Documenting a vehicle rollover used to take Micky Gilbert and his team at Gilbert Engineering hours using a total station. The accident reconstructionists now typically spend only 30 minutes documenting damage to a rollover vehicle utilizing a FARO Laser Scanner – and have more than 700 million data points to show for it.

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JMac Tools needed a way to inspect their large power frames, which are used for drilling oil. This video showcases the versatility, accuracy, and ease-of-use of the FARO Laser Tracker over traditional measuring methods.

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Bill Fetter, Director of Marketing and Communications for Hexagon Metrology discusses the problem of the lack of skilled metrologists.

The U.S. Department of Labor does not recognize metrology as a profession. Neither the word "quality" or "metrologist" appear in the Standard Occupational Classification System. With very few young people going into metrology, U.S. manufacturing will face a severe lack of measurement and inspection professionals in the very near future.