Scribing for New Heights
Mahr Digimar 817 CLT height gages: 350 mm, 600 mm and 1,000 mm
The need for long-range height measurements has been around since the principles of layout work became a fundamental requirement in machine shops.
Mahr Digimar 817 CLT height gages: 350 mm, 600 mm and 1,000 mm
The need for long-range height measurements has been around since the principles of layout work became a fundamental requirement in machine shops.
Telescope image of the planet Saturn (with Astrodon I series color filter) and IDS camera. Credit: Anthony Wesley/IDS
Our solar system has fascinated mankind for thousands of years. Astronomical research is looking for answers to the big questions of human existence. How big is the universe? How did it come into being?
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Compliance with industry regulations and standards is a fundamental part of medtech. Without proper medical device compliance, companies risk patient harm, litigation, and reputational damage.
If data are currency, we must invest in tools that grow the investment and put data to work in the most effective way. Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash
W ith the rapid digital transformation of manufacturing, including technologies like cloud solutions, digital twins, next-generation devices, automation, and AI, the role of metrology is poised for a transformative evolution.
Examples of air plug gauges from Baker.
The jet in pneumatic dimensional (or air) gauging is the mechanical part of the sensing probe—air plug gauge, air ring gauge, air caliper gauge—through which compressed air is directed onto the part under measurement.
Welcome knowledge seeker! Do you feel dazzled and awed by the great potential of artificial intelligence (AI)? Perhaps hesitant or lost when terms like convolution, deep learning, or autoencoder are thrown around?
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From small family-run companies to tech giants, the business world is changing at an unrelenting pace.
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Managers are commonly fed a diet of report-card data. These data have usually been aggregated into summaries, averages, and totals to characterize the big picture. As useful as such summaries can be, they can also be an obstacle to an effective analysis.
Mahr Optimar 100 dial indicator calibrator
Whether you’re a small machine shop or a large multimillion-dollar manufacturing giant, there’s no doubt you use dimensional gauges to maintain the standards for quality in your production.
One of NIST’s ytterbium lattice atomic clocks: NIST physicists combined two of these experimental clocks to make the world’s most stable single atomic clock. The image is a stacked composite of about 10 photos in which an index card was positioned in front of the lasers to reveal the laser beam paths. Credit: N. Phillips/NIST
Time: We all have a sense of it, an innate feel for it. We see it and use it every day.
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