Technical Papers & Journals

Welcome to the digital library of the technical papers presented at recent Coordinate Metrology Society Conferences. These papers are peer-reviewed by members of the CMS Executive Committee and are presented by industry experts.

Members can access this exclusive content at no charge. The library contains more than 150 papers covering a broad range of industry topics including 3D measurement, inspection, assembly, best practices, new innovations, and more. The release of these valuable assets is meant to further support the research, development ,and progression of advanced manufacturing, scientific studies, industry standards, and Smart Factory initiatives. We encourage researchers to utilize and cite these technical papers when information is sourced.

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	Novel Experimental Testing Beds for the Latest Scanners in Portable Metrology Jose Corona, Chris Greer, Marie Craven The advancements in the field of metrology have significantly improved the capability of scanning equipment.  There are a plethora of different types of scanners available on the market with the potential of collecting large volumes of data at...
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	Measurement of detailed features as part of large-scale measurement Rehab Khattab, Dr. Edward Morse Various large-scale metrology tools have proven their worth in measuring aircraft (and other) components whose size is measured in tens of meters. The primary output of these measurements is geometry data, such as cross-sectional profiles, the shape of...
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	Inspection of Surface Discontinuities on Aerostructures and Other Flight Critical Components Veniamin Stryzheus, Brian Miller, Matthew Chen, Bryan Bramwell, Sabyasachi Basu The inspection of surface discontinuities on aerostructures and other flight critical components is an integral part of aerospace manufacturing because it helps to ensure product safety and quality. Proper identification, measurement, and rework of surface...
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	Benefits of Computed Tomography for Three-Dimensional Metrology David Caprio High-performance hardware and intelligent measurement software enable coordinate measuring machines with computed tomography to achieve ever higher accuracies and measuring speeds than conventional CMMs (coordinate measuring machines). This means that...
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	Test Plan Creation Best Practices for Metrology Hardware and Software Monica Kirby Rigorous testing is crucial to the functionality, reliability, and the user experience of a system.  However, test plans are generally made without clear pass/fail criteria and other important details, making them difficult to repeat.  This lack...
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	Non-Contact Tooling Uncertainty Analysis Jeffrey Hammond The paper will detail the testing uncertainty analysis of non-contact targets (high contrast black and white targets, 38.1mm Spheres, and 63.5mm spheres). With the combination of non-contact metrology with traditional laser tracker (SMR) measurements the...
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	Boeing In-Flight Wing Deflection Measurement Tim Kneier, Patricia Castellon The Video Displacement System (VDS) is a video camera-based photogrammetry system developed by the Boeing Research and Technology Group to measure the wing bending and twist as well as the position and orientation of wing control surfaces during flight....
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	Scalable low-cost photogrammetry, simultaneously 6DoF tracking fifty objects Stuart Robson, Ben Sargeant, Rebekah Smith, Charles Richards, Alberto Mendikute and Pablo Puerto EU project Dynamite, “Dynamic applications of large volume metrology in industry of tomorrow environments” is directed at enhancing the ability to measure size, location, orientation and shape of large objects, assemblies, or large working-volume...
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	Areal Surface Filtering of Unstructured Point Clouds Philip Freeman, STF The Boeing Company Large, flexible parts can be hard to inspect. The overall shape is often less critical than the small-scale variations such as waves, dents, ridges, and bumps. The availability of accurate 3D point cloud metrology makes it easy to collect detailed surface...
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	Automated Wind Turbine Blade Inspection Solution Matt Emig – LM Wind Power, Scott Sandwith – Hexagon Wind Turbine Blade manufacturing is growing at an accelerating rate. Inspecting these massive objects is challenging and critical for an ever-increasing range of blade models.  Automating the inspection is essential to ensure the checks are done...
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