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Laser-Enhanced Calibration Improves Programmed Path Performance
ColeTech used a Radian 6DoF tracker from API to correct errors in joint angles and link lengths for deflashing molded parts.
Breakthrough Technology: Handheld LIBS for Fabricators
Almost every major pipeline owner/operator now either uses a portable LIBS device for verifying their materials or requires their non-destructive testing contractors to use it. Almost every major refinery uses one for carbon testing, as do the inspection companies that support their PMI/NDT programs. Here’s why.
Exact Laser Measurement Receives Award
Valiant TMS recognizes them as a Top External Supplier.
High Resolution Laser Weld Monitor for Spot or Seam Welds
The compact, lightweight MM-L300A Laser Weld Monitor from Amada Miyachi detects gaps between parts, missing parts, over-penetration, incorrect focus and cover gas absence, providing operators feedback on laser weld quality.
Optical Seam Tracking Manages Critical Welding Concerns
ABB Robotics provides 2.5D or 6D optical seam tracking to manage faster manufacturing processes by compensating for larger part tolerances and increasing material fit-up inaccuracies.
New Marketing Director for Hexagon Production Software
Maja Foster is their new global marketing director of this business unit.
Sigma Labs Appoints New CFO
Frank Orzechowski is their new chief financial officer.
LK Metrology Celebrates Milestone
They mark their first year of trading as a stand-alone company again.
New Canadian HQ for Hexagon
A new facility being built in the greater Toronto area will be completed by the end of the year.
How to Configure Network Cameras from a Web Browser
With reliability and speed needed for traceability, error-proofing, vision-guided robotics and other applications, BVS Cockpit software from Balluff does what sensors can’t do, with all of the functions needed to operate SmartCameras.
Automation and Metrology
To remain competitive, more shops are searching for ways to better utilize their quality workforce and supplement them with automation. But Ken Myers of Mitutoyo America explains that what automating metrology means to one person might not mean the same to another.
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