Metrology
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…
The time had come to open the envelope. But Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wasn’t sure he wanted to know the secret number that was inside.
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When the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) gathers for the 42nd annual conference this July in Dallas, one of the most anticipated talks won’t be about machining tolerances or inspection gauges but the cosmos itself. Sandrine J. Thomas, associate director for Summit Operations at the Vera C.…
In high-volume manufacturing, inspection often struggles to keep pace with production. That challenge becomes even greater when the material itself is naturally variable and the defects aren’t always easy to define consistently. In one high-volume manufacturing environment producing about 20,000…
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