21.03.2011

For an Ideal Interaction

Heavy duty pumps have to achieve higher and higher performances and are often designed for a pressure of 400 bar and more. If they reach the expected performance depends heavily on the components that are used. Since these components are mainly produced in huge quantities an inspecting system is required that operates precisely and economically. These demands are fulfilled by the white-light interferometer: Within a very short time, it examines the components in regard to form and roughness. more23.02.2011

Insights into Hidden Worlds

In order to measure characteristics that are difficult to access, like in boreholes, the commercially available sensors are often not well suited. Either, they are too big or they damage the testing object's surface. That is why fiber optical measurement systems become more and more important. They operate contact-free, with high accuracy and high measuring rates which permit the inspection in production processes. more20.12.2010

3D Systems Include Information on Measurement Uncertainty

With InfiniteFocus, Alicona provides a high resolution measurement system that delivers information about measurement uncertainty with each measurement value. This is how Alicona, global supplier of high resolution optical 3D measurement systems, meets an increasing need in industrial quality assurance. „A measurement result without any information about the measurement uncertainty is useless!" states Dr. Neuschaefer-Rube, expert in the field of coordinate metrology from the German metrology institute PTB. more23.07.2010

Polarizing Technics

From silicon semiconductor manufacture and corrosion analysis, to even archaeological investigations: Surface metrology is rapidly emerging as a vital analytical technique to determine the materials' topology. This technique requires the use of a microscope able to accurately and repeatedly visualize even the minutest of details: a measuring confocal laser scanning microscope. more