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Nikon Metrology News Vol.10

Nikon Metrology News Vol.10
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NIKON METROLOGY NEWS Case Studies and Product News The ultimate CMM laser scanner combining productivity and accuracy Kiekert favours Cross Scanners for 3D inspection of door closing components Newbury Electronics embraces X-ray for future electronics inspection Video Measuring ensures diamond quality for waterjet orifices

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REACHING THE PEAK OF VIDEO MEASUREMENT Discover how MicroTec EDM speeds up inspection by a factor of 60 using an iNEXIV video measuring system 2 NIKON METROLOGY I VISION BEYOND PRECISION

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Content 4 | nSight L100 – The ultimate CMM laser scanner I combining productivity and accuracy 6 | Automobile component supplier Kiekert AG favours digital Cross Scanners for inspection of door closing components 9 | pring s.r.l. uses laser scanner for quality control S of additively manufactured products 12 | EDM subcontractor and toolmaker installs video measuring to speed accreditation to AS9100 aerospace quality standard 16 | Printed circuit board manufacturer embraces X-ray inspection for QA of next-generation devices 20 | X-ray inspection shifts a gear higher 22 | Video measuring...

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InSight L100 The ultimate CMM laser scanner for surface and feature inspection It’s a Nikon .. The InSight L100 CMM laser scanner offers the best possible combination of speed, accuracy and ease-of-use. Suited for both surface and feature measurement, the L100 quickly delivers accurate data and insightful part-toCAD comparison reports even on shiny or multi-material surfaces. The InSight L100 builds on 20 years of experience in optical metrology. With the InSight L100, Nikon Metrology confirms their technology leadership in the field of CMM laser scanning.

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Ultrafast data collection Capture the finest details The InSight L100 is ideal to inspect larger components 50 mm where productivity is key but without having to 100 mm compromise on accuracy. The 100 mm wide Field-of-View combined with the increased (* stripe distance = 0.5 mm) measurement speed results in measurement productivity that wasn’t achievable with CMM scanning before. The InSight L100 is equipped with a high quality glass Nikon lens optimized for laser scanning. Combined with the high definition camera this results in a point resolution of 42 µm and a data quality that is the...

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Case study Foam gaskets seals in the line of fire Automobile component supplier Kiekert AG favours digital Cross Scanners Kiekert AG, the global leader for automobile door lock systems, now uses digital Cross Scanners to test the positions and dimensions of sealing lips on door and rear compartment locks. Tactile inspection methods are unable to correctly measure these touch sensitive and complex free-form components. It’s about 30 centimeters long, 8 millimetres thick, smooth, soft, with a curly form. It’s completely insensitive to cold, heat, damp, dust or dryness. It can live for several...

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are production centres, five are involved in R&D, and there are three sales & distribution centres. With more than 1,200 patents, Kiekert AG is the uncontested leader of innovations in this challenging field of technology. Here at Kiekert AG, central locking and electromotive power servo locking were invented. This is also where engineers are hard at work developing various solutions to make driving even safer and more comfortable in the future. And it’s a place where the quality assurance processes offer very special guarantees. With foam gasket seals, only completely healthy specimens are...

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profile of the touch-sensitive foam gasket seal in Kiekert’s latch closing systems. Notably, this all done in a single scan, with the foam sealant passing through just once. Thanks to the fact that the laser lines come from three different angles, this also reduces the repositioning of the scanner during the scan. The field of vision covered by the three laser lines is 65 x 65 mm, whilst the precision level of the sensor is 12 µm. At all these locations, the enormous advantages offered by non-contact laser scanners are impressive: • Creation of high-density point clouds for quickly...

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Case study Spring S.r.l. uses laser scanner for quality control of additively manufactured products ModelMaker 3D scanner adapts laser intensity to suit reflectivity and colour Italian rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing bureau, Spring S.r.l. (www.springitalia.com), based in Monteviale, near Venice, decided to reverseengineer components in-house instead of subcontracting the work. After a thorough market analysis, the company bought a 7-axis articulated measuring arm and a digital laser scanning head from Nikon Metrology. The equipment not only allows Spring’s customers’ parts to...

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The Nikon equipment allows us to meet even more efficiently the needs and demands of our customers, so we can offer a more integrated, comprehensive, accurate service in shorter lead-times and ensure maximum reliability of results.” Roberto Toniello, the company’s co-founder and head of the Engineering Department Spring srl uses FDM 3D printing technology to produce end-use armrests in a number of aircraft. It enables the company to reduce its turnaround time by 66 % and costs by 50 % compared with traditional methods such as CNC machining. NX, where STL files are generated for driving six...

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The need for a metrology upgrade Mr Gualdo explained that for the past few years, he and his colleagues had felt the need to offer customers the ability to produce parts of more complex shape. However, the firm’s manual measuring methods using traditional metrology equipment had significant limitations, hence the deployment of the Nikon Metrology digital scanning arm. He stated, “Of all the suppliers we reviewed, Nikon Metrology offered the best product in terms of technical specification and service. The MCAx arm, unlike a coordinate measuring machine, is convenient to transport and allows...

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Case study Automated video measuring speeds inspection by a factor of 60 Dawn Carter inspecting a spark eroded nickel-copper alloy component for a decoy missile on the Nikon Metrology iNEXIV VMA-4540 CNC video measuring system at Microtec. EDM subcontractor and toolmaker installs CNC video measuring to speed accreditation to AS9100 aerospace quality management standard What does an orbiting telescope currently mapping the Milky Way have in common with the first all-English wristwatch to be produced in half a century? UK subcontractor Microtec EDM, Basildon, supplied prototypes and...

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