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What is Metrology Anyway?
As a metrology services provider, we can sometimes take for granted that everyone else knows what we are talking about when we discuss our “metrology services”. In this post, we provide a brief definition overview of metrology. In future posts we will delve deeper...
Laser Trackers Help Reduce AOG (Aircraft On Ground) Time Due to Bird Strikes
As long as birds and airplanes share the same space in the sky, there will continue to be bird strikes causing damage to aircraft. Luckily for the airlines (not so much the birds), with advanced metrology tools such as laser trackers and coordinate measuring arms,...
Precision Alignment Critical to Metal Rolling Mill Success
Turning metal ingots, billets, blooms, or slabs into metal sheeting and other profiles, involves processing the metal through rolls of varying sizes, tension, heat, and pressure. Whether you are manufacturing sheets or coils of steel, aluminum, copper, nickel, or...
Top Five Most Popular OASIS Articles of 2021
At beginning of each new year, we like to share the top OASIS articles from the previous year with our readers. This year, we have also included articles from both our new parent company, In-Place Machining Company (IPM) and our partner in the IPM metrology...
Ask the Experts: How do Hydropower Plants Benefit from 3D Metrology Solutions?
In this article, we ask expert Gentry Burch, Senior Metrology Engineer at OASIS Alignment Services, to answers some of the questions we often hear from prospects and customers in the hydropower generating industry. Gentry is an authority in the use of 3D metrology...
Repeatability in Measurement – Why is it Important?
Whether we are performing an alignment inspection on the components of a paper machine or measuring bolt holes on the wing of an airplane, highly accurate, repeatable, precision measurement is at the foundation of every job we do. Here we have included links to...
Laser Tracker Terms Defined
Laser trackers continue to be the most buzzed about innovation in the field of precision measurement. With all the talk about this advanced technology, new terminologies may be discussed that are unfamiliar to some. In this post we provide you with definitions for...
Layout Work During Machine Installations Now Faster and More Efficient with 3D Metrology Solutions
Due to customer demands and fast time-to-market requirements, many manufacturers are replacing their older equipment - or installing additional new machines - in order to meet increased customer needs. As anyone that has managed a machine installation project knows,...
Podcast: 3-Dimensional Metrology’s Impact on Manufacturing and the Energy Sector
Here at OASIS Alignment Services, we spend a good deal of time talking about dimensional metrology. Precision measurement is at the core of what we do, so the terms and technologies associated with the field of metrology, such as 6DoF, laser trackers and T-Probes, are...
How to Obtain Repeatable Measurements in Extreme Conditions
Written by Li Guan, OASIS Metrology Engineer, this post first appeared on the Accelerate! Blog published by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. In future posts, we will provide additional technical information on the capabilities of our AT960 laser trackers and...