Your Measurement System Doesn’t Know Where It Is
A measurement isn’t only a number. It’s a number obtained by an instrument in a physical state.
A measurement isn’t only a number. It’s a number obtained by an instrument in a physical state.
Finding something underground is one thing. Giving a project team information they can actually use is another.
For decades, reverse engineering was a tool reserved for large manufacturers.
Knowing how fast medicine flows is crucial to delivering the right amount. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) intern Henry Nonnemaker used specialized math techniques to help better understand fluid flow.
When doctors need to deliver precise doses of medicine on a strict schedule, they often administer it intravenously. Intravenous drug delivery methods need to carefully control the flow of medicine into a patient.
Quality control processes are never about single-inspection scenarios—and yet most inspection systems are.
Mounted on a drone, Artec Jet maps a mine.
In the world of mining, structural collapse is a worst-case scenario. Whenever ground gives way, it puts miners at risk—and it often leads to site closure.
I’ve written many times about how air gauging allows you to measure many jobs faster, more conveniently, and more accurately than other gauging methods.
Ask anyone who’s bought a handheld 3D scanner with optical tracking system in the last few years about what sold them, and you’ll hear about speed. More points per second. Larger scanning areas. Faster data capture.
False rejects quietly impede manufacturing efficiency, yet most quality teams treat them as an acceptable cost.
High-mix manufacturing has become the norm. Production lines are expected to produce more part variants in smaller batches and at a faster pace than ever before—all while maintaining very high quality.
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