(NRK: Williamsburg, VA) -- The past 15 years have seen an expansion of metrology use throughout the manufacturing process, particularly in the case of large-scale manufacturing. The need for greater efficiencies has made the demand for precision measurement greater than ever. Generally speaking, metrology-assisted assembly with advanced metrology equipment and sophisticated software, such as SpatialAnalyzer (SA) from New River Kinematics, results in shorter production cycles and greater cost efficiency.

For measuring large-scale parts like those used in aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding, portable metrology instruments offer convenient, user-friendly solutions. Software like SA can integrate multiple instruments, as well as synthesize and optimize data from a multitude of sources. SA enables users to share equipment and therefore choose the combination of measurement technologies that best fits the measurement job—all with a common interface and the capability of running any number of measurement sensors simultaneously.

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