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Article: SENSING SIZE on the Shop Floor
- Article from:
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Society of Manufacturing Engineers Nov 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Match metrology to production requirements
Sophisticated technology for the highestaccuracy dimensional metrology applications is well-known in laboratory-like environments. It isn't uncommon to find devices that rely on capacitance, inductance, optics, and ultrasonics to probe everything from largescale prismatic parts to the tiniest electronic components. Lasers, white light, and some probes with what can only be described as a feather-light touch have all found their specialized uses.
Unlike the laboratory, however, out on the shop floor measuring machines must be protected from the vagaries of shop operation, including chips, fluids, and other potentially accuracy-robbing contaminants. ...