Coordinate Measuring Machines
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Coordinate Measuring Machines
This category includes machines used to measure an object’s geometry through discrete surface point sensing via probe, commonly either a laser, optical probe, mechanical probe, or white light. Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) can be calibrated to complete repeated measuring tasks…
Italian CMM Manufacturer COORD3 Celebrates 40 Years in Business
The two-day celebration included a special dinner for employees, customers and global sales representatives from the U.S., Mexico, Germany, Austria, India, China, Czechoslovakia, Korea, and Israel.
CMS Launches Certification Program for Portable 3D Metrology
The industry’s first Level-One certification for portable 3D metrology is a practical performance assessment of using a metrology instrument to collect a series of measurements on an artifact, then analyze specific features of that artifact.
LDI Distributes Tomelleri CMMs in North America through Regional Resellers
Laser DesignTomelleri Engineering line of Space Arm® articulated-arm CMMs.
How Things Are Measured Today
Retrofitting CMMs or articulated arms with new laser scanners is one affordable option among many that shops are considering.
Verisurf Software, ATS CM4D Announce Partnership
Both companies are expanding their collaboration to automate inspection processes, metrology and enhanced reporting through portable CMMs, 3D scanners, and laser trackers.
True Position Measurement
Inspection of a bore in an open setup often requires multiple measurement steps and mathematical calculations, but portable CMM technology from FARO can alleviate much of this work by allowing the user to fix the part in one spot, take several points to create an alignment of X- and Y-axes, and measure the bore. Software then determines the position of the bore and its deviation from the called out position.
2012 State of the Industry: Measurement and Inspection
Forecast: Disruptive non-contact measurement technologies will continue to grow to support mass customization in job shops for strong opportunities in anything formed and fabricated, particularly in the automotive, commercial aircraft and energy markets.
PROBING FOR ANSWERS
Explore how advances in on-machine measurement technologies from FARO Technologies have helped Ontario aerospace supplier Express Manufacturing realize a full and quick return on investment.
SURPASSING TRIAL AND ERROR: ACCELERATING THE INSPECTION OF TUBE AND PIPE DIMENSIONS
Rare Breed: Tube and pipe bending shops must rethink their processes to improve accuracies and meet tighter tolerances at lower costs. Cathy Hayat of Hexagon Metrology explains how measurement technology designed specifically for these applications will not only increase their productivity and precision, but also dramatically reduce their scrap rates and lower their costs.
NON-CONTACT 3D IMAGING SYSTEM COLLECTS MILLIONS OF POINTS IN SECONDS
This new inspection system from FARO Technologies uses patented Accordion Fringe Interferometry (AFI) technology that is ideal for quality control, reverse engineering and rapid manufacturing of complex shapes or large, smooth surfaces.
WHAT YOUR SHOP NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT PORTABLE CMMs
Ron Branch of V&M Precision Machining and Grinding explains why rapid shop floor inspection with portable CMMs is sophisticated enough to satisfy the demands of the aerospace industry, but also perfect for the small or medium machine shop.
