Probing is critical to making quality oscilloscope measurements, and often the probe is the first link in the oscilloscope measurement chain. If probe performance is not adequate for your application, ...

Advanced metrology software lets shops probe almost any part shape while the part remains in its fixture on a machine. Lockheed Martin conducts on-machine, finished-part inspections with PC-Dmis/NC 3D ...

Recently, I received a strange invitation from a friend: Register to attend a weekend retreat for women that changed her life, food and lodging included in the registration cost. She would pick me up ...

The key to precision manufacturing is right there in the name: precision. Accurate measurement is crucial to reproducibility, and reproducibility is the soul of modern manufacturing. Because of this, ...

On this framearc section making up the fuselage barrel of a Boeing 747 aircraft, a probing system measures the formed sheetmetal parts to determine the best-fit location for drilling assembly holes. A ...

A version of this article also appeared in the Test Digest section of the May 2012 issue of Test & Measurement World. See the PDF. Certain industries, such as the automotive industry, require ...