Abstract
Large-Volume Metrology (LVM) provides abilities to enable measurement assisted assembly and quality control throughout aerospace and automotive applications. Flexibility and versatility is raised substantially by using universal, portable systems. The drawback of using LVM is the historical legacy of being developed to be used in suitable scenarios mainly being controlled environments and operation by highly skilled measurement experts. Measurement suppliers and system integrators are working closely together to raise readiness levels of the systems to be used in production cells and being operated by automated control systems under the supervision of metrology-trained maintenance staff. The actions to develop measurement systems ready for industrial automation is supported and pushed by academia to enhance measurement principles, systems algorithms and processes to get higher levels of cognition to control production. FFT successfully meets requirements for the use of optical metrology systems in their Best-Fit technology, which has been developed and is successfully used in productive environments for more than 15 years already.
Cite this paper
Alexander Schoenberg, Mike Wehn, Alexander Richter. FFT Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG, Fulda, Germany. Presented at the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference 2016, Nashville, Tennessee, July 25-29, 2016. Coordinate Metrology Society, reference CMS-2016-002.