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Measuring Microscopes: a View of the Field
Today’s devices combine excellent lenses, high-resolution video, precision X-Y tables and powerful software to make small-part measuring easy and accurate.
Read MoreRefining Tool Length Compensation Usage
Some methods enable offset values to be determined offline.
Read MoreHeight Gages from the Top
Today’s instruments can produce other useful measurements as well.
Read MoreA Path to Better Productivity
This simple blueprint outlines all that’s needed to boost CNC machine output.
Read MoreGaging for SPC: Now Even Simpler
Data collection for statistical process control can be automated and integrated into your existing inspection process.
Read MoreSimplifying Tricky Sizing Adjustments
When simple arithmetic will not suffice, use custom macro B to calculate more complicated workpiece measurements.
Read MoreGaging Commutators
Measuring and adjusting critical parameters of these motor devices will help make them function most effectively.
Read MoreLots of Reasons
Why are companies choosing to manufacture in the United States? There are various reasons, not all of which are under manufacturers’ control. But the list of factors that led one company to open an American plant paints a largely positive picture of the merits of U.S. production.
Read MoreThe Secret Robot
A manufacturer struggles over its employees’ potential reaction to automation. The struggle itself says something important.
Read MoreSleepless in the Gage Business
Sometimes you have to review all parts of the measuring process to find the source of a problem.
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