Inaccurate? Precisely!
Many people know about William Tell shooting the apple on his son’s head. What can this archery event teach us about accuracy and precision? What do these words mean? When are they equal, and when are they not?
Measurements add value to the parts you manufacture.Metrology is the science of measurement. It’s a very broad topic because so much is measured. In manufacturing, the need to verify and validate dimensions of parts is crucial.
Machine tool and manufacturing system builders have been producing increasingly intelligent equipment for more than 50 years, and today’s
The need to measure things inspired some of the earliest tools invented by man.
When purchasing material test equipment for tensile, fatigue or other test modes, managers of test labs may want to compare new and used test equipm
Laser scanning makes it easy to keep older military equipment running by enabling companies to create spare parts that perfectly duplicate the ori
The use of probes on machine tools to assist in setting up jobs is well established.
Switching from a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to a laser scanner has helped the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research CLaser scanning keeps older military equipment running by enabling the creation of spare parts that perfectly duplicate the originals at a reasonable cost.
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