Metrology

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. Knowing the medicine’s flow rate—or the volume of fluid flowing into the patient…

Quality control processes are never about single-inspection scenarios—and yet most inspection systems are. Inspection requirements constantly shift between part dimensions, hard-to-reach areas, quick validations, and precise feature measurements, creating daily challenges for QC professionals.…

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.

Once all miners are accounted for, it’s time for the recovery operation to begin. Limited visibility often means it’s…

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.

For measuring all hole conditions, air gauging is unsurpassed for speed and accuracy. When checking any dimensional…

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.

Those improvements matter. But when you look at the entire…

False rejects quietly impede manufacturing efficiency, yet most quality teams treat them as an acceptable cost. This article examines why they persist, what makes them hard to eliminate with conventional systems, and how AI-based visual inspection is helping plants address the root cause.