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IME West VOLUME 37 - NUMBER 12 EM Services THE GLOBAL ELECTRONICS PUBLICATION Nov/Dec, 2022
Nikon Launches Powerful New Metrology System
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BRIGHTON, MI — Nikon Industrial Metrology has launched a new metrology system for manufactur- ers seeking to measure the geometry of medium-to- large parts — from a car door, casting or fabrication to a whole vehicle chassis or airframe structure. APDIS Intelligent Quality (IQ) stations offer a range of laser radar solutions as alternatives to traditional, slow, monolithic, inflexible panel ma- chines and high-volume horizontal arm CMMs. “Nikon’s non-contact Laser Radars are already
used by major OEMs on a global scale to measure thousands of parts every day, both in metrology rooms and on shop floors,” reports Paul Lightowler, APDIS Global Product Manager. “APDIS IQ Sta- tions now provide complete turnkey solutions from Nikon, utilizing the speed and data quality im- provements of the latest-generation MV430E Laser Radar to give fully automated measurement sta- tions that are simple to program, fast to measure and flexible to install.” The use of a predefined set of positions elimi-
nates the requirement for robot programming fol- lowing installation, even when modifying measure- ments or adding new parts. Measurement program analysis is achieved with a few simple clicks, en- hanced by the ability to define and simulate meas- urements offline prior to physical setup. Measurement routines are selected at a built-
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Car chassis being measured in the main area of a Nikon DR600T APDIS IQ station.
Light-Analyzing
“Lab on a Chip” CORVALLIS, OR — Scientists, including an Oregon State Uni- versity materials researcher, have developed a better tool to measure light, contributing to a field known as optical spectrome- try in a way that could improve everything from smartphone cameras to environmental moni- toring. The study resulted in a pow-
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erful, ultra-tiny spectrometer that fits on a microchip and is op- erated using artificial intelli- gence. The research involved a comparatively new class of super- thin materials known as two-di- mensional semiconductors. The upshot is a proof of concept for a spectrometer that could be readi- ly incorporated into a variety of technologies, including quality in- spection platforms, security sen- sors, biomedical analyzers and space telescopes.
Traditional spectrometers
require bulky optical and me- chanical components, whereas the new device could fit on the
in HMI, so all that’s required is to load a part and click a button. Direct feature measurements re- move the need for adapters, while small data sets drive faster analysis, speeding up pre- and post- measurement times. Intelligent Quality means a smart, efficient
and productive form of measurement, irrespective of a component’s color or surface finish. Therefore, Continued on page 8
Argonne Builds Next Gen Super- computer
LEMONT, IL — Occupying the space of two professional basket- ball courts and weighing 600 tons, the massive Aurora exas- cale supercomputer is taking shape at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Lab- oratory. Long rows of 8-foot-tall
Spectrometer on a chip.
end of a human hair. The new re- search suggests those compo- nents can be replaced with novel semiconductor materials and AI,
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black cabinets loom large inside a new wing of the white-walled data center that houses Ar- gonne’s other supercomputers. Aurora’s computing racks are in- terspersed with cabinets contain- ing a special water-cooling sys- tem. Countless red and blue ca- bles curl in and out of each cabi- net, piping water from beneath the data center floor to cool the system. Electrical wiring sup-
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