

Ask any aerospace manufacturer about their biggest challenge, and one word comes up again and again: speed. For quality, this is in constant tension between maintaining uncompromising precision and meeting production demands.

The rapid expansion of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), including battery-electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid platforms, has fundamentally reshaped the metrology requirements for rotating powertrain components.

FARO CREAFORM, a business of AMETEK, Inc., announced an update for its Laser Line Probe (LLP) portfolio used with the Quantum X FaroArm® Series and Quantum Max FaroArm Series.

Every manufactured product, from a smartphone component to a commercial aircraft, relies on precise dimensional accuracy. Even small deviations from the intended design can lead to assembly problems, performance issues, or product failure.

FARO Creafom, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and global provider of 3D scanning and portable CMM solutions, announced the next evolution in automated quality control for at-line inspection in mass production: the CUBE-R M Series.

Coordinate measuring machines have traditionally been confined to controlled laboratory environments, where stable temperatures, minimal vibration, and clean conditions ensure optimal accuracy. 

Advanced measurement technologies from Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Business Area have been instrumental in the development and production of the first-ever powertrain produced by Red Bull Ford Powertrains.

Aerospace manufacturers face constant pressure to increase precision, reduce lead times, yet stay adaptable as designs and production volumes change.

In the Quality function of our organizations, we deal with a variety of activities: problem solving, decision making, project management, systems development, and much more. But few of them have the impact of communication.

When asking a few of my favorite friends and colleagues about whether a CMM holding or checking fixture should be made by traditional welded base plates with common clamping methods versus a modular fixturing system, I tried very hard not to be “partisan” about the fixturing needs for manufacturing everything from rocket engines to automobiles.