software has been expanded to provide new capabilities and applications for Laser Radar and other Nikon measurement products. Metrologic has combined large-scale capabilities into its popular Metrolog software, which now offers large- scale point clouds with fully automated functionalities. These include edge detection, curve and surface-based feature extraction, best-in-class GD&T, high-performance point-cloud analysis, and a single interface throughout the range of Nikon Metrology’s product line. “Analyzing and using point cloud data generated by any
of Nikon Metrology’s laser scanning products including our Laser Radar is now easier than ever,” Robert Wasilesky, Nikon Metrology senior vice president of sales, said in a press release. “Simply scan a part directly into Metrolog X4 to process mea- surement results quickly and accurately.” There’s no limit to the features that can be measured directly or extracted automati- cally from a point cloud, he added. Users simply compare the point cloud directly to a CAD model for simple go/no-go conditions or overall deviations to the model, and it also allows analyzing prismatic and free-form features relative to GD&T. Simulation developer CGTech (Irvine, CA) on Feb. 4 announced a new programming and simulation software solution for Automated Tape Laying (ATL) machines. The new software complements CGTech’s existing composite software applications for Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) that it also demonstrated at the JEC Composites show in Paris. Developer of Vericut simulation, verification and optimization software, CGTech’s new ATL software enables engineers to take a CAD-designed composite part to the CNC programs that drive automated composite machinery.
Partnerships Metrology developer Verisurf Software Inc. (Irvine, CA) and
ATS International B.V. (Troy, MI, and Haarlem, The Nether- lands) on Feb. 13 signed a technology partnership agreement under which the companies will integrate Verisurf’s metrology software with ATS’ CM4D statistical process control (SPC) software to automate product quality validation solutions. The companies have started working together to develop a state-of-the-art application that integrates the 3D Model Based metrology and inspection of Verisurf’s offerings with ATS’ professional trending and SPC reporting. Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak:
pwaurzyniak@sme.org.
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