Aerospace

Over the years, industrial metrology has become an integral part of aerospace manufacturing processes, for OEMs and big industry players alike. Thanks to their large measurement volume, laser tracker systems are used for inspection, tooling, part mating and reverse engineering tasks, just to name a few. Coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) of all sizes are used in inspection and scanning applications with prismatic parts, achieving single-micron ...

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Automotive

With the ever-shorter design-to-production runs, assorted automotive manufacturers and their suppliers have turned to industrial metrology solutions to find ways to decrease ramp up times, increase productivity, reduce part rejection and improve the quality of their products. From inspecting multiple bodies-in-white in one setup with laser tracker systems, prototype part inspection or die build and tryout validation with white light scanner systems, ...

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Domestic Appliances

They help us in the kitchen and the basement. They escort us discreetly and efficiently as we go about our everyday lives: domestic appliances. These modern electrical aids are evidence of the highly advanced art of engineering. Their development and production seek to combine longevity and energy efficiency with contemporary chic. Precision is key from the start: from sheet metal fabrication to final assembly. Are the metal surfaces really smooth? Does ...

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Foundries

Heat, dust and vibrations are everywhere in a foundry. These factors are often the natural enemy of precision devices. The product developers at Hexagon Metrology are aware of the rough environmental conditions and know the special requirements of foundries. In these difficult industrial environments components with very large diameters also have to be accurately measured to a hundredth of a millimetre. No problem for Hexagon Metrology systems: ...

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Heavy Industry

A heavyweight player for a heavyweight industry. Traditional heavy industries operate on a scale of their own when it comes to size and weight. Construction, metal processing and defence industries place great emphasis on precision. The heavy loads carried by cranes, excavators, crawlers and metal components mean that their dimensions must be accurate to a fraction of a millimetre. Whereas some measuring instruments capitulate in the face of a heavily ...

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Power Generation

Solar power, nuclear power, wind power and hydroelectric power, coal, crude oil and natural gas, geothermal and biomass - these fossil and renewable sources of energy are all used to generate heat and electricity these days. An entire industry is involved in the manufacture of systems that make use of these sources of energy. An industry with future that relies on the high-tech measuring systems from Hexagon Metrology. Portable total stations from Leica ...

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Precision Industry

Maximum  accuracy - this is the key issue for everything in the precision industry. Here highly accurate, complex parts are manufactured. Every sub-micron counts. For us as well. As accuracy is our business. The manufacture of precision parts for the automotive, horology and aerospace industries is supported by coordinate measuring machines from Leitz and DEA. And high accuracy is not only necessary for components. Portable laser tracker systems from ...

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Railway

The world rail speed record is racing ahead at an unimaginable rate. In April 2007 a French high-speed train reached a speed of 575 km/h - or put another way: it travelled almost 160 metres each second. In these times of great mobility, the hour of modern passenger  and goods transport has arrived. Production is increasing, under great time pressure with extremely high quality requirements to achieve performances in the million kilometre range. With ...

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Research & Education

En route to discoveries using measuring systems from Hexagon Metrology: technical and natural science universities and research institutes all over the world place their trust in the performance and service provided by Hexagon Metrology. As a research-intensive corporate group, Hexagon Metrology knows what counts: stability, reliability and the feeling of taking the next great step forward.

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Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding has become a rather high-tech endeavor, with industrial metrology soaking in the limelight ever so frequently. Huge ship hull blocks are aligned using sophisticated industrial theodolites and laser stations while extremely complex conical gear elements with spiral cogging found in a ship's propulsion system are meticulously inspected with extra high-accuracy coordinate measurement machines (CMMs).

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