Renishaw shapes the future of aerospace at industry event In March 2019, global engineering technologies company Renishaw hosted 150 attendees for Manufacturing in Aerospace - The Direction of Travel. The Open Day, held at the company’s world-class Innovation Centre…
Sensors that solve the supplier jigsaw Metrology and inspection specialist, OGP UK speaks to Aerospace Manufacturing about its Vantage multi-sensor machines that enable right-first-time production of complex aerospace components. The aerospace industry, perhaps more than…
It’s a vision thing In this Q&A session, Olympus Europa’s market development manager – aerospace EMEA, Mark Russ discusses with Ed Hill the latest advances in the company’s visual inspection systems. Q: How…
Third Dimension wins regional EEF innovation award Third Dimension, a leading supplier of handheld precision measurement solutions has celebrated success as the South regional winner of the Business Growth & Strategy Award. Neal Agar and Ellie O’Hare…
Find out more about Third Dimension's GapGun metrology system Composites in Manufacturing magazine (www.composites.media) spoke to Aidan Hill from Third Dimension about its Gapgun handheld metrology system at the Advanced Engineering Show.
Hexagon announces new flagship measuring arm The Absolute Arm range of portable measuring arms undergoes its biggest modernisation in a decade. Eight years after the launch of the first Romer Absolute Arm, Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division…
More than a feeler! Capacitec president, Robert Foster and Capacitec Europe commercial director, Bryan Manning explain how the company’s Gapman Gen3 is replacing feeler gauges within the aircraft shimming process. Traditional gap measurement methods,…
Swift-Check keeps an eye on CMM accuracy Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence launches the Swift-Check artefact, which is designed to verify a CMM’s accuracy in between an annual service and calibrations. The compact equipment is provided with pre-written PC-DMIS…
Swift-Check keeps an eye on CMM accuracy Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has launched the Swift-Check artefact which is designed to verify a CMM’s accuracy in between an annual service and calibrations. The compact equipment is provided with pre-written…
Bringing inspection into the light Inspection Technologies’ technical director, Dr Geoff Diamond explains how to fully-automate cast part inspection in daylight conditions - with no human inspector intervention - for a truly 100% quality-assured compliance.…
Intelligent manufacturing for industry 4.0 Paul Maxted, director of industrial metrology applications at global engineering technologies company, Renishaw discusses how intelligent manufacturing is benefiting the metalcutting industry. Joseph Whitworth, a leading Victorian tool maker who…
Olympus unveils new IPLEX G Lite videoscope Olympus has announced the global launch of the IPLEX G Lite industrial videoscope that can be used to capture images inside aircraft engines, piping, and other equipment without the need…
Sticking it to the plane Ed Hill speaks to Invert Robotics about its innovative surface crawling robot now being used to carry out visual inspection tasks on aircraft. In the highly competitive world of the…
Aberlink provides shopfloor accuracy to Nasmyth Bulwell In response to cost-down pressures and to complement the work of its existing CMMs, Nasmyth Bulwell needed a robust, accurate CMM that could deliver the required standards of precision and…
Flying high with optical metrology 4D Technology’s technical communication manager, Mike Zecchino looks at how you can reduce repair/rework through the use of high-resolution, shopfloor defect measurement. When is a scratch or dent critical to…
Mitutoyo helps WorldSkills 2017 showcase the world’s best Last October in Abu Dhabi, a team from Mitutoyo UK was privileged to support a large proportion of around 1,300 young people representing almost 60 countries competing in the WorldSkills…
Augmented reality for quality assurance The subject of augmented reality has been a hot topic in recent times. Augmented reality is where reality is enhanced by computer-generated information, i.e. making additional information about the real…
Get set, go with Mahr’s new bore gauge setting tool A new bore gauge setting tool from Mahr is said to makes setting up adjustable indicating instruments, such as Mahr's 844 N Adjustable Bore Gage and 844 T Universal ID/OD…
A flying finish! Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Mitutoyo has helped Martin-Baker improve its surface finish inspection processes with the introduction of its SV-3100 surface finish tester. For more than 67 years, Martin-Baker has…
Third Dimension wins second Queen’s Award Third Dimension has been named winner of the Queen’s Award for Innovation - the UK’s highest accolade for business success - for GapGun, its handheld, laser-based optical measurement device. GapGun…
Putting precision on the map Aerospace Manufacturing hears how a new high accuracy circular geometry inspection and assembly system from Rotary Precision Instruments is enabling aero engine manufacturers and overhaul shops to capitalise on predicted…
Quality control of aerospace composite parts through X-ray Kongsberg Defence Systems, aerospace supplier from Norway, has installed the high-end X-ray inspection system XRHGantry from VisiConsult to perform compliant quality control on composite parts for Lockheed Martin. Kongsberg Defence…
Robotic snake plane inspection receives funding from Prince Albert legacy The Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded 10 of the UK’s most promising young doctoral engineers and scientists Industrial Fellowships worth £80,000 to help fund their projects…
New inspection system takes NDT & quality control to a new level A new inspection system from Dantec Dynamics takes non-destructive testing (NDT) & quality control to a new level, according to the company. The FlawExplorer system is a lightweight, compact and…
