Metrology

Just like the people who use them, gauges should have periodic physical examinations. Sometimes, gauge calibration is needed to identify the seriousness of a known problem, and sometimes it uncovers problems you didn’t know existed.

But as with a human exam, the main reason for…

In modern aircraft production, precision is everything. Every hole and every fixing point must be precisely positioned to ensure safety and quality.

As part of the DiCADeMA project (Digital Cabin Architectures and Design for Manufacturing) led by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR…

Our video producer Chris Smith almost watched the Artemis II launch in person. He drove to Kennedy Space Center with all his fancy gear, along the way got stuck in the snow twice—in Texas, of all places—and then NASA scrubbed the launch and rolled the rocket back for repairs. So Chris drove back…

Torque wrenches—and the people who use them to build and maintain planes—are unsung heroes of the skies.

Torque wrenches measure the force that causes an object to rotate. Aircraft mechanics use torque wrenches to ensure that bolts and fasteners on planes are correctly tightened.…

The next Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) takes place July 20–24, 2026, at the Fairmont Dallas in Dallas. If you want to know why it matters and who might be there, read on.

There’s a moment, familiar to anyone who works in metrology, when someone outside the field…

Hexagon is showcasing innovation in metrology with the launch of APOLLO, a platform designed to predict failures in CMMs and machine tools before quality and production schedules are affected. This technology highlights the shift from reactive to predictive metrology, saving teams from…