Measuring surface roughness allows metrologists to establish the roughness of a surface for quality control or other purposes. But how exactly is it done?
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An advanced solution for automated inspection of bricks that combines top technologies by Photoneo and PEKAT VISION.
While aerospace quality control workflows have greatly evolved over the past decade, due to the development of more complex parts, stricter tolerances, productivity pressures, challenges remain as to inspection efficiency.
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Lincoln Electric has pioneered large-scale metal 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, of prototype, production and replacement parts, and tooling made out of steels, stainless steels, Invar, and nickel alloys.
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Did you know that Creaform has implemented more than 10,000 measurement technology projects and engineering service projects worldwide in the last 15 years? Customers include leading international manufacturers in the aerospace, mass transit, energy, leisure items and consumer products sectors.
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A solution by Skeletex Research allows users to view and edit 3D scans up-close in VR using Photoneo 3D vision.
Thanks to the MetraSCAN and its combined scanning and probing capacities, Creaform delivered standard-complying high-density triangulated mesh for surface inspection (3D color map) and geometrical entities, allowing accurate alignment with increased repeatability.
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PistenBully is expanding its metrology portfolio with Creaform Systems
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In collaboration with Carboni and Metalli, Bercella is creating an innovative motorcycle using composite components and the HandySCAN 3D
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Car manufacturers, which work with parts assemblies from a vast array of different suppliers, need innovative solutions to ensure that components fit together optimally and guarantee their performance. One set of solutions that more and more manufacturers are adopting is 3D scanning.
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As manufacturers transition towards Industry 4.0 in order to speed up production cycles and accelerate their time to market, they nevertheless continue to face many challenges, particularly with respect to automating quality control.
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Berghof Testing developed a brilliant and innovative solution for optical quality testing. The system deploys two Photoneo PhoXi 3D Scanners and eliminates the shortcomings of conventional image processing systems.
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Modern Day Technology in Traditional Craftsmanship
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An important highlight of the active ecumenism in Rottweil during the renovation of the cathedral in 2016/17 was the reception of the Madonna of the Turning Eyes in the Predigerkirche. Until the secularization in 1803, this Madonna stood on the tabernacle of the high altar.
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Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe AB is a company that works with flexible transport solutions in the form of, among other things, trucks used in warehouses and for logistics.
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In addition to the standard-gauge route network, there are numerous meter-gauge railways in Switzerland, especially in the Alps. A bogie exchange for gauges of 1000 mm and 1435 mm was specially developed for the GoldenPass Line.
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