... Vibration Sensors Measurement Many instruments are sensitive to mechanical vibration and acoustic noise. These can arise from sources both outside and inside a building, from traffic and wind, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, and production machinery. Vibration is becoming more...

... to assemble stringers on to a fuselage panel prior to riveting. The method uses a combination of measurement and best fit placement algorithms to optimally locate parts relative to existing features. Findings The paper demonstrates that with a combination of metrology and mathematical processing standard...

... developed for the motor industry have a wide applicability in manufacturing and production monitoring. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Cameras Measurement Image processing Vibration measurement High‐speed cameras are a useful tool for the investigation of moving equipment...

...Jonathan Corney; Robert Bogue Purpose To describe a new vision‐based co‐ordinate measuring machine (CMM) developed in France by ActiCM, which has undergone successful trials with car maker Renault. Design/methodology/approach The vision‐based CMM uses intelligent vision devices (IVDs) which...

...E.R. Davies; Matthias Rüther; Mahmood Saleem; Horst Bischof; Gernot Krammer Purpose The goal is to perform an in‐situ measurement of dust layer thickness on bag filters. Design/methodology/approach Presents a machine vision system in terms of hard‐ and software which is capable...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Measurement Solartron's new digital lever probe offers small size, low tip force and networking capability Keywords: Measurement Solartron's new digital lever probe offers an accuracy of ±1μm, a measurement range...

... to be accurately quantified in order to provide a reliable prediction model in aid of any future automated assembly. This paper describes the measurement method used to record the possible variations occurring during the assembly process. The measurements were made using a laser tracker where the results...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> 3D Measurement Turnkey system unlocks measuring potential Keywords: 3D, Measurement Representing probably the most comprehensive and totally portable 3D measuring solution currently available in the UK is the FaroArm® "Turnkey System...

...Jonathan Rigelsford © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Sensor Measurement Control Peter Elgar - TecQuipment LtdAddison-Wesley Longman Ltd1998165 pp.ISBN 0-582-35700-4£18.99 Keywords Sensor, Measurement, Control Sensors for Measurement and Control is a well written...

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... reached the customer. This was double‐checked by a check weigher downstream of the wrapping machines. The check weigher, however, provides a very coarse measurement as there is some variation in individual product weight. The requirement was therefore to install a machine to: minimize lost...

... any enforced redundancies owing to the fact that workers have been assimilated in other areas of production. Posits that the speedy approach produces an operating system quicker than a fully planned one. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Automated materials handling Assembly lines Measurement Metal...