Technical Papers & Journals

Low-cost Photogrammetric Control for Automated Trimming of Composite Preforms

T.Legleu2, M.Mainwaring1, A.Metherell1, A.Ola1, V.Pawar2, C.Richards2, S.Robson2, B.Sargeant2, P.Saunders1 and R.Smith2

Trimming of composite preforms requires the accurate cutting of 2D and 3D high value components as part of a wider manufacturing chain. The operation needs to be performed rapidly and reliably with a fast high quality cut to avoid process bottlenecks and...

LOW-COST ON-LINE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC 6DoF AT 100Hz TRACKING 10ms-1 MOTION ACROSS MULTIPLE OBJECTS

S.Robson, B.Sargeant, R. Smith, S. Kyle and M. Shortis

Low-cost camera systems based on off-the-shelf imaging components are seeing increasingly widespread use for metrology orientated research purposes such as robotics, part alignment and inspection. This presentation describes a system under continuing...

NPL Training –Structured approach to skills development for Science and Engineering

Keith Bevan

This presentation is delivered by Keith Bevan from The National Physical Laboratory and current CMSC Vice Chair looks at tools and techniques to support skills development, delivery, and evaluation. This structured approach supports the methodology needed...

Status Report for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade Project

W. Jansma, S. Jarvis

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a third generation synchrotron X-ray facility located at Argonne National Laboratory that has been in operation since 1996. Over the next few years, the APS will undergo a massive upgrade that will replace the current...

Reverse Engineering Has Become An Integral Part of Modern Product Design

Gregory George

Every time you capture physical reality to use as part of your digital design process, you are engaging in reverse engineering. Whether you call it reverse engineering or something else, you are almost certainly, measuring physical parts and using those...

Improving EV Battery Cell & Module Production Using Industry 4.0 Networked CMMs

David Wick

Manufacturing high volumes of electric vehicle batteries has become a strategic priority for the United States, with new Department of Energy programs created to increase domestic capacity. This presentation will describe typical processes for...

Automated Metrology Operations

Rob Flynn

James Webb Space Telescope Mission Status

Michael W. McElwain

Metrology Automated Pipe Cutting Solution

Jennifer Monreal, Keith Churchill, Sandwith, Scott

The Metrology Automated Pipe Cutting system (APC) automates precise pipe cutting machine alignment to produce accurate miter cuts on spools and piping components faster and easier in the field. The APC development effort involved collaborating with Bechtel...

Review of the US Patent Literature on Retroreflectors

David H. Parker

Users of electronic distance measurement (EDM) instruments, such as laser trackers, total stations, and interferometers are familiar with commercially available spherically mounted retroreflectors (SMRs); spherical, or cats eye, retroreflectors; and glass...