Lights-out metrology for inspection is a natural entry point into automation as it is less disruptive to implement than other manufacturing operations.
Making operators and process designers better informed in real time, with a focus on making intelligent decisions with enhanced data, is the key to updating U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturing capabilities.
Why don’t more manufacturers in the United States use smart manufacturing technologies like AI and machine learning to reduce waste, achieve predictive maintenance and enhance their automation systems? Five CESMII roundtable panelists share their insights.
Light vehicles will be so different by 2035, experts aren’t even sure we’ll still call them “cars.” Perhaps “personal mobility devices.” More important will be the radical changes to the manufacturing of automotive parts.
New-to-market REcreate redefines reverse engineering with a fresh, flexible design approach.
Industry is getting tailored applications from CMM suppliers to meet production demands. Look for more in the future.
Hexagon experts embark on a summer mission to make manufacturing smarter for users across the U.S.
Sharpe Products recently installed a BLM Group LT7 4-kW laser cutting system. This equipment cuts round, square, rectangle and open profile pipe or tube up to 6" OD.
Gun manufacturer Sig Sauer used a 3D scanning system to improve its manufacturing operations.
For most of its history in manufacturing, metrology’s competitive arena was at the point of measurement.