QUALITY ASSURANCE SOFTWARE
will you use the technology to increase inspection through- put, since a laser doesn’t have to stop and take discrete points? Point-cloud data and the laser, and white light sensor technology used to collect it, are so versatile that really the sky is the limit for how a manufacturer could choose to employ it,” he said. “Now PMI is a different animal altogether. Where point-cloud data is free fl owing and versatile, PMI data is rigid, based on rules and standards, and requires adept knowledge of these standards to properly employ,” Wissner noted. Hexagon has supported PMI for almost 10 years now with its stand-alone Planner software and Planner Tools
inside PC-DMIS. “My advice to any manufacturer looking to start annotating their CAD with PMI would be to study ASME Y14.41 to get a handle on the proper implementation and then go slowly,” Wissner said. “PMI is a marathon, not a sprint.”
Capture 3D scanners use the trend package in the ATOS and GOM Professional software that shows not only trends in numerical values but also full 3D surface color mapping.
Hexagon’s subsidiary, New River Kinematics (Williamsburg,
VA), offers point-cloud inspection with its SpatialAnalyzer me- trology software. “SpatialAnalyzer helps our customers build strategic metrology plans that embrace and embed metrol- ogy practices throughout the entire production process,” said Patrick D. Welch, vice president, sales, North America, New River Kinematics. “Our technology addresses a broad array of measurement and inspection needs from providing inspection information via Model-Based Defi nition to providing a complex blueprint for the whole production process. SpatialAnalyzer gives users a full set of tools for quality
or process control, Welch added. “It all starts with how we collect data. SA collects the X-Y-Z location of each point and acquires important metadata. Using metadata, the end user now has the ability to examine the accuracy of the data as they collect it.” The software includes other capabilities, such as relationship fi tting, USMN (Unifi ed Spatial Metrology Network), TransTrack, pipe fi tting, measurement plans and robot calibration, he said.
“When fully deployed, SpatialAnalyzer gives the end user all the metrology tools needed to monitor production and ensure making perfect parts,” he said. “SpatialAnalyzer offers the QC manager a suite of tools from virtually fi tting parts as they are manufactured to a Factory Manager dashboard, which provides the status of each part. Using production staff to collect real-time data helps eliminate those head-
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