I mention this term upfront to save irate letters from purists who decry the use of slang terminology due to problems it can create.

Inaccurate color keeps discount stores in business and slows down production lines. Two pieces of a car’s dashboard that don’t match. 

This also follows the recent openings of Creaform’s offices in Brazil, Korea and Singapore. 

The company plans to double its sales and open 150 new job positions in Lévis within the next 5 years.

With the relocation, GOM reacts to the rising demand for 3D testing and 3D metrology systems. Particularly, the worldwide need for automated measuring and inspection procedures led to the relocation and thus to enlarged production and development departments.

Sonatest now distributes Creaform’s Pipecheck Analyze pipeline integrity assessment software worldwide to complement its ultrasonic testing instruments.

FocalSpec LCI sensors can be integrated into both on-line and standalone 3D-scanning systems.

MSI-Viking Gage, with Precision Measurement Centers in Duncan and Charleston, South Carolina, will represent the full line of Zeiss coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), optical systems, plus surface and form equipment.

Every industry has a jargon of its own and dimensional metrology is no different. The reason is ease of verbal communication, but that communication can be confusing at times for the uninitiated.

Hand tools are the workhorse of the industry. Every metrologist has a variety of hand tools in his toolbox. You’re sure to find one, two or several micrometers in that toolbox to accurately measure thickness, outer and inner diameters, as well as depth of slots.